The pilot episode featured
Larry Anderson as Michael Long. Anderson is replaced by Hasselhoff after Michael Long is shot in the Nevada desert. Hasselhoff's voice is dubbed over Anderson's for all of his lines. Anderson elected to remain uncredited in the episode. At the end of Season 1, lead actress
Patricia McPherson was fired from the show due to a falling out with producer Robert Foster, and her character was written out of the show. McPherson was replaced by
Rebecca Holden in the second season. Hasselhoff was reportedly angry about McPherson's firing, but was in no position to fight the network or the show's producers. Holden left the show at the end of season two, and McPherson returned for season 3. David Hasselhoff's then-girlfriend,
Catherine Hickland, appeared in episode 19, "White Bird," as Michael Long's ex-fiancée Stevie Mason. Hickland also helped to write the episode. At the end of season 1 during the studio wrap party, Hasselhoff celebrated Hickland's birthday. A cake was presented with a replica of K.I.T.T. sitting on top. Written in icing were the words "Look Under the Hood." An engagement ring had been placed under the hood, and Hasselhoff proposed. Hickland later returned to the show twice, on season two's "Let it Be Me", and season four's "The Scent of Roses." ==Cast==