Knight Rider Returns....again...unfortunately?

Well, I guess we kinda thought (feared?) this might happen... There's also extra TV info here...XIII sounds kinda interesting?

NBC on Wednesday announced that Knight Rider will become a weekly series beginning next season.

As part of its plans for the next year, NBC also announced the mini-series XIII, based on the European graphic novel series recently translated into English by Dabel Brothers/Marvel Comics.

The Knight Rider series, spinning out of the Feb. 17 movie starring Justin Bruening, will air on Wednesdays at 8 p.m., with encores airing on Saturdays at 9 p.m. through the fall.

The Knight Rider movie in February scored the highest 18-49 rating for any movie on any network in nearly three years.

The series continues the 1980s franchise that starred David Hasselhoff.

Here's how NBC describes Knight Rider:

"As the sequel resumes, KITT is absolutely the coolest car ever created: its supercomputer capable of hacking almost any system; its weapons systems efficient; and its body -- thanks to its creator's work and nanotechnology -- is capable of actually shifting shape and color. It is the ultimate car -- and someone will be willing to do anything to obtain it."

The series will also star Deanna Russo, Sydney Tamiia Poitier and Bruce Davison. David Bartis, Doug Liman and Gary Scott Thompson are executive producers, with David Andron as supervising producer and writer.

XIII will star Val Kilmer, who played Batman in Batman Forever and was the voice of KITT in the Knight Rider movie, and Stephen Dorff, who played Deacon Frost in Blade.

Here's how NBC describes the project:

"This adrenaline-charged mini-series begins dramatically as the first female U.S. President is shot dead by a sniper during her Veteran's Day speech. Three months later, a wounded man is found tattered in a forest with no memory of his identity. The only clue is a tattoo on his neck, 'XIII.' Could his lightning-fast reflexes and killer instincts betray him as the presidential assassin that the U.S. is desperately searching for? Submerged in a far-reaching conspiracy, which threatens to overthrow the entire government, XIII's identity becomes the key to unraveling a complex and dangerous secret that will shock and excite."

XIII is produced by Prodigy Pictures and Cipango.

As part of its plans for the next year, NBC also announced Heroes will return to its Monday 9 p.m. time period for its third season.