The fifteenth TV show: #323 Knight Rider
When I was young, we watched a lot of Knight Rider. I sort of remembered what to expect from that - although I suppose anyone with the description of the show could. Somewhat trashy, an action show focused on a lot of car chases and other action sequences. For most episodes, this is the case. It's well done, everyone is clearly having fun creating the show, and we get some good moments in there. There are, however, also a few episodes that play with the concept, occasionally try a slightly different concept, and present a series that does something interesting with it. Those episodes are usually the best too.
It is made bearable mostly by the performances. David Hasselhoff does fine as Michael Knight (and is clearly in his element as stunt driver - until an accident happened he did some of the car stunt work himself) and the supporting cast really adds to the show, but the clear star is, and remains, KITT (something that, compared to other series, doesn't seem to have caused much friction). Although he gets a number of the good lines, it's the personality as well. The wit, lack of compassion in places (though, as you'd expect, not always) and upstaging works well. Him being the most powerful car works well for it, but he's more than just that, and making it this AI is what probably made the show. Sure, it's an idea that's used more often (at least now), and the technology looks dated at times (as you'd expect), it all works well together.