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Just a week after NBC cleaned house at "Heroes," it's doing the same now with "Knight Rider." Gone are Sydney Tamiia Poitier, Yancey Arias and Bruce Davison, and here is what showrunner Gary Scott Thompson called a "reboot." "We're moving away from the terrorist-of-the-week formula and closer to the original, making it a show about a man and his car going out and helping more regular people." Poitier and Davison were a part of the original "Knight Rider" backdoor pilot that aired last spring, playing Carrie Rivai and Charles Graiman. Arias was added when the actual series started, playing Alex Torres. All three will remain through the first 13 episodes, but will not be a part of "Knight Rider's" planned mid-season retooling, a change that apparently had been in the works since ...

We recently assessed Knight Rider’s chances for survival in the cutthroat world of television and came to a conclusion that viewers must give the NBC remake a chance. In fact, our very own John Kubicek also named Knight Rider’s Five Steps for Success, which might just help the series, which has garnered poor reviews from critics. Executive producer Gary Scott Thompson also revealed the they took into consideration the original series and incorporate new characters into it, making “sure that those four characters clicked into what the new mythology was for the series.”

For those who stand among the rest and think that Knight Rider is worth a shot, here’s some good news.

The Hollywood Reporter recently reported that NBC has ordered four additional scripts for Knight Rider, which might be a good sign for the staggering show. The remake of the 1980s series about a man...