Editing David Hasselhoff (section)

===''Knight Rider''===

Hasselhoff was recruited by then-[[NBCUniversal Television Group|NBC]]-president [[Brandon Tartikoff]] to star in the [[Action fiction|action]] [[crime drama]] series ''[[Knight Rider (1982 TV series)|Knight Rider]]'' from 1982 to 1986 as [[Michael Knight (Knight Rider)|Michael Knight]].  The actor has described ''Knight Rider'' as more than a TV show: "It's a phenomenon. It's bigger than ''[[Baywatch]]'' ever was." On the success of ''Knight Rider'' – "It's because it was about saving lives, not taking lives, and it was how one man really can make a difference."<ref name="Khaleej Times 2006 p419">{{cite web | title=The good knight | website=Khaleej Times | date=September 9, 2006 | url=https://www.khaleejtimes.com/city-times/the-good-knight | access-date=January 30, 2024}}</ref>

He describes the acting he has done as "a little more difficult than if you had a regularly well-written script – like, if I was going to be in, say, ''[[Reservoir Dogs]]'', or ''[[The Godfather]]'', or ''[[Dances with Wolves]]'' or ''[[Lawrence of Arabia (film)|Lawrence of Arabia]]'' or ''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]'' -- I had to talk to a car."<ref>{{cite web|last=Moore|first=Alex|title=A David Hasselhoff Story You Won't Hear on TV|url=http://www.deathandtaxesmag.com/39361/a-david-hasselhoff-story-you-wont-hear-on-tv/|access-date=September 22, 2012}}</ref> His role in the show led him to win Favorite Male Performer in a New TV Program at the [[9th People's Choice Awards]] in 1983.<ref>{{cite web|title=9th Annual Favorite Male Performer...|url=http://search.peopleschoice.com/v/26948933/and-the-9th-annual-favorite-male-performer-in-a-new-television-program-people-s-choice-david-hasselhoff.htm|website=People's Choice|access-date=June 24, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150625193640/http://search.peopleschoice.com/v/26948933/and-the-9th-annual-favorite-male-performer-in-a-new-television-program-people-s-choice-david-hasselhoff.htm|archive-date=June 25, 2015}}</ref>