The revival of Knight Rider and Dollhouse, the latest show from Buffy creator Joss Whedon, will air on Sci Fi in the UK.
Knight Rider features Val Kilmer as the voice of talking car KITT and Justin Bruening as Michael Knight, son of the character of the same name played by David Hasselhoff in the 1980s original.
It airs in the US on NBC, which owns the Sci Fi channel.
The series debuted in September in a high-profile mid-week slot following a two-hour special last February. An initial order for 22 episodes was cut back to 17 with an option to use the remaining five scripts if a second series is commissioned.
Dollhouse, which launched on Fox last month, stars Eliza Dushku – a former star of Buffy and Angel – as one of a group of people who have had their personalities wiped clean so they can be imprinted with new personas, including memory, muscle memory, skills, and language, for different assignments.
The 13-part series has had a troubled history, with Fox demanding that Whedon shoot a new pilot. It has met with a lukewarm reception from fans of his work but he has insisted that the series becomes closer to his original vision as it progresses.
NBC Universal Global Networks programming director Jon Farrar said of the acquisitions: "We're dedicated to offering our audience the most exciting content available and are thrilled to become the UK home for two such highly anticipated series. Knight Rider and Dollhouse both hail from fine pedigrees. The special effects in both series are genuinely show-stopping."
The series will be broadcast on Sci Fi from May.
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