HAPPY 42nd BIRTHDAY, Knight Rider! Here's What It Was Like to See KITT in 1982 for the First Time!

[@KnightRiderHistoriansOfficial]

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[@KRHfan]

Can we just make every September 26th International Knight Rider Day? After all the show is loved all over the world!

[@robgordonhotknight63]

If I remember right I didn't see the pilot when it first aired on NBC but I did catch the rerun on NBC and after that I was hooked.

[@nasacanesfan2574]

I didn’t actually see the full pilot until I bought the DVD and blu ray sets. Any other time it was on in syndication it was badly cut up

[@t333rbo]

I was born in '85 but remember going to my grandparents and seeing it on Sky/Cable TV in the early 90s

[@Proximityillusions]

In 1982, I was 13, and I remember watching this from minute one. What strikes me about the commercials is that there were no pharmaceutical ads full of old people! You had Bayer Aspirin and Robitussin and such like, but no drug ads! You had candy bars, pet food, chain restaurants, toothpaste, laundry detergent, soap, cologne and a couple of beer ads, and that’s all. No hard liquor ads, either. Ah, simpler times! How refreshing! Thanks for sharing these.

[@deleted_redacted]

I was a kid, and I was there! I watched the pilot when it first aired. I was immediately hooked. KITT was, and still is, the coolest TV/movie car ever.

[@sebastiend.5335]

I saw my first episode in France in 1983. And indeed, I was amazed and hooked!! Greetings from the Netherlands

[@pandajunior77]

I remember on Friday night I would watch Dukes of Hazzard and right after was Knight Rider.

[@massimoboattini6108]

Un mito absolute

[@guitarcheology]

I saw the original airing. I was a Dukes of Hazzard fan, and two days prior, Dukes season 5 with Coy and Vance aired. To say it was disappointing was an understatement. Knight Rider came along at just the right time. Something a lot of folks don't quite understand is these cars were not as common as they were about to become. I saw my first in person shortly after the pilot airing, at the grand opening of Epcot. They had a red Trans Am at the end of the World of Motion ride. There was a showroom of GM products mixed with futuristic concepts. A few years later there were 2 on every street, but at the time of the pilot, you didn't see many.

[@pinball541]

Joe, I saw Knight Rider originally in 1982. I was 6 years old, & I was hooked from day 1. It is what got me interested in cars, & especially Pontiac. I still drive Pontiac excitement today, & currently own 3 Pontiac cars with my pride & joy being a white 2009 Pontiac G8. Hello From Phoenix Arizona 🌡 🔥

[@vladpootin5973]

Hello Sir, yes a Pontiac G8 is a great car indeed, I once saw one playing with a bmw m5 (e60 w/ n/A v10), its growl and grunt was very impressive, also it was roomy and comfortable inside and handled great, talked to the owner and he let me check it out and took me for a spin. I came away very impressed. Make sure you hold on to yours, because I am sure it will only go up in value. greetings to you in hot and gorgeous Phoenix Arizona 🇺🇸

[@pinball541]

@@vladpootin5973 - Thanks for the nice comment!👍 Where are you writing from?

[@vladpootin5973]

@@pinball541 currently from the shithole russia (but leaving soon, headed westwards God willing) Greetings to you Sir.

[@pinball541]

@@vladpootin5973 - Good Luck to you, & eventual safe travels. Hopefully you can reach your promise land of Peace, Hope, Love, & prosperity. God has that place ready for us, but it takes us time to find it. There is also a Holden Commodore VE/Pontiac G8 with your name all over it.👍

[@MrConjuror]

And still going strong. Thanks for keeping the show alive and relevant ❤ I first watched the pilot at home on the sofa with my family aged 11 in the UK. Still have my original VHS recordings 😊

[@marciaroberts6376]

Great tv series ever..❤

[@BrettGulden]

I saw "Knight Rider" the night it premiered on September 26, 1982. I was 10 years old. I was laying on the floor and my parents were on the couch. My dad was going through the TV Guide (yes, the one that used to come in the Sunday paper.) He read the description and asked my mom if she wanted to watch it. She agreed...and my life changed forever. "Knight Rider" has been my favorite show and KITT has been my dream car ever since. Thank you to Knight Rider Historians for everything you do.

