While ABC managed to get out of the ratings basement with dramas like "Desperate Housewives," "Lost" and "Grey's Anatomy," the Alphabet Network has fallen flat on the comedy front. Casualties so far
this year include "Help Me Help You" with Ted Danson, while offbeat sitcoms "Crumbs" and "Hot Properties" failed last year.
But ABC hopes to change that with the premiere of "The
Knights of Prosperity" that ran as part of the network's revamped Wednesday lineup. The show follows a group of misfit criminals who want to rob Mick Jagger and it's received high marks for being
"easily one of the three best comedies in what's been a dismal year for sitcoms."
But will viewers tune in for it? It airs in the former "Lost" timeslot, where it faces CBS' growing
"Criminal Minds" and, soon enough, Fox's "American Idol."
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