Knights Of Prosperity, The

Arizona RepublicBill Goodykoontz

The best new comedy of the season.

Chicago TribuneMaureen Ryan

The show’s ensemble cast is rock-solid, and makes you instantly root for this goofball gang.

Hollywood ReporterBarry Garron

It bursts with humor thanks to a solid cast, smart writing and a quick pace.

Boston GlobeMatthew Gilbert

To embrace "Knights," you have to have a taste for the kind of comedy that teases because it loves.

Kansas City StarAaron Barnhart

You will regret tuning in even a minute late for the premiere.

TimeJames Poniewozik

The show is filled with Lettermanesque non sequiturs and '70s pop-culture arcana... but it has heart too.

Washington PostTom Shales

"The Knights of Prosperity" is knee-slappingly and side-splittingly funny stuff, or as close to that as TV gets these days.

San Francisco ChronicleTim Goodman

It has a goofy charm and outsize ridiculousness that wins you over -- even if you'd prefer more snark.

New York Daily NewsDavid Hinckley

"The Knights of Prosperity" has delivered this season where so many new shows have failed: It introduces a serialized story line with characters and a plot that are different and likable enough to warrant a return visit.

New York PostLinda Stasi

While every single actor is perfect and perfectly funny in his role, every time Richardson opens his mouth, I nearly spit my Weight Watchers fat-free snack food all over my desk. The guy is brilliant.

USA TodayRobert Bianco

As in many filmed comedies, at times Knights seems content to substitute movement and scenery for comedy, but the brighter moments compensate for those times when the show goes slack.

People WeeklyTom Gliatto

Of the large, nicely peppered cast, I especially like Vergara, who has some of the vamping yumminess of a Catherine Zeta-Jones. [8 Jan 2007, p.35]

San Jose Mercury NewsCharlie McCollum

The best new network sitcom this season.

TV GuideMatt Roush

You'll root for these inept amateurs, but sustaining this premise won't be easy.

The New York TimesAlessandra Stanley

The break-in may never take place, but the characters are appealing, and the writing is spirited enough to carry the sitcom at least for a while.

Miami HeraldGlenn Garvin

Its raffish ethnic and class humor takes no prisoners.

Seattle Post-IntelligencerMelanie McFarland

"Knights" is without question the funniest comedy ABC has on its roster. But look at the network's other options, and you'll understand that's not what you'd call a hard-won honor.

Newark Star-LedgerAlan Sepinwall

One of the better -- if stranger -- comedy debuts the networks have put out this year.

Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob Owen

It's a cute show, but the premise is so paper-thin you have to wonder how the writers will sustain "Knights" for a full season, let alone many years, if successful.

Philadelphia InquirerJonathan Storm

There's plenty of that low-key humor that characterized Ed, and the show can be hilarious when the crew gets involved in Keystone Kops capers, but it drags in the middle ground.

SalonHeather Havrilesky

Unfortunately, there's an excess of kooky cuteness here.

Detroit Free PressMike Duffy

Despite the presence of a capable cast of bumbling Robin Hood wanna-bes... "The Knights of Prosperity" quickly devolves into tepid, overwrought whimsy and struggles to sustain its premise.

Philadelphia Daily NewsEllen Gray

Their efforts to better their lives through grand larceny feel forced, not to mention doomed.

Los Angeles TimesPaul Brownfield

It was [creators Burnett and Beckerman's] style on "Ed" to be too cutesy by half, and so here

VarietyBrian Lowry

[Knights] has its moments in a "Honeymooners" sort of way but, especially after viewing the second episode, feels destined to run out of gas long before its central sextet gets any satisfaction.

Orlando SentinelHal Boedeker

These characters operate with unrelenting silliness. Only the Marx Brothers, in their prime, could have pulled off this caper.

Chicago Sun-TimesDoug Elfman

Yes, another comedy starts out with mild promise and quickly tanks.

NewsdayVerne Gay

A sweet, gentle, good-natured trifle that is (nonetheless) surprisingly airless and only rarely funny, if that.