[@cliffordkuhn1510]

It was 1982, I was 8 years old, I was in my living room and my dad told me that there is a showing coming on anout a really cool car. I watched it on a small black and white TV in our living room that night and fell in love with the show ever since. Watched every episode from 1982-1986. Best show ever! Such a great memory!

[@gregwoody75]

These commercials really take me back. Those 80s jingles were the best!!!!

[@knight3642]

My god, I'm really feeling a nostalgia a time I never lived. Knowing that there were families watching this same spots 42 years ago give me the chills, this video is a time machine!

[@t2stu]

I still remember being blown away by the pilot in the UK. Thursday night l believe on ITV. And getting excited about going to school to talk about it the next day.

[@360RTZoD]

The little girl in that Burger King Commercial was Sarah Michelle Gellar.

[@shane4036]

Wow cool 👍👍

[@knightmedia1]

I saw KR Pilot in 1982, I was born in 1972, so I would of been 9, coming up for 10 (October). Then in '83 approx there was a Black Trans Am with Gold trim just down the street from where I lived, and there was me getting all excited, enough to ask the garage owner if I could have a sit in it, to which he gave me 5 minutes, right 'til this day, Ive never forgotten that time. Thanks for sharing

[@kyrauniversal]

I saw reruns with my father, mostly in the golden days of Pre-copystrike KZbin. I couldn't get enough of it.

[@nickcox8049]

As I said before it's a timeless thing. And way ahead of everything by along way at the time. Just brilliant series 👍

[@meatmanifesto]

Around 1985. I'm from England and was 6 years old in 1985. Love the old adverts 👌

[@sebastiend.5335]

Although I have never lived in the US, this whole video felt like a warm blanket with comfort food to boot. Nice! Greetings from the Netherlands

[@mattayres5238]

Love how jay leo and david hasslehoff broadside into carpark!! Absolutely brilliant! Fantastic!! 😉👍😉👍

[@warrior64]

Saw the KR pilot and I was hooked ! What an awesome show ! Happy Birthday Knight Rider

[@myrnalaboy2840]

Man I still remember myself & my family waiting for Knight Rider to come on the air. I haven't stop watching the program since. Happy Anniversary Knight Rider. Still got the complete series on DVD.

[@SayAhh]

23:48 Seeing the Voyagers! ad was bittersweet.

[@stevelapierre4776]

Happy Birthday Knight Rider, gosh 42 all ready. crikey..🎈🎆🎂🥂 loved the show and still do.. This KITT was my favorite and the car.. Devon and April, too, gosh miss this show and other like it.. !!

[@Pyrotech56]

I still remember where I was!!! I was 10 years old. My dad was in the Army and we were just getting ready to move to Germany where he'd been stationed. So I only got to see the first 4 or so episodes of S1 before losing Knight Rider for over a year until it eventually got picked up by AFN Europe. I had *tape* recordings of those 4 episodes that I treasured like gold. Later on, someone gave us a VCR tape with the first 4 episodes of S2 (minus the 2 hour Goliath ep!), before I'd even seen all of S1! Thanks KZbin for using the first KRH commerical break to first stick a couple of your own commercials.

[@mattayres5238]

Thats gonna be unbelievable when it hits 50 years of knightrider.😲

[@leo2nd261]

I just turned 5 years old when the show first aired in 1982 and was there first night it was on NBC. I watched it but didn't understand it that much at the time but learned more in time. I had the KR toys, clothing, lunchbox, etc growing up. I watched the entire series when I was able, some episodes in reruns as it wasn't easy to know when it was always on. As a kid flipping through tv guide and recording on vhs, sometimes recording partial as i messed it up to set. It is hard to believe, 42 years ago today, 4 plus decades since and a lot has changed since then, how shows are watched, 4k, people no longer with us then, a world where we will have self-driving cars, smart watches like Michael had, and cars becoming the real Kitt slowly. A great show, still a great theme and it can't be made again as the magic of the show is now gone but not forgotten.

