Network: NBC
Episodes: 13 (hour)
Seasons: One
TV show dates: March 15, 2009 – July 25, 2009
Series status: Cancelled/ended
Performers include: Ian McShane, Christopher Egan, Dylan Baker, Susanna Thompson, Eamonn Walker, Michael Patrick Crane, Allison Miller, Sebastian Stan, Jason Antoon, Joel Garland, Wes Studi, Marlyne Afflack, Sarita Choudhury, Steve Rosen, Macaulay Culkin, Becky Ann Baker, Hisham Tawfiq, Kadin George, Kobi George, and Quarles Antoine.
TV show description:
A retelling of the King David story from the Bible, this TV series revolves around power struggles, romance, secret alliances and a young hero who rises to power in a modern-day kingdom.
The country of Gilboa bears a close resemblance to a modern day United States, except that it is an absolute monarchy, ruled by King Silas Benjamin (Ian McShane). The kingdom was formed two decades earlier from three warring nations. Silas believes his power to be divine and often sites the day when a swarm of butterflies landed on his head to form a “living crown.”
Living in the pristine capital city of Shiloh, Silas must deal with the rising tensions between Gilboa and the neighboring nation of Gath. When several prisoners of war are taken, a young and idealistic Gilboan soldier named David Shepherd (Chris Egan) defies orders and crosses enemy lines to save them.
Unknown to David, one of the soldiers he saves is Jack Benjamin (Sebastian Stan), the king’s ambitious son and a closet homosexual. David becomes an instant star in the national media, much to the chagrin of the prince.
Silas promotes David to Captain and thrusts him into the role of media liaison. David finds himself surrounded by a world of royal court policies, unaware of the many different forces at work, including Gilboa’s head of the military, General Linus Abner (Wes Studi). David soon develops feelings for Princess Michelle, the king’s beautiful intelligent and outspoken daughter, and she seems to return them.
David also experiences the “living crown” of butterflies which seems to indicate that God has chosen a new ruler, much to Silas’ chagrin. Religious leader Reverend Ephram Samuels (Eamonn Walker) has backed Silas but begins to change his mind.
But the king has other challenges as well. His policies and actions are being manipulated by his brother-in-law, William Cross (Dylan Baker), who holds a great deal of influence over the royal treasury.
The king is married to the supportive yet distant Queen Rose Benjamin (Susanna Thompson). Silas secretly sees a mistress named Helen (Sarita Choudhury) who he once gave up in order to marry Rose for political gain. Aside from their affair, Silas and Helen also share a young illegitimate son.
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I enjoy this show. There’s too many hospital/lawyer/cop shows on. This one is refreshingly different.
Please renew this for another season
Thanks
Move this show to SiFy. It would probably do well there.
My favorite show. Better than Lost, Heroes, and dozens of others. It is better written and acted and I find myself immersed in the story much like a good book. There hasn’t been a show like this in a long, long time. I agree with the previous comments, there are too many crime and law dramas already. This is something fresh and new. Don’t be afraid to go against the flow – take some risk and keep this show going as I think it may pay off. Perhaps you have marketed the show to the wrong population segment. I will miss Kings.
I want this show back on network TV. Who really wants to see reality shows and two to three hours of Dateline? ” Kings” is worth watching. I kept looking forward to seeing it and then I noticed it was off again!!
Please, bring the series back to us again!! Thank you!!!!
A true fan of “Kings”
Wednesdays, Fridays,Mondays, Thursdays are good days for the series. Nothing good is on!!! There are too many doubling of single shows on network TV. Why, I don’t know. “Kings” is much better for viewing. I love the series!!!
Pleeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaassssssssseeeeeeeee bring this show back for a second season! Please! It is so much better than any other T.V. series I have seen, I don’t even watch T.V. because there are so many bad shows on nowadays, and I finally found one that I love. The storyline is so intriguing, the acting is amazing, I couldn’t stop watching it. Please.
This show was great, another example of a network not letting a show get legs, and cutting it to early. Don’t they relized that they are throwing away money here, all the promotions etc. now they will spend more money promoting a show no ones heard of. Also nice time slot…NOT good thing I had DVR series set up or I would of missed the last couple episodes.
I live in Ireland and RTE 2 are showing Kings at the moment. The Final Episode will be on next week. I was so disappointed when I found out NBC had cancelled this great series. My teenage daughter and I are hooked. There was no advertising about the show here either and RTE put it on after midnight on a Thursday/Friday. I missed the first few episodes and tried to watch them on NBC (didn’t work!). The show is addictive. The more episode you watch the more you want to see. NBC should give it a chance.
I am more and more convinced shows are not made for the audiance . SOOO many people want this show to keep going but none at NBC cares . They have their own agenda for keeping a show that has nothing to do with who watches it
:O……. I’m am so PISSED!! Not just at NBC but at every channel!! This was one good gem and they toss it out the window!! I’m protesting television til they get and keep some GOOD shows!! None of this “Girls next Door” or “Kendra” crap or all those stupid “Desperate Housewives”!! And I agree, how many “cops and robbers” TV shows do we need!? I mean there are all the Law and Order shows, CSI, CSI:Miami, Cold Case,(etc, etc) and then teen dramas like “Gossip Girl” and “Degrassi” why do we need so many shows about teenage troubles!? If I wanna watch a show I will watch it on a totally legal website where I don’t have to wait on schedules based around crappy shows and maybe some day I will support Direct TV or Dish when these stupid channels get some DECENT television shows!! I have no problem what-so-ever paying for my television but I’m tired of having Direct TV or Dish’s premium packages and not ever being able to watch anything because so many of the wrong, worse, and stupidest shows are airing season after season and good shows, like Kings, are being canceled! So, there’s my rant and even though NBC will ignore it I hope it helps get through some body’s head that television is full of crap and something needs to change.
I just had the opportunity to watch all of the episodes on a friends IPOD. Every episode and they had me hooked. Why can’t we keep something like this on television? I am sick of all the CSI, cops shows. Kings episodes were intriguing, exciting, explosive, creative, entertaining, provocative and kept you not only on the edge of your seat…..but wanting more. Now I have seen all of the episodes available with no hope of seeing any more because the TV knotheads have cancelled the show. I didn’t even know it was on the TV because they didn’t do their job and market it to the public who want to watch it. Put Kings back on television and market it to the right people, you will be amazed at how much money you make with this one. But alas they won’t listen because they know more about what we want than we do….. Put KINGS back on!!!!!!!!!!
Yep, Kings was awesome! I downloaded every episode and was waiting for season two–especially considering the way the first season ended! Talk about weak NBC… C’mon now!
BRING BACK KINGS!!!
The only intelligent show that survived for more seasons than I thought it would was The West Wing. Shows like Kings have a very poor track record for living past the first few episodes. I can only hope that broadband can usher in a new premium service that will allow for this type of programming to survive. I will gladly put up $15-20 a month for good HD programming. The new WB.com is working on this, but it’s not there yet.
Bring back Kings, this show was awesome, great story lines, really surprised that it wasn’t given more of a chance.
I loved this show and wish that we could still watch it. I cant belive they arnt bring this show. If they advertised this show like they did heros then this show would still be around like heros is
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