Series synopsis
The Knights of Prosperity is an American comedy television series that premiered on ABC on January 3, 2007. It ended on August 22, 2007. It was created by Rob Burnett, Jon Beckerman. It stars Donal Logue, Sofía Vergara, Lenny Venito and Maz Jobrani.
Eugene Gurkin has dreamt of opening his own bar for years, but his dead-end job as a janitor won't even fund a bottle of booze. In a serendipitous moment, he catches an episode of "E! News" and his passion is ignited. Soon Eugene recruits a group of average joes into his gang, The Knights of Prosperity, for a heist to finance their dreams. The initial target: rock icon Mick Jagger's super-luxe Central Park West apartment.
Premise
Eugene Gurkin has dreamt of opening his own bar for years, but his dead-end job as a janitor won't even fund a bottle of booze. In a serendipitous moment, he catches an episode of "E! News" and his passion is ignited. Soon Eugene recruits a group of average joes into his gang, The Knights of Prosperity, for a heist to finance their dreams. The initial target: rock icon Mick Jagger's super-luxe Central Park West apartment.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Donal Logue as Eugene Gurkin
- Sofía 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
Guest cast
- Bobby Cannavale
- Sally Jessy Raphael
- Ben Bailey
- Mick Jagger as Mick Jagger
- Natasha Lyonne
- Rocco DiSpirito
- Reiko Aylesworth as Simone Cashwell
- Felix Solis
- James Rebhorn
- Deepti Gupta
Episodes
This series spans 1 season with 13 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 13 | January 3, 2007 | August 22, 2007 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Pilot Eugene Gurkin had always wanted to open his own bar, yet never had the money to do it. After one of his co-workers dies, Eugene comes up with the idea to rob a famous celebrity's apartment after seeing how the rich and famous live on E! News. |
January 3, 2007 |
| 2 |
Operation: Seduce Simone Eugene's plan gets more complicated when the Knights realize they also need a five-digit security code to gain access to Mick Jagger's apartment. In hope of gaining access to the code, the Knights must rely on Louis to seduce Simone Cashwell, the head of Mick Jagger's security company. |
January 10, 2007 |
| 3 |
Operation: Fighting Shape As Esperanza deals with her loud, obnoxious, and confrontational customer, the Knights go out with an happy drunk who lives to have his photograph taken with celebrities. |
January 17, 2007 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | ABC |
|---|---|
| First aired | January 3, 2007 |
| Last aired | August 22, 2007 |
| Runtime | 30 minutes |
| Status | Canceled |
| Schedule | Wednesday at 21:00:00 |