[@Jon-bx1ij]

As I'm in the UK I didn't see the pilot until sometime in 1983 (when I was age 4) I can just about remember how amazed I was when I saw KITT and what he could do, I've always said KITT is the best TV Car ever. I will be watching the pilot episode this evening, sadly I don't have it on VHS Video (I did many years ago) however I do have it on Dvd so still old school, and I wont adjust the picture size just leave it as it would of been shown on the Tvs around at the time. Happy Birthday Knight Rider.

[@8thz28]

Good old VHS 1 head quality sound.trip back in time love it👍🙂

[@dwaynepettis6545]

Man this makes me feel old but also makes me smile. My dad and I were glued to the TV that night and I remember someone of these. He passed in 1992 but it jogged a memory I had forgotten and I now own a 57 chevy. Thank you!

[@troy88311]

Sometimes you feel like a nut sometimes you don't......ahhh the memories of being a 12 year old boy glued to the TV...... thanks for the memories. .

[@mynameishenry4444]

I am 58 years old now. I was 16 years old when I saw the Premiere Movie. I asked my Parents if I could watch Knight Rider at time and they agreed. I Remember the Commercials as well. I wasn’t a fan of the New Pontiac Trans Ams at the time compared from the 1979 through 1981 models. This show had me see and get more insight of the New Pontiac Trans Am at the time besides seeing them as I was taking the Bus to School. I fell in Love with the Car and I really wanted to own one. Years went by throughout the 80s I saw the Car get Exterior changes and I wasn’t too thrilled about it until I saw the Newly Firebird Formula and I was able to buy a 1989 T.P.I. I was in love again with some of Adapting items like the Sculpted Hood Dome. This show helped give me that inspiration to own a Firebird. Thank you for all of the Memories you brought to us enthusiasts for this Show.

[@GraceBurton-qm8jj]

I always watched kitt and Michael Knight I so enjoyed this programme. Awesome Kitt.

[@filipohman7277]

Awesome and Congratulations!!!😎👍👍👍 Greetings from Helsinki, Finland🇫🇮🇺🇸🇫🇮🇺🇸

[@klauswesa5199]

Knight Rider pilot episod aired in Finland first of January 1984. I was then 21yrs old. I was amazing car then and it is still today. ♥ Regards Klaus from Finland

[@jbuckowi]

I was almost 5 that year.. I loved knight Rider.. I had a talking KITT car...

[@classicamericanflyertrains2423]

I was there at the beginning, 6 years old in 1982. Loved it ever since.

[@mystisith3984]

I discovered the show in 1986, when I was 10 yo in France. It was love at first sight with the show & everything around it & I'm still extremely protective of this universe today. God knows we had a lot of quality TV shows in that era but K 2000 has a special place in my heart. Long live KITT (even in a grumpy unstarting mood 🤣) & all the fans. 🍾🥂

[@susanchalmers9249]

happy 42nd birthday knight rider Kitt

[@richardwatts4660]

I remember seeing Knight Rider here in the UK when it came out, and I absolutely loved it!!! I always greatly liked the terrific title sequence filmed out in the desert, with the sun behind KITT... I remember so wanting a toy KITT car soon afterwards... now years later I have several. Great channel, great KR museum guys, thanks for keeping the show's memory alive for everyone, and those yet to enjoy it.

[@michellelycette8179]

Happybirtday Knight Rider. One of my all time favorite tv shows. I saw the first episode on tv,I was a teenager back then.

