As of July 2026, Knight Rider Season 1 aired in 1982 with 21 episodes. Full episode guide and where to watch below.
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Knight Rider Season 1

1982 21 Episodes Action & Adventure · Sci-Fi & Fantasy ⭐ 8/10

If you want science fiction that respects its own premise, Knight Rider Season 1 is available on streaming right now. Across 1 season, the show has had time to find its rhythm and keep it. 1,434 people have weighed in on TMDB, and the verdict leans heavily positive. David Hasselhoff sets the tone, and the world-building does the rest. Available now — press play and find out why people keep recommending it.

There is a reason Knight Rider Season 1 keeps coming up in conversation. What makes Knight Rider Season 1 work is that the ideas never crowd out the people having them. Season 1 of Knight Rider includes 21 episodes. It aired from September 1982 to May 1983. This season stars David Hasselhoff, Edward Mulhare and William Daniels. David Hasselhoff and Edward Mulhare lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was aired in 1982. Knight Rider Season 1 resists the temptation to explain everything, trusting the audience to sit with ambiguity. The consistency throughout is what elevates it — not every moment is the best, but none of them are a reason to stop watching.

Viewers burned by ambitious sci-fi that could not sustain its premise should give Knight Rider Season 1 a chance. It stands on its own even without an obvious comparison point. Best experienced as a single, sustained watch if your schedule allows. Watch for David Hasselhoff in particular — the performance elevates the material. Satisfying on multiple levels.

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🎬 Knight Rider Season 1 — Episode Guide

E1
Knight of the Phoenix
1982-09-26
When a young detective is ambushed in a failed police stakeout, he is believed to have been killed. In reality, he survives and learns that his face has been altered and his identity has been changed to Michael Knight. The man responsible for this is Wilton Knight, a dying billionaire who, convinced...
E2
Deadly Maneuvers
1982-10-01
Michael stops to offer a stranded Army Lieutenant a lift, only to learn when they arrive at her base that her father has died under mysterious circumstances. With the events surrounding the death highly suspicious, Michael decides to investigate.
E3
Good Day at White Rock
1982-10-08
Michael and K.I.T.T. head to the quiet backwater town of White Rock for Michael to take a well deserved vacation and do a little rock climbing, but the trip isn't quite the quiet break expected, when they find that the town is being terrorised by a rowdy motorcycle gang preparing to do battle with a...
E4
Slammin' Sammy's Stunt Show Spectacular
1982-10-22
Michael joins an auto-daredevil show whose owners unwittingly took out a second mortgage from a crook who arranges "accidents" so he can take over the business.
E5
Just My Bill
1982-10-29
Michael becomes the bodyguard for a crusading state senator who has stepped on one too many toes.
E6
Not a Drop to Drink
1982-11-05
Devon sends Michael to stop a range war over water rights.
E7
No Big Thing
1982-11-12
Devon lands in a small-town lockup on a misdemeanor, but his predicament becomes deadly after a fellow prisoner is killed by the cops.
E8
Trust Doesn't Rust
1982-11-19
Michael is assigned to stop KARR, an evil prototype of KITT programmed to survive at all costs--and now on the loose.
E9
Inside Out
1982-11-26
Michael takes on the guise of an infamous criminal to infiltrate a highly organized crime ring headed by a retired colonel, who is planning a major heist.
E10
The Final Verdict
1982-12-03
A meek accountant can clear a friend of murder—if Michael can find him before he's arrested for "creative" bookkeeping.
E11
A Plush Ride
1982-12-10
Michael becomes a student in a driving school for chauffeur-bodyguards to expose an assassin whose targets are a trio of visiting Third World leaders.
E12
Forget Me Not
1982-12-17
Michael's only hope of preventing the assassination of a Latin American president is a girl who knows the plan, but has amnesia.
E13
Hearts of Stone
1983-01-14
Michael infiltrates a ring of gunrunners selling advanced-design rifles in Central America, "Corazon de Piedras".
E14
Give Me Liberty... or Give Me Death
1983-01-21
Someone is sabotaging the cars in an alternative-fuel race, so Michael joins the pack to flush out the saboteur.
E15
The Topaz Connection
1983-01-28
The murder of a men's magazine publisher leads Michael to Las Vegas and an expose the magazine was about to print.
E16
A Nice, Indecent Little Town
1983-02-18
The trail of a counterfeiter leads to a sleepy little village that not only appears to be harboring the criminal he's after but is also under the eye of the CIA.
E17
Chariot of Gold
1983-02-25
Michael investigates the mysterious deaths of members of an exclusive club for geniuses, involved in an archaeological dig.
E18
White Bird
1983-03-04
Michael tries to prevent a lawyer's assistant from being framed for conspiracy, but there's a complication; she was Michael's fiancee before his identity change.
E19
Knight Moves
1983-03-11
Michael tries to catch hijackers who are knocking off shipments carried by independent truckers.
E20
Nobody Does It Better
1983-04-29
Michael contends with interference from an overzealous private eye while he tries to discover who's stealing computer-software secrets.

🎭 Cast of Knight Rider Season 1

David Hasselhoff
David Hasselhoff
Michael Knight
Edward Mulhare
Edward Mulhare
Devon Miles
William Daniels
William Daniels
KITT (voice)
Patricia McPherson
Patricia McPherson
Bonnie Barstow

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