Sidekicks (TV series)

Sidekicks
Genre	Action / Adventure / martial arts
Written by	Jeremy Lew Steve Stoliar
Directed by	James Fargo
Starring	Ernie Reyes, Jr. Gil Gerard Nancy Stafford Keye Luke
Theme music composer	Rare View
Country of origin	USA
No. of episodes	23
Production
Editor(s)	Bille Brame
Running time	30 min
Production company(s)	Motown Productions Walt Disney Television
Distributor	Disney–ABC Domestic Television
Release
Original network	Disney Channel ABC
Original release	September 26, 1986 – June 13, 1987

Sidekicks is a 1986-1987 martial arts TV series, a spin-off of the original Walt Disney one-time special, The Last Electric Knight. The series starred Ernie Reyes, Jr. as Ernie Lee, the Last Electric Knight, and Gil Gerard as Sergeant Jake Rizzo. Sidekicks aired on ABC Friday nights at 9pm and then Saturdays at 8pm.

Sergeant Jake Rizzo (Gil Gerard) is chosen by Sabasan as tutor of his grandson Ernie Lee (Ernie Reyes, Jr.), the last heir of an antique clan of special martial artists and a highly trained karate fighter.

Through the series, Ernie tends to often get into dangerous situations where bullies at school or in the streets of Los Angeles threaten him or his friends, or in dangerous situations where his adoptive father ends up needing his help after criminals which he has captured try to escape or try to harm him. With help of his quick moves, unique powerful skills and the clever advice of his deceased grandfather, Ernie manages every time to overcome all of the dangerous situations he gets into and manages to overwhelm his opponents.

DePasse Entertainment as successor to Motown Productions and Disney-ABC Domestic Television as a successor to Walt Disney Television currently own series rights.

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