mediaweek.com - 1/6/2009
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After the network picked up the drama for a full season early in the fall, it fired three major cast members and reset the show's narrative to more closely reflect that of the original 1982 series. Jan 2, 2009 -By Alan Frutkin
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Mike is assigned to rescue a foreign Ambassador,
who has been kidnapped. The kidnappers put them though...
several steps to secure the ambassador's release. Dr. Graiman and Sarah have their hands full caring for a sick robot.
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NBC tinkered too much with new Knight Rider - VIDEO
TV Squad —
... Mediaweek's Alan Frutkin sat down with the show's executive producer Gary Scott Thompson to talk about the show's already troubled times before it hits the air again on Wednesday. ...
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... Gary Scott Thompson, showrunner of the rebooted KNIGHT RIDER, talked to MediaWeek about the hard road the show has traveled. The biggest problem has been NBC's tinkering with the concept and the abrupt decision, based on plummeting ratings, to cut back the number of episdoes ordered and to make the show more like the David Hasselhoff original than a Galactica-esque " reimagining." ...
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