[@danielfoster2339]

Thanks for the great video Joe! I was there with a few high school friends eagerly watching the premier, we were blown away by it!! Hard to believe that it's been 42 years!

[@Kentucky71]

I was right there as well! I was 11 years old and was so excited for Knight Rider because of that promo commercial they had with KITT under that sheet and the phone number we could call to hear him talk to us! Great memories! And those commercials take me back! ❤

[@nicoleannkyle]

I watched the “movie” when I was 9. I was hooked! Thank you for sharing the commercials!

[@1977TA]

I was 3 years old on this day 42 years ago. If I watched Knight Rider's debut, I have no memory of it due to the fact I was so young. My earliest memories of watching Knight Rider begin when I was 5 years old in 1984. It is beyond criminal that the show is not currently on any of the major streaming platforms in the US. The only options available are renting single episodes or buying the entire series. Seeing the actual commercials that aired during the original broadcast on September 26,1982 was a surreal experience. As always, Joe I appreciate the work you and the KR Historians team put in to find and preserve rare gems like this that would normally be lost to history. Fun Fact: The Crest toothpaste commercial that plays at 33:03 features a young Leo O'Brien. He went on to play Leory Green's smart mouth little brother Richie in Barry Gordy's 1985 film 'The Last Dragon.'

[@knightrcer]

What I like to think about is how many lives do you think this show has effected. How many people were touched by Wilton Knight's message in the pilot, what became Michael's mission statement. That one man can make a difference. Imagine the millions of people who took it to heart as children, that it stuck with because of one fantastic car, an amazing loner's story. I was born in 82, not sure when I first saw it as a kid but I co tonued to watch it for about 30 years. Was a member of Knight Rider Online forum from 97 until the very last post on the forum a few months ago.

[@CFD236]

I watched the pilot in September of 1982 at my grandmother's house. And what stuck with me for many years was the scene where the Hammer hits the hood. ... Can't believe it's been 42 years... I was 4 years old and remember like it was yesterday

[@thisfancyhouse]

I'm 99% sure I watched the original premiere airing. Also, those commercials! Some are hilarious and wouldn't pass today at all, but normal for the 80's. Interesting to see how the transition from radio to TV in advertising was still a work in progress, using obvious radio-style announcers for tv commercials. Today it's not so obvious it seems. But advertising for the Knight Rider pilot was seemingly geared toward the family. Beer, soap, candy, video games, and vitamins, and shopping. They knew the entire family was sitting down to watch this one. Cool retrospective, Joe. Thanks for the memories yet again!

[@jenniferwalters4168]

I watched the pilot and was hooked! I was around 10 in 1982 and watched it with my parents! Thanks for the memories! xo

[@vickybowles1427]

Hi Joe my name is Vicky and I was almost 10 years old now I'm 52 and I've been a knight rider Fan for 42 years and I will always and forever be a knight rider Fan I love it Vicky from England

[@michaelb6008]

Wow, 40 years since the premiere! Time flies...and so does KITT. Lol. Happy Anniversary, Knight Rider. KITT's birthday will be in a few days too. Happy 42nd, KITT! You don't look a day over 41!

[@jetknight7562]

I remember when Knight Rider was going to start on tv 📺 for its first time. I was stuck to the tv like glue. I was determined not to miss watching it.. in 1982

[@PetesGuide]

So when are you going to acquire the screen-used Knight Foundation Jet? You’re going to need to build a bigger museum building!

[@TwistedSMF]

If I remember correctly, I was told by my best friend during Lunch at school. (I am 54 now, 12 at the time.) I was sick of Dukes of Hazzard and remembered telling him how crappy it had become. We laughed and I telling him, I was just watching it to look at Daisy and was about it... LOL He told me about those commercials you been talking about. Told me he seen them and to check this show out. I watched the show on the premiere and watched it until it ended.

[@alexwhite290]

I watched the pilot episode the day it aired. I was 11 years old and was so excited to see this new show. I was blown away by it. I've been a fan ever since. I even own the whole series on dvd.

