The Knight Squad

I recognize some of the characters.

This is an interesting show. 

It seems to be set in medieval times.

The show seems to be about an ongoing competition.

Knight Squad

Genre: Comedy

Created by: Sean Cunningham & Marc Dworkin

Starring:

Owen Joyner

Daniella Perkins

Lilimar Hernandez (she was Sophie in Bella and the Bulldogs)

Lexi DiBenedetto

Amarr M. Wooten

Savannah May

Kelly Perine

Composer(s): Chris Alan Lee

Country of origin: United States

Original language(s): English

No. of seasons: 1

No. of episodes: 10 (list of episodes)

Production

Executive producer(s)

Sean Cunningham & Marc Dworkin

Dan Cross & David Hoge

John Beck & Ron Hart

Producer(s): Patty Gary-Cox

Camera setup: Multi-camera

Running time: 24 minutes

Production company(s)

Dworkingham Productions

Nickelodeon Productions

Release

Original network: Nickelodeon

Original release: February 19, 2018 – present

Knight Squad is an American comedy television series created by Sean Cunningham and Marc Dworkin. The series first aired on Nickelodeon as a sneak peek on February 19, 2018, before its official premiere on February 24, 2018. The series stars Owen Joyner, Daniella Perkins, Lilimar, Lexi DiBenedetto, Amarr M. Wooten, Savannah May, and Kelly Perine.

Premise

At a "magical school for knights in training" in the kingdom of Astoria, two very different students, Arc and Ciara, form a pact to keep each other's secrets and to follow their dreams of knighthood.

Cast and characters

Main

Owen Joyner as Arc, a drifter who cheats and steals his way into the knight school and on to the Phoenix Squad

Daniella Perkins as Ciara, a student who is secretly the princess of Astoria who wears a special ring given to her by pixies to disguise herself so that she can secretly attend knight school and be a part of Phoenix Squad

Lilimar as Sage, a student at the school who is Ciara's rival and a member of Kraken Squad

Lexi DiBenedetto as Prudence, a student who is "one-quarter giant" that is in Phoenix Squad with Arc, Ciara and Warwick

Amarr M. Wooten as Warwick, a student who is in Phoenix Squad with Arc, Ciara and Prudence, and who is considered to be the worst knight student in the school, but who later discovers that he can do magic; he is the older brother of Fizzwick

Savannah May as Buttercup, a sweet and cheerful student at the school who is Sage's minion and a member of Kraken Squad

Kelly Perine as Sir Gareth, a knight with an eyepatch who is a teacher at knight school

Recurring

Jason Sim-Prewitt as The King, the unnamed ruler of Astoria, and Ciara's very protective father

Seth Carr as Fizzwick, Warwick's younger brother who does odd jobs around knight school

Notable guest stars

Tenzing Norgay Trainor as Jimbo (in "The Dork Knight Returns")

Maria Canals-Barrera as Saffron (in "Parent Teacher Knight")

Jaheem Toombs as Sebastian (in "Do the Knight Thing")

Maya Le Clark as Brea (in "Do the Knight Thing")

Kira Kosarin as Kiki (in "Wish I May, Wish I Knight")

Production

Knight Squad received a 20-episode order from Nickelodeon in May 2017. Production on the series began in October 2017, and it premiered in February 2018. Tenzing Norgay Trainor has appeared on the series, playing Jimbo in the episode "The Dork Knight Returns".

Episodes

No. Title  Directed by Written by Original air date  Prod.

code  U.S. viewers

(millions)

1 "Opening Knight" Trevor Kirschner Sean Cunningham & Marc Dworkin February 19, 2018 101 1.14

Arc lies his way into Knight School in Astoria. After stealing the Princess's tiara to pay school fees, he joins the school as a member of Phoenix Squad which is led by Ciara. Ciara is the secret identity used by the Princess of Astoria to attend Knight School. She uses a magical pixie ring to transform between the Princess and Ciara. After becoming suspicious of each other, Ciara and Arc agree to help keep each other's secret so that they can pursue their shared dreams of becoming knights. Meanwhile, Sage and Buttercup try unsuccessfully to sabotage Phoenix Squad's first quest hoping to get them kicked out of Knight School.

Guest star: Jason Sims-Prewitt

2 "A Knight at the Roxbury" Trevor Kirschner Sean Cunningham & Marc Dworkin February 24, 2018 102 0.94

Ciara and Arc can't agree on who should compete for the annual Roxbury Cup on behalf of Phoenix Squad. After Arc finally gets nominated through a coin flip, Ciara nominates herself the last minute. Arc tries to make Ciara quit by inviting the Princess. However, since quitting the competition would get Ciara kicked out of Knight School, Arc and Ciara must figure out how to make it look like the princess is there while Ciara is competing. When the King demands to speak to the Princess, Ciara must leave mid-competition to save Arc. Sage to win the cup for Kraken Squad.

Guest stars: Jason Sims-Prewitt, Seth Carr

3 "Knight in Shining Armor Day" Trevor Kirschner John D. Beck & Ron Hart March 3, 2018 103 0.95

It's Armor Day in Astoria and Phoenix Squad is hosting the festivities in Knight School. To avoid anyone suspecting that Arc is not from Astoria, Ciara teaches him all the Armor Day traditions. When Arc messes up by hiding the symbolic chocolate armor in the wrong place, Ciara and Sage must battle an angry packrat to get the armor back in time.

Buttercup gives Sage a thoughtful Armor Day gift of a diorama representing how they first met, but Sage gives her nothing. After being tricked by Fizzwick, Sage risks her life to get a unicorn blossom for Buttercup only to realize that she's allergic.

