You know you are doing badly in the ratings when you are replaced with repeats of According to Jim and George Lopez.
ABC has pulled the critically successful, but low-rated Knights of Prosperity off the schedule, beginning this Wednesday, according to Zap2It.com. Count it as the first official casualty of American Idol.
The sitcom about a group of wannabe criminals attempting to rob Mick Jagger lead by Donal Logue (Grounded for Life) aired a mere eight episodes before ABC sent it packing.
Originally scheduled to begin in the fall, ABC pushed the premiere date for Knights of Prosperity back to January, hoping the sitcom wouldn't get lost in the crowd of new fall shows.
However, the show was repeatedly clobbered by Fox's megahit on Wednesday nights. ABC then shuffled the show to an earlier timeslot, but by then the deed was done, and the show only managed to attract a little more than 5 million viewers.
ABC has not revealed what it plans to do with the remaining unaired episodes.
worst show EVER
Nice ensemble comedy. I liked it a lot. Sorry to see it go. This is so typical of the major nets it makes me want to scream.
I guess instead of trying to rob Mick Jagger, maybe that porch monkey should've robbed 'American Idol' instead. Simon, Seacrest and all them, huh?
At least it ran longer than Clerks...
This is why I hate ABC, they pull a show off the air as soon as it's ratings suck. I think that the Knights could've lasted about 5 seasons more then they did. In reality, the Knights went up against American Idol. It's a huge mega hit, I don't like it but millions of other people do. Can nobody stop the madness of Idol?
I hate TV executives. They are always throwing cheap shows against the wall to see which ones will stick. KOP may have slid down the wall, but the least they could of done was let it hit the floor before wiping it off.
I loved this show. Why is "5 Million viewers" not Enough!!! Dont us 5 million people matterWhat is the deal! I hate idol,Can't there be a quirky comedy for us!!!PLease Knights come back!!!
Never came out in Australia?
i knew that was gonna happen
well next to go is in case of emergency
I kinda liked this show. Weird idea for a show, with a very limited lifespan to it. I guess it had a more limited lifespan that what i was thinking.
I am always puzzled when i read of the rating over in America, the fact that the 'reality' and the rubbish no-talent shows rate so much. I don't understand how those pices of garbage can get anyone watching regularly, let alone such a high percentage.
Networks should just show dead air against American Idol. What kind of ratings do they expect to get those nights? This show wasn't great, but it definitely had it's funny moments and was as good as most comedies on tv these days. Bottom line is that ABC sucks rocks...
I actually really liked this show... but once again another new series that I got into is getting cancelled. They definitely should try a different night and/or time slot.
It's not over quite yet, we still have a chance to see this show return! ABC pierces armor of struggling 'Knights'
ABC is yanking The Knights of Prosperity from its schedule this week. But the struggling comedy may get a second life with a new white knight: Ray Romano. In last week's episode, he replaced Mick Jagger as the target of Knights' hapless burglars. ABC is considering a plan to renew the series for next season, adding new episodes featuring the Everybody Loves Raymond star to several already shot with him. Five remain from this season. Knights' Wednesday slot will be filled by repeats of According to Jim and George Lopez.
The Knights Of Prosperity should have gotten on the air rather say cancelled. It was a stupid show with a stupid idea.
I hope in will be on DVD
the OH will be disappointed as he really enjoyed this show but I never got into it - I just wish they would at least show the whole season of a show before withdrawing it
oh man! another Show i like Gets taken off the air!
Liked this show, it was funny and actually had a likable story/characters. This always happens unless you can attract the drones
never watched it
I was planning on watching this show. Guess its too late.
Man, I liked that show. Why do they always cancel the good ones because of that crap they call "American Idol"
My family enjoys this show. Another time slot with a different day to give this show a real chance would be the wise thing to do. There's several good shows out there now and this is one of them.
Not so fast, people... A blurb from USA Today (not confirmed) ABC pierces armor of struggling 'Knights' ABC is yanking The Knights of Prosperity from its schedule this week. But the struggling comedy may get a second life with a new white knight: Ray Romano. In last week's episode, he replaced Mick Jagger as the target of Knights' hapless burglars. ABC is considering a plan to renew the series for next season, adding new episodes featuring the Everybody Loves Raymond star to several already shot with him. Five remain from this season. Knights' Wednesday slot will be filled by repeats of According to Jim and George Lopez
This is why I don't like watching new shows! I didn't watch it because I knew it would be pulled from the schedule!
it was not that great
ABC could have given the show a different time slot before cancelling it. The show itself was pretty funny.
It didn't bode well for the show to go through a couple name changes, and it kept getting pushed back. I figured it was only a matter of time until the show was sent packing.
I was hoping they would stick with it... it could have become a solidly-rated show over time, much like "The Office" did last year. It was hilarious, and I'll miss it very much.
I didn't like KoP much, I'm not sad about its cancellation, better shows are gone, like Day Brek
only saw a couple episodes but it seemed like a good show
Just because ABC is dumb enough to go up against Idol shouldn't mean their shows should have to suffer.