[@jasonaugort7351]

I saw the premier the night it aired. I begged my parents to let me stay up late because my bedtime was 9 o’clock. I haven’t seen these commercials in over 40 years and watching them again makes it seem like it was yesterday. Amazing.!

[@knight3642]

I remember the first time I saw Knight Rider (and actually the pilot) very fondly: I was 3 years old, me and my family were to my granny's house, and out of nowhere my father came to me and said "come here, I'll show you something of when I was a child". I was annoyed at first because I thought it was some boring photo album or something like that. He placed me in front of the television and the opening started, and from the very first moment I saw that car running through the desert, I was completely captured. But the actual moment when Knight Rider completely entered in my mind and soul was during the scene when Michael was injured outside the Comtron and Kitt scared the guard. It was a rerun on an Italian channel called "Duel TV", it doesn't exist anymore. I can't remember the actual day it was, but in any case that day was the day that completely crafted my life

[@mergelboy2927]

Amazing, 42 years !! I was 11 years old back then. I don't remember much about the beginning in 1982, but i remember very well watching Knight Rider as a teenager on a dutch channel here in Belgium (TROS i think). It was one of my favourite series in the '80s, together with other iconic shows that time such as The A-Team and The Dukes of Hazzard. What a great decade it was, that no worries teenage life. I wish we really could go back to those years and relive it again. Is there someone who can invent a time machine to take us back in time ? 😁

[@DanielS2001]

I'm as old at this show (I was born in April of 1982), but one of my earliest memories is sitting in front of my family's old wooden console RCA watching this show. The first time I got to see the pilot, and remember watching it, was when I purchased the DVD from Columbia House, a single disc I found in the wild.

[@knightridersofgreece]

Here in Greece knight rider premiered in early 1984 .....I was 4 years old.....I don't remember if the pilot was the first episode I had seen...but I remember that I was outside for a walk with my grandfather...and when we return home my mother had the fine idea to record to our new back then video player a knight rider episode from TV broadcast....so when we arrive home and my grandfather knock the door my mother open and tell me....come come I want to show you a series on TV that I recorded to a tape...it has to do with a super black car which talks jumps over trucks etc. I went in and my mother press the play button.....THAT WAS IT!!!!!KNIGHT RIDER GET INTO MY HEAD AND HEART AND NEVER WENT OUT AND NEVER WILL BE!!!

[@shaynecoventry8894]

First pilot! On a portable black in white TV in my mom's living room. Lol wow...

[@djheiss915]

My first exposure to Knight Rider was the actual premiere night. I had just started my freshman year at college and I was hooked immediately.

[@richwolf7293]

I was almost 8 and I was a first run kid. Being a gear head from birth, I was immediately hooked and didn't miss an episode!

[@thaknightryda4971]

It's funny that the preview of CHiP's , that particular episode featured The Hoff's then fiance/wife (from 1984-1989), Catherine Hickland.

[@AnthonyFlores-q9t]

I first saw the pilot for Knight Rider in 1989 in the reruns. I was only 10 years old. The show was aired on KTLA 5, Los Angeles, CA from 1988 to 1994. It was finally nice to see how it all began in the pilot. From that point on, I had a way better understanding of the concept of the show and I absolutely love it. I loved it then, and I still love it today going forward.

[@deeppurplefan]

Pretty amazing, thanks for putting this together. Was watching Dukes and KR pretty on the regular in the early-mid 80's. Do distinctly recall watching the Baywatch pilot when it originally aired in '89 - watched it again several years ago, it's great.

[@KRHfan]

I remember watching the premiere when it first aired in 1982, I was in front of the tv with my dad and brother, been a fan ever since

[@vicferrarisgarage]

I got one for you! I think kitty was used in Chips season 6 !!!! It was Ponch’s Firebird

[@ProBreakers]

I used to watch reruns of Knight Rider in the mid to late 80s after school in the afternoon. There would be Three’s Company and then Knight Rider. Still remember watching those as my mom cooked dinner nearby in the kitchen.

