Knight Rider premiered on NBC on 26 September 1982 and ran for four seasons. It starred David Hasselhoff as Michael Knight, a former police officer given a new identity by the Foundation for Law and Government (FLAG). His partner was KITT (Knight Industries Two Thousand), a sleek black Pontiac Trans Am with artificial intelligence, voiced by William Daniels.
With its synth theme tune, gadget-laden car and weekly do-gooding, the show became one of the defining action series of the decade.