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Michael Ausiello over at Entertainment Weekly says the life of "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles" could be reaching an early end if ratings don't pick up soon, so in case we lose one high-action series, I guess we're really only left with "Knight Rider."

I really want to hate this show, I really, really do. After the mess that was "Bionic Woman" last season, Ben Silverman thinks it's a wonderful move to put another series resurrected from NBC's Golden Age in the Wednesday 8 p.m. timeslot.

And while I might not be the most enthused about the season premiere, "Knight In Shining Armor," I honestly still think there's promise. That is hard for me to say, but if NBC called me up and asked to use a comment from us in their commercials, I would say that "Knight Rider" is television's most promising series of the year.

I'm not sure if that line would exactly win a lot of viewers. It would be like Albert Einstein's science teacher in high school calling his work "satisfactory."

But if there were ribbons and awards for simply participating, I think "Knight Rider" would take the bronze.

In the series premiere (if you can call it that since the original pilot was aired last spring), Mike Traceur (Justin Bruening) runs into his past, and it puts not only his life in danger, but Sarah Graiman's (Deanna Russo) as well.

Yawn.

I just can't understand how many more times Hollywood writers are going to recycle the whole "you were a special op agent in [insert war], but you [don't want to talk about it and keep it a secret] or [you simply don't remember because of some government conspiracy]." Seriously, I thought I was going to find Michael Bay's name attached to this episode, not Gary Scott Thompson.

But there was just enough in this first episode of "Knight Rider" to get me wanting to come back for more. I am not sure exactly what more I can expect, but whether I really do see some potential or I simply am feeling nostalgic to my David Hasselhoff-filled childhood, I think I'm not quite ready to give up on "Knight Rider" just yet.

I just hope Thompson realizes that television is a very different animal than movies. If a film flops, a studio can throw it on DVD and move on. In television, we want to be wowed, and we want to be wowed fast. So intrigue us, Mr. Thompson, and do it before Halloween, or you better have a good costume before you come knocking on my door.

"Knight Rider" premieres Wednesday night at 8 p.m. ET on NBC. "A Knight In Shining Armor" stars Justin Bruening, Deanna Russo, Bruce Davison and Sydney Tamiia Poitier. It was written by Gary Scott Thompson.

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