[@haylsgo]

I 1st watched in the early 90s on ITV in England and then many reruns afterwards for many years like still now😍, wasn't born until late 80s, but my parents watched the original runs, and I think the 2nd run my mum was expecting me 😀

[@franciscoriley3855]

I saw the pilot/premiere of “Knight Rider “, on September 26 which was that Sunday many years ago and instantly became a fan of the show. A cool sleek Trans am outfitted with state of the art A.I technology,a man who nearly died,but given a new start ,identity and paired up with this automotive advanced wonder,and plenty of action along the way. Once I found out it was on Friday nights, I knew I was in for a treat to start my weekends. Have been a huge fan all these years and will continue to be as well.

[@Nukubu]

Saw the first episode on Friday, the 29th of June 1984 on Dutch TV (TROS)

[@MarcKloos]

Was The A-Team vervangen door Knight Rider of had de TROS beide series tegelijkertijd?

[@mergelboy2927]

Yes, i remember. I am from Belgium and we watched Knight Rider on the TROS channel. The show was very popular back then. I also remember that there was a hype with that KITT-laser in the front bumper. People used to install such a laser themselves on their car, especially the young drivers. But soon after it was banned by the police.

[@mergelboy2927]

@@MarcKloos Ik ben er vrij zeker van dat beide series grotendeels gelijk werden uitgezonden op de TROS. The A-Team liep van 1983 tot 1986 en Knight Rider van 1984 tot 1987.

[@LegendaryPrelude]

I just started 2nd grade and remember watching the pilot when it first aired. Stuck with me ever since

[@captvictor]

the Commercial for Almond Joy/Mounds was far better than todays :)

[@rx7sportscar]

I was 4 when it came out. So I saw them all in syndication. Wow a C H i P s preview!

[@ChesterBenjaminLane]

I think it's just plain Awesome that Knight Rider in the 80's was special to me because I love the intro at the beginning and name of the episode shows what the episode was called and happy 42nd Anniversary to Knight Rider

[@subdu3dcha0s35]

All that time in the 80 wishing we could skip commercials and now we’re nostalgic about them!

[@ryanricardo]

First saw the pilot as a rerun here in UK.

[@rockmanrespect]

Yes I was a kid back then, but I did not watch the Knight Rider pilot/get into the show until watching the reruns on the SciFi Channel in the 90s.

[@petermczip9011]

16:44 Hey, it's Sarah Michelle Gellar.

[@robgordonhotknight63]

WOW! Didn't know she started that young in acting.

[@SayAhh]

It's why she didn't go to McDonald's for a long time or was banned or something. I can't remember the story.

[@tomglenn4778]

1982 for me...honestly kind of forgot about the show. More of a Duke fan. Met Eric W. About 5 years ago and fine pleasure of working on his Kitt brought back great memories and now hooked. Keep up the good work Joe

[@Jayenkai]

ITV in the UK. Honestly couldn't tell you when. I was a kiddie-kin at the time. Would've been the first run, but it would've been a later episode. I didn't see the pilot until many years later.

[@snake7686]

I watched the pilot in the early 90s, maybe 91, 92

[@TheAtomicTexan]

I was 8/9 years old when this came out 42 years ago

[@rljensen3]

I had just turned 9, 3 weeks before. I happened to be flipping the dial (yes by hand) and saw the pilot airing. I was hooked. I never missed an episode. I have seen every episode or TV movie 300+ times. When the show went into rerun syndication I would race home from school to watch at 4pm in California locally (KTLA 5) Did it again when USA Network got it too. I'm 51 now and consider KR to be the best 80's show. Fast forward to last year I watched it entirely on Netflix. Now I watch it on the free ad channel universal action late at night.

