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The Knights of Prosperity

Summary In this comedy from ABC, Eugene Gurkin (Donal Logue) spent years dreaming of quitting his graveyard janitorial job and opening a bar. But like a lot of people, he doesn't have enough money to make his dreams come true. So one night after watching an episode of "E! News", Eugene recruits a group of misfits to help him to carry out a plot ...

  • 2007
  • ABC
  • 2007
  • ABC

The Knights of Prosperity

Season 1 Premiere: Jan 3, 2007
Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 28 Critic Reviews
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Summary In this comedy from ABC, Eugene Gurkin (Donal Logue) spent years dreaming of quitting his graveyard janitorial job and opening a bar. But like a lot of people, he doesn't have enough money to make his dreams come true. So one night after watching an episode of "E! News", Eugene recruits a group of misfits to help him to carry out a plot ...

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 28 Critic Reviews
64
57% Positive
16 Reviews
36% Mixed
10 Reviews
7% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 28 Critic Reviews
64
57% Positive
16 Reviews
36% Mixed
10 Reviews
7% Negative
2 Reviews

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80
"The Knights of Prosperity" is knee-slappingly and side-splittingly funny stuff, or as close to that as TV gets these days.
By Tom Shales FULL REVIEW
80
The show’s ensemble cast is rock-solid, and makes you instantly root for this goofball gang.
By Maureen Ryan FULL REVIEW
75
"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.
By David Hinckley FULL REVIEW
70
You'll root for these inept amateurs, but sustaining this premise won't be easy.
By Matt Roush FULL REVIEW
60
One of the better -- if stranger -- comedy debuts the networks have put out this year.
By Alan Sepinwall FULL REVIEW
50
It was [creators Burnett and Beckerman's] style on "Ed" to be too cutesy by half, and so here
By Paul Brownfield FULL REVIEW
30
A sweet, gentle, good-natured trifle that is (nonetheless) surprisingly airless and only rarely funny, if that.
By Verne Gay FULL REVIEW

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Production Company:
  • Touchstone Television
  • B&B
  • Worldwide Pants
Initial Release Date: Jan 3, 2007
Number of seasons: 1 Season
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