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The Knights of Prosperity(TV show/series, 2007)

TV-PG
| 30min per episode | Genre: Comedy

Scripted Reality in 1 season with 13 episodes

The Knights of ProsperityRating: 3.7/5 (with 3 votes)
The Knights of Prosperity is an American sitcom that premiered on ABC in the United States on Wednesday, January 3, 2007. It was created by Rob Burnett and Jon Beckerman, who also created the NBC comedy-drama Ed. The show follows a group of misfits—the titular Knights—who attempt to rob various celebrities, the first being Mick Jagger (Jagger was also credited as one of the executive producers, along with the creators and David Letterman). The series was made by Letterman's Worldwide Pants Incorporated and Touchstone Television. The series initially aired on Wednesdays at 9:00 p.m. before being moved to 8:30. The series was pulled after airing nine episodes and then officially canceled by ABC. On August 8, after 5 months off the air, ABC broadcast two episodes and then pulled the sitcom once again. On August 17, 2007, the network made all 13 episodes available for viewing on ABC.com, but were later taken off. ()
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About The Knights of Prosperity

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.

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The Knights of Prosperity Seasons and Episodes

01/03/2007Season 1 - 13 episodes
#1 | 01/03/2007Pilot
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.
#2 | 01/10/2007Operation: 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.
#3 | 01/17/2007Operation: 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.
#4 | 01/24/2007Operation: Deliver the Case
The Knights try to find their way inside Mick Jagger's security company. Rockefeller has an interview for a position with Burton Security and the Knights attempt to get Rockefeller a fake ID.
#5 | 01/31/2007Operation: Ralph
Eugene is persuaded by the other Knights to date Ralph, a Burton Security Guard, an alpha-male who hides his homosexuality extremely well, and to seduce Ralph into revealing information about Mick Jagger.
#6 | 02/07/2007Operation: Caught on Tape
For their plan, The Knights of Prosperity have to use Gary's family, but his ex-wife hasn't seen him in more than 15 years and is not happy to see him now, and he had never connected with his son.
#7 | 02/14/2007Operation: Save Esperanza
Esperanza's former boyfriend tracks her down and arrives to claim his property and return with her to Colombia.
#8 | 02/21/2007Operation: Panic Room
When Rockefeller finds out there won't be any security for Mick Jagger's apartment over the weekend, the Knights are finally able to get inside. But their fun doesn't last when they find out they can't leave the apartment and they find themselves locked up in Mick's panic room.
#9 | 02/28/2007Operation: Oswald Montecristo
Now that the Mick Jagger scheme is over, the Knights must find a new celebrity target. Eugene poses as a famous architect so they can become acquainted with Kelly Ripa, but the new plan goes awry when he falls in love with her.
#10 | 08/08/2007Operation: Rent Money
The Knights want to rent the expensive apartment next to their new target. To get the $1.5 million dollar ring, the Knights must find some money, so they decide to Kidnap Louis and hope his wealthy father will pay ransom to save him. But the plan isn't working as they planned.
#11 | 08/08/2007Operation: Steal the Safe
The Knights devise a plan to steal their target's safe, which contains a diamond ring.
#12 | 08/15/2007Operation: Open the Safe
The Knights of Prosperity hire an ex-con to help them open Ray Romano's safe and get the diamond ring out.
#13 | 08/22/2007Operation: Romanocorp
Eugene suggests that they try to embezzle the money from Ray Romano's film company, so the first step is to get Louis a job there by helping him make a movie.

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Production country: United States of America (USA)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 6 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Bosnian (BS), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Dutch (NL)
Status: Canceled
First episode released on: 01/03/2007
Last episode released on: 08/22/2007
Creator: Rob Burnett
Keywords: sitcom, thief

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