[@josephdecicco3177]

I was born in 1985 and watched Knight Rider on reruns as a toddler on NYC’s Ch 9 WWOR until in early 90s on Saturday afternoons followed by Baywatch.

[@KnightRiderHistoriansOfficial]

WWOR holds a special place in my heart for that same reason!

[@KennyBacchus-l1i]

Happy .42nd. Birthday. Knight. Rider. Here s. What. It. Was. Like. To. First. Time

[@jefflasserot5954]

First episode I remember watching was Trust doesn’t rust. I was six in 1982. I was hooked after that and never missed an episode.

[@vijayantgovender2045]

I was 10 years old at time we had different adverts in South Africa thank you for sharing your experiences watching from South Africa

[@daveh2612]

Joe this was great! Thanks so much for putting this together. I never thought I’d be excited to watch commercials but here we are. Now I just need a time machine so I can go back.

[@craiglightowler2991]

Ahhh, THAT'S why the chimes before 'Kitt' speaks over your end credits, NOW I get it!!

[@dennisearhart5453]

I was 14 years and 6 months old when the series aired sitting in my red vinyl bean bag chair in the living room,probably more likely eating a bowl of chocolate ice cream at 8 pm then going off to bed afterwards thinking about the show and couldn't wait to see next week's episode,ever since then I wanted to have kitt,which I was finally able to start building one in 2009,and yeah I'm still working on it,wish it was done.

[@bobbova8708]

Hey, great idea and wonderful job of editing. I watched on NBC channel 4 from New York city the old fashioned way,over the air. I vaguely recalled the post episode coming attraction airing, fantastic job sharing it Joe! I remember the scene when K.i.t.t. returning to Michael and scolding him for leaving the keys in the ignition and the door open was when the whole concept clicked with me,this was great stuff. I just realized my 1982 Trans Am is 42 years old,the years have gone by in a flash. Here's looking forward to the 50th!

[@HazelKitching]

In my area of the UK we didn't get Knight Rider until the middle of Febuary 1983.I remember itairing on a Saturday night at 7pm.I was 12 as soon as i first heard KITT soeak and saw that dash i was hooked.Great video Joe and thankyou. Best Wishes Hazel in the UK 🇬🇧

[@diegohorton869]

I know I was there watching it after the DOH. I ended up buying both cars in my life. 69 Charger and a 92 Firebird.

[@HangoverTelevision]

I think before I watched the first pilot as kid completely, I saw other episodes on RTL in Germany. I think it was RTLII that had the exclusive rights to air Knight Rider 2000 first on german free TV. Funningly enough RTLII was supposed to start on.... September 26th, 1992. But it was postponed because of "legal reasons" - also funny, that Knight Rider 2000 was indeed released on VHS first in September 1992 in Germany before it was aired on TV... on RTLII in November/December 1992.

[@teemusjönberg]

I saw the pilot first time in spring 1984. I was only six years old, but remember it well. It was first airing here in Finland. Knight rider started in spring 1984 in Finland.

[@jasonkupke6768]

I watched them all about 5 years after they originally released.

[@ebt12]

Despite me starting 9th grade that year, I didn't learn about Knight Rider until later. I watched it while it was in production but I didn't see the pilot until years later. These commercials are fun, and interesting, seeing how advertising has changed on TV. And during the old ads, KZbin has their own. With the advantage of being able to see the series from beginning to end, it shows that early on there was so much to still figure out, like making a call from KITT. Of course, had Michael called from KITT, we wouldn't have the scene with the car thieves.

[@luiscampos1701]

In my country (Portugal), Knight Rider aired for the first time in January 1987, with the name (Justiceiro). I was just a kid with 11 years old, and it was my favorite TV show, and it still is today. I have the complete series in DVD and just bought it recently in Blu-ray, and I'm also doing the 1/8 scale K.I.T.T. collection, I'm on issue 21. Love your channel, I see all your episodes, can't wait to see the F.L.A.G. semi completed.