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...