The Knights of Prosperity

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Season 1
  • Network: ABC
  • Series Premiere Date: Jan 3, 2007
Metascore
64

Generally favorable reviews - based on 28 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 28
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 28
  3. Negative: 2 out of 28
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Critic Reviews

  1. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
    Reviewed by: Rob Owen
    60
    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.
  2. Newark Star-Ledger
    Reviewed by: Alan Sepinwall
    60
    One of the better -- if stranger -- comedy debuts the networks have put out this year.
  3. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    Reviewed by: Melanie McFarland
    60
    "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.
  5. Philadelphia Inquirer
    Reviewed by: Jonathan Storm
    60
    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.
  6. Salon
    Reviewed by: Heather Havrilesky
    50
    Unfortunately, there's an excess of kooky cuteness here.
  7. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Paul Brownfield
    50
    It was [creators Burnett and Beckerman's] style on "Ed" to be too cutesy by half, and so here
  8. Detroit Free Press
    Reviewed by: Mike Duffy
    50
    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.
  9. Philadelphia Daily News
    Reviewed by: Ellen Gray
    50
    Their efforts to better their lives through grand larceny feel forced, not to mention doomed.
  10. Variety
    Reviewed by: Brian Lowry
    40
    [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.
  11. Orlando Sentinel
    Reviewed by: Hal Boedeker
    40
    These characters operate with unrelenting silliness. Only the Marx Brothers, in their prime, could have pulled off this caper.

Awards & Rankings

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#47 Best TV Season of 2007
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#54 Most Discussed TV Season of 2007

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User Score
8.1

Universal acclaim- based on 35 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 28 out of 35
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 35
  3. Negative: 5 out of 35
  1. HeatherC.
    Aug 14, 2007
    10
    This is a very funny show. The comedic timing of all the wonderful actors and actress is impeccable.The characters on the show are terrific This is a very funny show. The comedic timing of all the wonderful actors and actress is impeccable.The characters on the show are terrific and the actors who play them have such good chemistry, I love the way their personalitities work so well with one another. And Ithe plot is so uniquely hilarious.… Full Review »
  2. marjoriem
    Mar 25, 2007
    10
    very funny, which is refreshing these days! i love the concept, and donal logue is great. i'm hoping they give it a chance
  3. malg
    Mar 7, 2007
    10
    This show cannot be cancelled. Knights of Properity is the best written comedy show on today. To have it replaced with drivel (e.g. According This show cannot be cancelled. Knights of Properity is the best written comedy show on today. To have it replaced with drivel (e.g. According to Jim) just does not make sense. Who's idea was it to go against American Idol...that thing is a monster, nothing can beat it...for now. Please bring this show back, this show is definitely a Friday show...the one comedy show that assumed that its audience had an I.Q. higher than 80 is now gone. Bring it back ABC!… Full Review »
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