McPherson was dropped after the first season, and replaced by Rebecca Holden who played April Curtis throughout the second season. Bonnie Barstow in the first season who served as KITT's chief technician and as romantic tension for Michael. He was shadowed by Patricia McPherson as Dr. Devon was the leader of FLAG, who appeared in nearly every episode to provide mission details to Knight and KITT. Other notable characters were Devon Miles played by Edward Mulhare. Wilton selects Michael to be the primary field agent in the pilot program of his Knight Industries-funded public justice organization, the Foundation for Law and Government (FLAG). The two are brought together in the pilot episode when self-made billionaire Wilton Knight rescues police detective Michael Long after a near fatal shot to the face, giving him a new identity via plastic surgery, and a new name - Michael Knight. The series revolved around the partnership of Michael Knight (Hasselhoff), and Kitt (voiced by William Daniels). While David Hasselhoff was billed as the star of the show, a good portion of viewers tuned in for Kitt, the talking, self driving and self aware car. The original Knight Rider series began airing in 1982 and ran until 1986 for a total of 90 episodes over four years. Do you realize how popular you need to be to be able to play yourself in a movie? Be it television, movies, or music, he's managed to turn a buck in them all, sometimes purely by playing himself, and not even a character at all. The man has a way of turning garbage into gold. Say what you will about David Hasselhoff.
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