Justin Bruening as Mike Tracer Credit: Mitchell Haaseth/NBC

Back in the 1980's Dark Ages, David Hasslehoff played a non-costumed crime fighter who drove a very hot car. Her name was KITT (for Knight Industries Three Thousand) and every teen in the world wanted to roll with an amazing ride just like her. She was state of the art for weapons, intelligence and was just one heck of a cool set of wheels! Well, KITT is back, sleeker and more tech-loaded than ever but the new TV series, premiering Sept 24th on NBC, doesn't just star a car! Behind the wheel is hottie Justin Bruening as Mike Traceur, the estranged son of David Hasslehoff's Michael Knight character.

KITT (Knight Industries Three Thousand) Credit: Paul Drinkwater/NBC

Gorgeous Justin is an ex-model and soap opera actor with quite a few prime time TV credits on his resume. He hails from very small-town Nebraska (like a population of 85 people!) so there is still that slice of humble pie in his demeanor but he's very excited about and proud of his new show. We caught up with gung-ho Justin earlier this summer at an NBC party....

TeenTelevision: Is the show going to pick up where the pilot left off?

Justin: No. Forget about the pilot. It's done. It's over. It's gone. My example is if that was "Knight Rider" 2.0, if you consider that the sequel, this is "Knight Rider" 15.0. We took "Knight Rider" and blew it up. It's amazing. It's bigger, badder. It's a cross between James Bond, Jason Bourne, and Batman...It's a melding of the genres.