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First Glimpse: The New Knight Rider

BuzzSugar — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 08:30:48 -0800

OK, so this little teaser NBC just released of its two-hour Knight Rider movie is only 15 seconds long. It also doesn't reveal anything about the plot of the movie, which is set to air Feb. 17. But it does have a couple of things going for it: It offers a glimpse of the new, shiny, Ford Mustang version of KITT (also pictured at right), and it introduces Will Arnett as the car's slightly sinister voice.

When we we first heard about the plans to revive Knight Rider, there wasn't a whole lot of excitement around here - but I'm wondering if anyone out there has started to think it's a good idea. NBC is only committing to the TV movie, which centers on a character named Mike Traceur (soap star Justin Bruening), supposedly the son of David Hasselhoff's Michael Knight. But the rumor remains that the new Knight Rider could become a series if the movie gets good ratings. And really, what with the writers' strike, it's got to be better than reruns. Plus, Gob Bluth as the snarky car must count for something, right?

To check out the teaser and let me know what you think, just read more.

Photo courtesy of NBC

Link Time! 12/13

BuzzSugar — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 13:45:29 -0800

Tube Talk has an interview with Moonlight's Jason Dohring.
According to MTV Movies Blog, the Lance Armstrong biopic is still on the table, and Matt Damon is still the name being tossed around as the actor to play the athlete.
Stereogum is announcing the results of the reader-submitted 2007 Gummy Awards, starting with Album of the Year: Radiohead's In Rainbows.
LAist has seen the set of the new American Gladiators - and the gladiators themselves. Is it wrong that I'm jealous?
Popwatch is rooting for the song "Falling Slowly" from indie musical Once to triumph at the Oscars over the tunes from Enchanted.
TV Squad introduces us to the new, Will Arnett-voiced, Ford-manufactured KITT for the Knight Rider TV movie.
Pop Candy rustles up a blog post about hidden jokes in Pixar movies.
The Walrus has another new Magnetic Fields song, "California Girls." Let's just say it's not an ode to bikini-clad blondes.
TV with MeeVee makes me wonder: Should I care about the new direct-to-Internet Jackass movie?

Photo courtesy of CBS

Buzz Brainteaser

BuzzSugar — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 05:30:00 -0700

Welcome to Buzz Brainteaser, the trivia feature on BuzzSugar! Every weekday I'll test your knowledge about TV shows, music and movies. If you enter in the correct answer, you win points! In the 1980s TV series "Knight Rider" - which NBC is planning to revive - a key character was a car named KITT. What did the acronym KITT stand for?