Guest stars: Fred Grandy, Seth Carr

4 "One Magical Knight" Trevor Kirschner Lisa Muse Bryant March 10, 2018 104 0.85

Sorceress Spitzalot from the sorcery school comes to test any Knight School students that may have magical powers so that she can transfer them to her magic school. Warwick tells Arc that he failed the magic spell test on purpose because if anyone found out he had magical powers, he would be kicked out of school. However, his powers are exposed when he accidentally brings a villain to life from a painting. Prudy, who had been convinced by Sage to quit Knight School returns to help Ciara save the day. The Princess convinces the King to change the rules to let magical students like Warwick remain in Knight School.

Guest stars: Jason Sims-Prewitt, Mary Passeri

5 "The Dork Knight Returns" Jonathan Judge Wesley Jermaine Johnson & Scott Taylor March 17, 2018 106 0.85

Jimbo, a former member of Phoenix Squad, returns to Knight School after being trapped in a cave for months. He takes back his position in Phoenix Squad, forcing Arc out. While Ciara, Prudence and Warwick are trying to trick Jimbo to quit Knight School, Sage recruits Arc to join Kraken Squad. Arc finds out that Jimbo is plotting revenge on Phoenix Squad. He tries to stop him but Jimbo renders him unconscious and carries him to the cave. The rest of Phoenix Squad come to rescue Arc but Jimbo traps them there as well. After escaping, they report Jimbo and he is arrested. Arc rejoins Phoenix Squad.

Guest stars: Seth Carr, Tenzing Norgay Trainor

6 "Tonight, Two Knight" Trevor Kirschner Chris Atwood March 24, 2018 105 0.97

To make Ciara and Arc learn to get along, Sir Gareth binds them together in a magical friendship bracelet. They must work together for the bracelet to fall off. This complicates things because that's the night Ciara's older sister, Princess Eliza is returning home with the Astorian army. Unfortunately, Eliza doesn't return with the rest. Instead, she sends a scroll saying she's left and never returning. Ciara works with Arc to find a secret message from Princess Eliza in the scroll saying that she's actually undercover on a mission to recover the lost armor of Astoria. Since they had to work together to achieve this, the bracelet falls off.

Guest stars: Jason Sims-Prewitt, Seth Carr

7 "A Knight's Tail" Eric Dean Seaton Chris Tallman March 31, 2018 108 0.94

When Ciara asks Arc to hold her pixie ring, Arc uses it without her permission. The ring transforms him into a hideous beast and stops working. They visit the Pixie Queen to ask her for help fixing the ring but she refuses because she has a grudge on Arc for refusing to keep his promise to save the pixie village. Arc offers to do it now and in return the Pixie Queen fixes the ring.

Sage wants to weaken the Phoenix Squad by manipulating Prudence and Warwick to fight over combat cards. However, they have made a pact to never let combat cards ruin their friendship again.

Guest stars: Jason Sims-Prewitt, Brittany Ross

8 "Parent Teacher Knight" Jody Margolin Hahn Jennifer Keene April 7, 2018 109 0.91

Tired of Sage pranking them all the time, Phoenix Squad reports her to Sir Gareth who decides to expel Sage. Sir Gareth calls in Sage's mother, Saffron but Saffron casts an evil love spell on him. She makes Sir Gareth favor Sage over other students. After being reminded that he can't date one of his students' parents, Sir Gareth decides to make Sage a knight. But Sage wants to earn knighthood on her own, not because her mother made it happen. So, before her knighting ceremony, Sage teams up with Phoenix Squad to save Sir Gareth from Saffron's evil spell. After that, Phoenix Squad defends Sage from getting expelled.

Guest stars: Maria Canals-Barrera, Seth Carr

9 "Do the Knight Thing" Robbie Countryman Michael J.S Murphy & Frank O. Wolff

April 14, 2018 112 0.80

Following a magical mishap at the sorcery school, Spitzalot brings Team Hex - her brightest students - to stay at Knight School temporarily. Team Hex insults Phoenix Squad on arrival. The rivalry escalates when Phoenix Squad is forced to share their squad room with them. When the King orders the two groups to compete for who should remain in the school, Team Hex uses magic to cheat its way to victory. They're exposed by Warwick's truth spell.

Meanwhile, when Sage makes fun of teaching, Sir Gareth forces her to train a group of little kids aspiring to become knights. The kids use Sage's lesson against her by pranking her and Buttercup.

Guest stars: Jason Sims-Prewitt, Mary Passeri, Jaheem Toombs, Maya Le Clark, Emma Meisel

10 "Wish I May, Wish I Knight" Jody Margolin Hahn Jennifer Keene May 25, 2018 115 0.98

As the Princess has to do a duty with her father making her as Ciara unable to join the treasure hunt since the King still doesn't want her joining Knight School while her older sister is away, Arc finds a genie lamp during the treasure hunt containing a genie named Kiki who would help the Princess out. Soon, the genie lamp gets into Sage's hands where she makes a wish that she is the Princess of Astoria.

Special guest star: Kira Kosarin

Guest star: Jason Sims-Prewitt

11 "Working on the Knight Moves" TBA TBA June 9, 2018 116 TBD

12 "A Thief in the Knight" TBA TBA June 16, 2018 999 TBD

Ratings

Season Episodes First aired Last aired Avg. viewers

(millions)

Date Viewers

(millions) Date Viewers

(millions)

1 10 February 19, 2018 1.14 TBA TBD 0.93

(June 5, 2018 latest update)