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Entertainment News - MovieWeb.com (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
NBC's freshman drama is undergoing a major retooling, bringing it closer to the original 1980s series. Among the changes, the options of three regulars on the show -- Sydney Tamiia Poitier, Yancey Arias and Bruce Davison -- were not picked up beyond the initial 13-episode order."It's a reboot," "Knight" executive producer/showrunner Gary Scott Thompson said. "We're moving away from the terrorist-of-the-week...
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Ain't it Cool News (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
... of the show is changing as well:"It's a reboot," "Knight" executive producer/showrunner Gary Scott Thompson said. "We're moving away from the terrorist-of-the-week formula and closer to the original, making it a show about a man and his car going out and helping more regular people, everymen." Thompson wrote "The Fast and the Furious" before he served as creator/showrunner on "Las...
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San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 12/11/2008
... – were not picked up beyond the initial 13-episode order. “It's a reboot,” executive producer Gary Scott Thompson said. “We're moving away from the terrorist-of-the-week formula and closer to the original, making it a show about a man and his car going out and helping more regular people, everymen.” – COMPILED BY PAT MCGRATH FROM NEWS SERVICE REPORTS
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Aceshowbiz.com (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008
... purpose behind the dismissal is being explained by the series' executive producer and showrunner, Gary Scott Thompson, as the way to bring the series closer to the original 1980s series. Thompson said in a statement, "It's a reboot, we're moving away from the terrorist-of-the-week formula and closer to the original, making it a show about a man and his car going out...
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SCI FI Wire (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008
NBC's Knight Rider is undergoing a major retooling, bringing it closer to the original 1980s series and losing three regular cast members, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
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Contactmusic Ltd (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
Hoping to attract some of its original fans, producers of NBC's KnightRider are revamping its scripts and dropping three regular cast members,the Hollywood Reporter reported today (Monday). The trade publicationquoted producer Gary Scott Thompson as calling the changes a "reboot." Hesaid, "We're moving away from the terrorist-of-the-week formula and closerto the original, making...
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
is changing gears for the back half of the season. Recently by NBC, the drama is now out to finish its freshman year on a high by undergoing a major reboot. Rider is set to dump three regulars — Sydney Tamiia Poitier, Yancey Arias and Bruce Davison — after the initial 13 episodes and will revamp the show to draw more parallels to its '80s original, reports. "It's a reboot," Gary Scott...
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TV.com (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008
... roots, which is the tale of a young man and his crime-fighting car. "It's a reboot," showrunner Gary Scott Thompson told . "We're moving away from the terrorist-of-the-week formula and closer to the original, making it a show about a man and his car going out and helping more regular people, everymen." The call to axe the characters had nothing to do with the actors, but rather...
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BuddyTV (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
... to turn on the turbo boosters and become a long-running fun action drama, much like showrunner Gary Scott Thompson's previous show, .Is this reboot a good idea? Yes, now the show will be betterNo, this will make it worseWho cares, I wouldn't watch it either way-John Kubicek, BuddyTV Senior Writer(Image courtesy of NBC)
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io9 (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
... to Mike Tracer to carry the show with Val Kilmer's impossible-to-decipher voice.Executive producer Gary Scott Thompson told the trades, "We're moving away from the terrorist-of-the-week formula and closer to the original, making it a show about a man and his car going out and helping more regular people, everymen."This whole drama angle is supposed to be similar to NBC's already...
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Cinema Blend (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
It's no secret that I think the new Knight Rider is lame. I can't compare it to the old one, because I never watched it. While the producers of the show would never deem the program lame they do admit that there is room for improvement.
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Digital Spy (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
NBC will completely overhaul its Knight Rider continuation.The show, recently granted a by NBC, will drop three of its cast regulars - Sydney Tamiia Poitier, Yancey Arias and Bruce Davison - and draw more parallels with its '80s predecessor.Showrunner Gary Scott Thompson told The Hollywood Reporter: "It's a reboot. We're moving away from the terrorist-of-the-week formula and closer...
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Zap2it.com - News (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
... moving away from the terrorist-of-the-week formula and closer to the original," executive producer Gary Scott Thompson tells The Hollywood Reporter. Thompson calls the changes a "reboot" and says he and his fellow writers are "making it a show about a man and his car going out and helping more regular people, everymen." Viewers will see the changes start to take effect...
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Cinema Blend (Free subscription) | 22/10/2008
... Co-Chairman, NBC Entertainment and Universal Media Studios said of the back-nine pickup, “Gary Scott Thompson and the great cast and crew of 'Knight Rider' continue to deliver fun, action packed adventures every week. Kitt and Michael will continue to travel across the country on their fun, escapist ride pursuing bad guys and saving the day.”My response? Whatever. I stopped...
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Reality TV Website (Free subscription) | 21/10/2008
NBC will pick up nine additional episodes of its the freshman drama series "Knight Rider" (Wednesdays, 8-9 p.m. ET) to provide the series with a full-season order for 2008-09, it was announced today by Ben Silverman, Co-Chairman, NBC Entertainment and Universal Media Studios. "Gary Scott Thompson and the great cast and crew of 'Knight Rider' continue to deliver fun, action packed...
