JustinBruening-related stories
Posted Mar 2nd 2009 2:04PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Daytime, Reality-Free, TV Squad Ten
Did you know that double Oscar winners Dustin Hoffman and Robert De Niro acted in soap operas? It's true. Many of today's biggest stars honed their craft by doing New York soaps like
As the World Turns and
Another World. Before she was
Buffy, the Vampire Slayer,
Sarah Michelle Gellar was Susan Lucci's daughter on
All My Children.
Hollywood soaps like
Days of Our Lives,
General Hospital, and
The Young and the Restless also produced stars.
Tom Selleck, for instance, was a
Y&R hunk before becoming
Magnum, P.I. There are a lot of current stars right now on hit shows who were daytime characters just a few years ago. After the jump, we count down the top ten primetime stars who started in soaps.
Continue reading TV Squad Ten: Primetime stars who started in soaps
Posted Dec 4th 2008 10:27AM by Brad Trechak
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Programming, Cancellations, Reality-Free
It's looking like yet another new series is going to quietly fade away. The new
Knight Rider show
has halted production in what is likely the beginning of the end for the sequel of the 80's series of the same name.
The number of shows ordered by NBC has been ordered has been lowered from 21 to 17. The creators probably won't even have time to change the scripts, so I predict the season (and likely series) finale will end on an awkward note.
Continue reading Knight Rider to ride into the night?
Posted Jul 22nd 2008 11:26AM by Joel Keller
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, TCA Press Tour, Reality-Free
Imagine for a second that Comic Book Guy from
The Simpsons was hired to run a television show. Now imagine that the television show was a remake of an old favorite. Sounds like it would make for a pretty impatient press tour panelist, right? Well, that's what we got with Gary Scott Thompson, the new show-runner for
Knight Rider.
Thompson answered most of the questions on the panel, and his message to everyone was: remember that two-hour
KR movie that aired last year? Forget all about it. The characters may be the same but the story is completely different. What went on before probably won't matter for much. Even KITT is a little different.
Continue reading Forget the Knight Rider movie, say the series creators - TCA Report
Posted Mar 31st 2008 4:41PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Industry, Pickups and Renewals
Well, here's hoping that the powers that be were reading
TV Squad after the two-hour
Knight Rider movie premiered last February. Then, at least they'll know how to fix the show, because
NBC has picked up Knight Rider as a series for the 2008-2009 schedule, and it's going to need some re-tooling.
That's the phrase they love to use in the business to describe all the work that's needed to turn a turkey -- albeit one with great ratings -- into a successful series. And
Knight Rider, as conceived in that TV movie/back door pilot, needs some major work.
Continue reading Knight Rider series officially a go
Posted Dec 12th 2007 4:31PM by Kristin Sample
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, Industry, OpEd
Today I went to NBC studios for the unveiling of the new KITT (Knight Industries Three Thousand) for the upcoming two-hour television movie
Knight Rider set to air on February 17 at 9 p.m. ET. This modern-day sequel to the iconic 1980's show stars Justin Bruening (
Cold Case), Deanna Russo (
The Young and the Restless), Sydney Tamiia Poitier (
Veronica Mars), and Bruce Davison (
Breach). Will Arnett (
Arrested Development) will play the voice of KITT. And don't worry, the Hoff will make a guest appearance as Michael Knight.
Continue reading New KITT car for Knight Rider movie unveiled
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