New stories will let old characters live on.

There are millions of Americans who have grown up on "Saved By The Bell" and "Punky Brewster." Now, the folks at NBC Universal who hold the licensing rights to some of these popular characters in 80s and 90s shows are hoping those millions would be willing to shell out a few dollars to find out more about the crew members of "Airwolf" and "Miami Vice."

Lion Forge Comics will be publishing a line of comic books based on the characters from "Knight Rider" and the other four shows later this year. They plan to have a huge debut at the San Diego Comic-Con.

The partnership was, "a natural step for us as we continue to identify new ways to entertain our fans in the digital space," NBCUniversal Television's director of global consumer products licensing, Chris Lucero, told the Hollywood Reporter.

Comic book versions of TV show characters isn’t anything new. Of course, comic book characters like Batman and Blade have been the inspiration for TV shows and feature films. But "Buffy The Vampire Slayer" and "Jericho" have lived on in comic books after the shows were done airing on TV.

And, when one considers digital delivery, there isn’t a publishing cost to hinder the production.

David Steward, the CEO of Lion Forge, said he was attracted to the project by the, "hugely popular characters such as Crockett and Tubbs, Zack Morris and Punky Brewster to highly stylized music and clothing choices."

As pop culture defines the decades, it is easy to see the attraction for creative artist to publish stories of the characters that they grew up with.

It is also attractive for companies to keep finding new revenue streams for items they already own.

MASTERPIECE: A new set of stories begins on PBS "Masterpiece Theater" on Sunday night. "Endeavour, Series 1" follows actor Shaun Evans ("The Take," "The Virgin Queen") as a young Endeavor Morse, when he was only a constable. The series will cover cases he worked on long before his red jaguar and detective skills we know from the Inspector Morse stories.

The four-episode story arc will run on PBS on Sunday nights in July.

MOBILE MOVIES: A couple of weeks ago Time Warner Cable released authenticated online services for STARZ PLAY and ENCORE PLAY. The package allows current STARZ and ENCORE subscribers the ability to view more than 1,000 monthly titles at no additional cost with an online device.

"This easy-to-use online viewing option brings STARZ and ENCORE exclusive original programming and commercial-free movies to subscribers’ iPhone, iPad and iPod touch and select Android and other devices including the Kindle Fire, Kindle Fire HD, NOOK HD, NOOK HD+, and the Google Nexus 4, Nexus 7, and Nexus 10," the release said.

With a Time Warner Cable ID, subscribers can get the free PLAY platform applications in the App Store and Amazon Appstore.

"We are excited to further expand our TV Everywhere offerings for our customers with the launch of the online STARZ PLAY and ENCORE PLAY services," said Michael Angus, Time Warner Cable’s senior vice president and GM. "This is another great example of our commitment to expand the number of ways customers can watch their favorite programming."