season number: 1
number of episodes: 21
release date:
1982-09-26
(Season premiere - NBC USA)
/
1983-05-06
(Season ending - NBC USA)
/
2004-08-03
(Region 1 DVD release)
IMDb: tt0083437
overview
Knight Rider had a two-hour premiere on NBC, airing at 8PM on Sunday night. The show was put up against Dallas, and would eventually move NBC out of third place in the network race. The show eventually aired on Friday nights, and in December 1982 became the second-highest-rated show of its day; M*A*S*H was number 1.