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• Forbes online has an amazing interview with Gary Scott Thompson. He talks about the difficulties in pleasing everyone and his experience bringing Knight Rider to series: "Also, everyone seems to forget we don't work in a vacuum here. We have to report to a studio and a network, which will and will not let us do certain things."
• SciFiWire had a piece on weither or not the characted of Carrie Rivai was still a lesbian like she was in the pilot, Gary Scott Thompson had this to say: "My inclination is to leave her as she was," Thompson says. "Why change it? But the thing about my argument is that, in the case of Anne Heche, she was straight, then bi, then a lesbian, then bi, then straight. If [Rivai] is actually bisexual, she would appear different ways, depending on the situation. Of course, in my book, that would make her a much more interesting character, much like Capt. Jack Harkness in Torchwood. If I could use Jack in Torchwood as a role model -- I would absolutely use him as a role model -- I love his conflictedness about... everybody. He's real cool." [Knight Rider Archive]
• SciFiWire talked with Paul Campbell who plays Billy in the about the new series and his character for a certain episode we weren't allowed to talk about yet...
• SciFiWire also has several interviews with Justin Bruening talking about how he and the rest of the cast has yet to meet Val Kilmer, Deanna Russo discussing her fight trainning as well as a smackdown between Knight Rider vs Legend of the Seeker
• ComingSoon interviewed KR stunt-coordinator Dan Wynands. "The one thing we do in Knight Rider, we do have a lot of green screen for when we put our principle actors in the car. I'm trying to tie them more into the real work we do. I've actually got some business to do this Friday with Justin Bruening who's our Michael Knight Rider guy, and I'm gonna tie him onto the hood of our Knight Rider car. I'm trying to bring some of the feature film world tricks to help sell our actors in there. It is a challenge."
• Knight Rider Archive has a summary up about the latest UK SFX Magazine's 5 page feature on the new Knight Rider.
• RadioShack has been announced as the exclusive retail destination for the Mio Knight Rider GPS until the end of October. You can read more on the device with our review and from Mio's website. The unit is also available via Amazon, where a percentage of your purchase goes back to support this site.

Press reviews of the premier episode and more after the jump!

Here are a few video interviews from the past couple of days you should check out:

YoungHollywood.com on set:

Justin being serenaded on PopTub

BuddyTV interviews Gary Scott Thompson

BuddyTV interviews Bruce Davison

BuddyTV interviews Justin Bruening

BuddyTV interviews Deanna Russo

Tomorrow we'll have a bunch of KITT Byte links mostly dealing with the reviews of "A Knight In Shining Armor"

• BuddyTV released another video from the set of Knight Rider. This time they are on the green screen stage, talking with Justin Bruening about the techniques behind reacting to what isn't there. [BuddyTV]
• Stu Phillips announced that his album of Knight Rider music will be available in iTunes during the last week of September. Stu wrote the theme with Glen Larson for the original series, as well as composing the score for many of the first episodes [Knight Rider Online]
• The website for the Knight Rider Festival in Las Vegas next march, has recieved a large update with itinerary, appreances and more. [Knight Rider Festival]
• A Michagan womans' Mustang was bought on eBay by NBC to be used as a KITT car in the new Knight Rider series. [Jalopnik]
• Knight Rider Legacy Author Joe Huth has started a blog detailing his transformation of a 1982 Firebird into a screen acruate season three hero car. [The Chronicales of KITT]
• A huge update was posted to the Knight Rider Archive, detailing in great length every incarnation of Knight Rider with updated episode guides, behind the scenes photos, articles and more. This site always stands apart from the pack. [Knight Rider Archive]
• Voices from Krypton posted a audio interview they did with Gary Scott Thompson, where they discuss the new series. [VFK with GST]
• Navtones, who with Mio, is releasing the Knight Rider GPS this month, was at the Knight Rider Car show at Saugus last week, and they made this video to show, with Glen Larson checking out the GPS unit! More interesting to us though - is the :30 second commercial set to air this week in radio outlets in the US:

It's a given that we don't have enough people to cover everything Knight Rider - no matter how hard we try! Here are some stories we missed this week - or didn't get a chance to write about:

• The Mio Knight Rider GPS that we've reviewed has been available for pre-order from Radio Shack. Members in our forum just began receiving their units yesterday.
• Ford scores key placements in fall TV shows: "Taking a higher profile will be Ford's Shelby GT500KR in the new television series Knight Rider. In the show, the character of Michael Knight, played by actor Justin Bruening, teams up with the Shelby to fight criminal forces that operate above the reach of traditional law enforcement." [driving.ca]
• David Boreanaz complains about Knight Rider as competition in the 8pm time slot: "Should I go down my list of overrated shows that are coming out? Knight Rider, please, don't give it a chance. Who cares about a car that can talk? I did - in the '80s." [digital spy]
• Magazines SciFiNow, SFX Magazine and TVGuide all have articles on the new series in their latest issues. [Knight Rider Archive]
• Autoblog also took KITT on a drive through Detriot, they also made this pretty entertaining video to complement it. [Autoblog]
• Don LaFontaine passed away on Monday due to complications from pneumothorax. Don voiced the narration for over 5000 film and TV trailers including the Knight Rider 2000 commercial and the opening for Team Knight Rider [Knight Rider Archive]
• Interviews from Comic Con are still being rolled out, even over a month and a half later. This interview with David Bartis talks about the new episodes: "But this is fun. It's something you can watch with your whole family. My kids happen to think this is the coolest thing I've ever done. They've never said that about anything I've ever done before" [KITTSite]
• In an article on audience awearness of rookie shows, Variety says that more audiences are aware of the new Knight Rider series than any other new show so far. "More than 60% of viewers are aware that the action series is zooming back into primetime -- perhaps no surprise, given the talking car franchise's place in pop culture history." [Knight Rider Archive]
• BuddyTV continues their time on the set with an interview with Yancey Arias: "As a child, Arias was a big fan of Knight Rider and other shows of that style, which helps to explain his love for and fascination with the technology of the series." [BuddyTV]

Continuing their Knight Rider promotion, BuddyTV spent some time with Paul Campbell, who plays "Billy" on Knight Rider airing September 24th.

Paul Campbell plays Billy, the tech engineer in charge of keeping the physics and chemistry of KITT and the technology in the KITT Cave up and running. However, despite being "the guy who knows everything about it," Campbell has yet to ride in KITT through the show's first five episodes, though like many cast members, he's eager to do so.

See their whole interview here.

Those lucky folks over at BuddyTV have gotten to go on set at the filming of Knight Rider!

They plan on releasing a new video every monday. This edition they talk with Justin, Gary, Deanna, Paul and Bruce, while also showing a bit of the set (check out those guns!) and filming KITT on green screen.

My first instinct when entering the Knight Rider set was to run around like a little boy, touching all the computer monitors, running up the metal stairs and sitting in KITT's driver's seat. Or maybe that's just me. Either way, being on the set is like being a kid in a candy store, and I got the impression that's exactly how the cast feels as well.

You can check out their video here!

UPDATE: Found an embed: