Knight Squad is a Nickelodeon American superhero live-action comedy television series, created by The Thundermans executive producers Sean Cunningham and Marc Dworkin.
The show was announced on May 16, 2017 and Nickelodeon ordered 20 episodes for Season 1. The show premiered on February 19, 2018. [1]
Production for the first season began on October 20, 2017.[2][3]Production for the first season finished in April 2018.
Premise
Knight Squad is set at a magical school for knights in training, where two mismatched students form an unlikely alliance to protect each other's secret and pursue their dreams. [4]
Cast
Main Cast
- Owen Joyner as Arc
- Daniella Perkins as Ciara
- Lilimar as Sage
- Lexi DiBenedetto as Prudence
- Amarr M. Wooten as Warwick
- Savannah May as Buttercup
- Kelly Perine as Sir Gareth
Recurring Cast
- Jason Sims-Prewitt as The King
- Seth Carr as Fizzwick
- Fred Grandy as Wizard Hogancross
- Mary Passeri as Sourceress Spitzalot
- Billy Grandy as Warlock
Production
Nickelodeon announced that it ordered 20 episodes for the the first season of the show on May 16, 2017. Production began in the Fall of 2017, in Los Angeles.[5] Production finished Spring of 2018.
Episodes
- Main article: Episode Guide
Trivia
- According to a tweet by John D. Beck, he and his Liv and Maddie co-creator, Ron Hart, both serve as producers of Knight Squad.
- Three of the main cast members have been main characters on other former Nickelodeon shows. Owen Joyner (100 Things to Do Before High School), LilImar Hernandez (Bella and the Bulldogs), and Daniella Perkins (Legendary Dudas).
- The show is set in a fictional town called Astoria.[5]
- This show is a replacement for the superhero comedy, The Thundermans.
- Nickelodeon has been advertising February 24, 2018 as the official premiere date but the first full episode, Opening Knight premiered on February 19 after the Nick movie, Blurt!.
- Sean Cunningham tweeted that he and Marc Dworkin came up with the idea of Knight Squad in 2014.