ABC Postpones 'Knights of Prosperity' Premiere; CBS Swaps 'Class', 'Mother', Renews 'Christine'

Wednesday, October 04, 2006

ABC Postpones 'Knights of Prosperity' Premiere; CBS Swaps 'Class', 'Mother', Renews 'Christine'

ABC has just announced that the series premiere of the new sitcom The Knights of Prosperity has been postponed to a later date. A new date will be advised shortly. Dancing with the Stars will continue to air for 90-minutes until at least through October 24. Knights was slated to premiere October 17 at 9 p.m. ABC is very high on this new series creatively and they want to be sure the program is given the best possible exposure. It will provide an even stronger promotional platform, away from the clutter of other network premieres. If they feel it is necessary to find a better time to premiere this show, then I'm all for it, because the pilot is flat-out hilarious! The Knights of Prosperity is a hilarious tale of haves and have nots, starring Donal Logue as the leader of a band of affable, new-age Robin Hoods who have never even shoplifted a candy bar, but now find themselves prepping for a heist to finance all of their long-held, heart-felt dreams. The target -- Rock icon Mick Jagger's super luxe Central Park West apartment.
Further information regarding Tuesday night programming will be announced by ABC soon.

Variety is reporting that CBS will swap slots for The Class and How I Met Your Mother, in order to boost The Class. The Class will now air 8:30 p.m. on Mondays and Mother will lead-off Mondays at 8 p.m.
CBS also is close to giving The New Adventures of Old Christine a full 22 episode order, rather than just 13. Details will come later today.

It is very early on Wednesday (12 midnight!), so we will be sure to come back with more news (and probably updates on the ABC Tuesday situation). Come on back!

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Monday, October 26

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Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of October 26)

Monday, October 26

Connie Britton (Phony/SMILF/Lost at Home/The Fighting Fitzgeralds/Spin City) - Watch Connie on Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
Billy Crystal (The Comedians/Soap) - Billy appears on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC.
Harland Williams (The Geena Davis Show/Simon) - Harland is a guest on Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen at 11:35pm on CBS.
Sophia Bush (Partners) - Sophia talks about And I Will Tell You Mine: Notes from a Life in Progress on CBS Mornings sometime between 7-9am.
Parker Posey (Search Party/The Return of Jezebel James) - NBC's Today catches up with Parker sometime between 7-9am and in the 10am hour.
Mckenna Grace (Young Sheldon/Crash & Bernstein) - Mckenna talks about The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping on NBC's Today sometime between 7-9am.
Timothy Simons (Nobody Wants This/HouseBroken/Veep) - NBC's Today catches up with Timothy in the 9am hour.
Justine Lupe (Nobody Wants This/Cristela) - Justine talks about Nobody Wants This on NBC's Today in the 10am hour.
Kristen Bell (Nobody Wants This/Central Park/The Good Place) and Adam Brody (Nobody Wants This) - Kristen and Adam tell Drew all about the new season of Nobody Wants This on The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings.