NBC gives 'Knight Rider' the back nine

NBC has ordered a full season of "Knight Rider," even though it's consistently finishing in third place in its timeslot.

Why would Ben Silverman do this to us? Three reasons: 1)At least "Knight Rider" is doing better than "Pushing Daisies" head-to-head (sigh...); 2)NBC has trouble in so many places, and so little ready to plug in immediately, that they can't just cancel everything; and 3)Silverman is apparently an "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" fan and has decided to usurp Charlie's role as the wild card. Click here to read the full post

Sepinwall on TV: 'Knight Rider' review

Most new TV shows, I will give one or two weeks past the pilot to change my initial opinion. Not so with the subject of today's column, "Knight Rider," which is just as awful as you would expect it to be, whether or not you watched the TV-movie back in February. My hope is that other than this column (where I'm meaner than I usually allow myself to be with this stuff), the only other words I write about this show will involve a sentence that includes the phrase "has been canceled." Click here to read the full post