In another low ratings story the newly released Knight Rider TV show which follows on from the Feb TV movie has had it’s ratings information released for the new episode.
This time instead of getting the expected audience of 12.7 million which was the number of people who watched the TV movie it ended up with 7.3 million. It’s such a serious matter for the NBC leadership that it’s rumoured that depending on the ratings for their upcoming drama Crusoe the NBC Co-chairman could recieve the axe himself. Where Knight Rider is concerned if the ratings don’t spike within the next few weeks it will be hard to see it reaching even 13 episodes let along a full season. The original show managed to do several seasons and sent The Hoff into super stardom so if the remake doesn’t even make it to a half-season it’s a bad sign for future remakes. It was considered a great idea after all since the remade version of Battlestar Galactica won viewers quicker than anyone expected, even the network execs.
