The Knights of Prosperity
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| Genre | Sitcom |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Starring | See Cast and Characters |
| Country of origin | USA |
| Original channel | ABC |
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The Knights of Prosperity is a sitcom that will premiere on ABC in the United States on January 3, 2007, and on CTV in Canada during the 2006-07 television season. It was created by Rob Burnett and Jon Beckerman who also created the NBC show Ed. The show follows a group of "misfits" -- the titular Knights -- who attempt to rob Mick Jagger's luxury apartment. Jagger will appear in a cameo in the first episode that will kick off the series' main storyline.
[edit] Name changes and scheduling
The series has gone through several name changes: the original title was Let's Rob Jeff Goldblum, later changed to Let's Rob Mick Jagger once Goldblum committed to the NBC drama Raines.
ABC announced the series for its Fall schedule as Let's Rob... in May, and the final name change to Knights was reported on July 4, 2006 [1]. During the TCA Tour, executive producer Rob Burnett indicated that the title may change again before the show debuts[2], although no further action on that topic has been reported.
Originally scheduled to debut on October 17, 2006 at 9:00 PM, it was pulled from the schedule on October 3 in favor of at least two additional 90-minute episodes of its intended lead-in, Dancing with the Stars. At press time ABC announced that the program would be shelved for now [3] but will be rescheduled for a January 2007 airdate due to the network now making another sitcom, "Big Day," a priority for the Tuesday night schedule [4]. On November 9, 2006 ABC began running spots for the show in advance to its January airdate, where it will air on Wednesdays. On December 5, 2006 ABC announced that the program will premiere on Jan. 3, 2007 at 9pm.
[edit] Cast and Characters
- Donal Logue as Eugene Gurkin
- Sofia Vergara as Esperanza Villalobos
- Lenny Venito as Francis "Squatch" Squacieri
- Maz Jobrani as Gourishankar "Gary" Subramaniam
- Kevin Michael Richardson as Rockefeller Butts
- Josh Grisetti as Louis Plunk
