Knight Rider
Knight of the Phoenix
TV Flash files “Knight of the Phoenix” as a desk essential hour — Knight Rider (1982–1986) on NBC, season 1, episode 1, aired 1982-09-26, 120 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E01: listed hour 1 of 84 in the Knight Rider guide, first listed hour of season 1. It aired 1982-09-26 (120 min). No earlier hour is listed in this guide. Next is “Deadly Maneuvers” (S01E02).
Essential hour: “Knight of the Phoenix”. Knight of the Phoenix unboxes the high-concept toy: scanner-bar co-lead, William Daniels' voice, turbo boost as a red-light prayer.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
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Viewer FAQ
Where does Knight of the Phoenix sit in the Knight Rider guide?
S01E01 is listed hour 1 of 84 — first listed hour of season 1, season 1 episode 1.
When did Knight Rider S01E01 air?
Knight of the Phoenix aired 1982-09-26 and is listed at 120 minutes.
Is the car really the co-star?
Yes. KITT, voiced by William Daniels, is the partner — scanner bar, turbo boost, moral GPS. Hasselhoff is the windshield; the Trans Am is the franchise.
In the series
Why this series still plays
The purest high-concept 1980s action toy — Hasselhoff and KITT chemistry is the whole meal. Glen Larson's talking Trans Am, William Daniels voicing the scanner-bar co-lead, turbo boosts as Friday-night science fantasy. Glorious sincerity, excellent car. Kit, I need you is still a prayer at red lights; later reboots keep failing upward toward the charm.
Friday night, a Trans Am, and a scanner bar that was the actual co-lead. NBC's Knight Rider (1982–1986), Glen A. Larson, sold David Hasselhoff's Michael Knight as a windshield star while William Daniels voiced KITT — the AI car that out-acted half of prime time. Edward Mulhare's Devon held the foundation's leash. **Four seasons, 84 hours of turbo-boost science fantasy.** Rex can keep the western in amber. This was high-concept action as a toy window: buddy-cop TV where the buddy had a red scanner, moral missions,…
Filed against
- David Hasselhoff as Michael Knight
David Hasselhoff’s Michael Knight made Knight Rider a talking Trans Am religion — 1980s catalog high-concept toy, Kit I need you as a Friday liturgy, then Baywatch turning the same chest into a planetary slow-motion export. TV Flash files…
- William Daniels as KITT (voice)
William Daniels’s Dr. Mark Craig made St. Elsewhere’s dump hospital feel like a scalpel with tenure — 1980s catalog rounds, then Knight Rider’s KITT and Boy Meets World’s Feeny stretching the same diction into a car and a classroom. TV…
- Edward Mulhare as Devon Miles
Edward Mulhare kept the Foundation's manners as Devon Miles on Knight Rider — Glen Larson's talking Trans Am, Friday-night science fantasy, and the handler who made a turbo boost look like a briefing. Hasselhoff had the car; Mulhare had…