Knight Rider debuted on television
David Hasselhoff remains one of the greatest television stars of the modern era. Everybody knows the name and has seen one of his wildly popular shows. It was this one that put him on the map though. Before 1982, Hasselhoff was a young actor who got guess spots on various shows and soap operas. Then he caught a break portraying Michael Knight, a former police officer-turn-vigilante who battles crime with help from an artificially intelligent car known as KITT. To this day the theme of the show and the car itself are instantly recognizable.
It made him a megastar. That year is where it all began.
