The severe problem with this series was that we got no back story with the new cast. Who were they, why were they chosen, and who chose them? Sure we got little looks into their past (i.e. Kyle's past with the CIA, Jenny's past with the military, Erika's life as a thief) but we don't get anything past that. Why should we accept these guys as the predecessors to Michael and KITT when we know nothing about them?A good back story would have gone along way in helping the fans warm up to the new show, but sadly we don't get that, we just get introduced to them and told "Here's the new team, they have talking cars too, enjoy!"The show would been great if they addressed that major detail, its just something you cant over look.

Out of all the shows that network execs killed, this is, perhaps, one of the three saddest (the other two on the top three are Crusade and Firefly). The idea of having a whole team of Knight Riders with their own vehicles was, in essence, brilliantly conceived, and the show was actually a fantastic idea. It would've done even better if the network execs had let the creativity flow the way the creators wanted it to flow instead of trying to "suggest (i.e. demand)" things. Perhaps seeing less of Erica's overtly sexual advances and more of trying to build the dynamic between drivers and cars (one of the secrets of the original series), or having the relationships between them all build, the show would have survived. As it was, it should've made it.

The TV movie/prospective pilot "Knight Rider 2000" was dreadful, no doubt about it - but the later "Team Knight Rider" made that misbegotten effort look like "Brian's Song" in comparison.The premise is that ten years down the line one man and his machine is no longer enough to handle crime; now five people and five machines are required to do the job. Sounds a lot like "Thunderbirds," doesn't it? Except that "Thunderbirds" boasted better writing, better machines, stronger characterisation (I'm serious), more excitement, and more convincing special effects. (We won't make any "wooden acting" jokes.) This really makes you appreciate David Hasselhoff's contribution to the original show - big-headed though he may be, he definitely has more talent and charisma than the mob assembled here. KITT also had more of a personality than the gadgetry on display here as well.Kathy Trageser (Erica) was cute, and the theme music was good, but otherwise this embarrassing farrago was so subpar that Glen Larson wouldn't have been blamed for taking his name off it if he had chosen to do so. (Then again, anyone who's seen the truly appalling pilot for "NightMan" will know that "shame" isn't part of Larson's vocabulary.) Thank heaven this didn't get a second season...

This show was the best. I have to admit, it is my favorite show, and i have all 22 episodes on tape. The stories are top notch, and unlike many action shows, it leaves just enough hanging so that you always come back for more. Too bad the show was cancelled, before some of the mysteries were solved.