I could care less. I find the usage of the word "stars" in the same sentence as Knight Rider to be funny in the extreme. As for Poitier, I like her, but I found her portrayal as a lesbian disturbing. "Not that there's anything wrong with that", but in the first ten minutes of the pilot, they made a point of showing how she'd just had a one-night stand with another lady. It wasn't that the gay angle upset me, but the obvious, juvenile way it was shoehorned into the "plot" was irritating. I could just hear some hack going "Hey! Let's make her *gay*, and let's show her in the 'morning after', so it looks like she had a wild night--but with a woman!" Dude probably thought he was being clever or titillating, just came off as stupid. It was like something teenaged boys or Michael Bay would do, and added *nothing* to the plot--but then, neither did Michael and that female agent stripping to their underwear in a burning KITT.
Quit with the bloodletting and just kill the patient! -------------- Original message -------------- From: "ravenadal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I have never seen the new Knight Rider and, now that Sydney Poitier has been axed, I never will. ~(no)rave! http://www.huliq.com/1/72690/knight-rider-ejects-three-stars Knight Rider Ejects Three Stars Knight Rider, for some unfathomable reason, has been picked up for a full season but three of its stars haven't. Sydney Tamilia Poitier, Yancey Arias and Bruce Davidson all will disappear after the 13th episode. This won't make the Knight Rider show better - as if anything could - but it will make it cheaper to produce. This is what bottom-feeding ratings do to a budget. In its most recent airing, Knight Rider managed only a smidgen over 5 million viewers - shows are canceled with substantially higher audiences - and its 18-49 ratings were just as gross. If there is an explanation for the continuation of the series, it's the product placement deal NBC has with the car company that produces KITT. The question of the day is, should auto manufacturers, who are going to Washington begging for a taxpayer bailout, be squandering millions on road kill like Knight Rider? Reported by TV Plus. No copyright detected.
