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NBC Universal is mounting its third “Knight Rider” series in three decades, following the 1982 David Hasselhoff vehicle (if you will) and the 1997 Brixton Karnes-led “Team Knight Rider” (whose series finale featured a cameo by Hasselhoff).

The new series, whose 2-hour February pilot also featured a Hasselhoff walk-on, stars “All My Children” vet Justin Bruening and “Young and the Restless” vet Deanna Russo.

The network is expected to announce the new series’ tentative fall timeslot during its early upfront Wednesday.

"Battlestar Galactica" and "Star Trek" were two aging franchises successfully revived for TV, but much more common are failed and forgotten network remakes like "Young Maverick" (1979), "The New Odd Couple" (1982), "The Twilight Zone" (1985 and 2002), "Mission: Impossible" (1988), "The Fugitive" (2000), "Dragnet" (2003), "The Night Stalker" (2005) and "Bionic Woman" (2007).

Will the new "Knight Rider" beat the odds?

Read all of Variety’s story on the matter here.