Galavant
Galavant is a musical and comedy TV series, written, created and produced by Dan Fogelman. Other executive producers are: Glenn Slater and Alan Menken (they are also composers and songwriters), Kat Likkel & John Hoberg (also writers) and Chris Koch (director). The main actors are: Joshua Sasse (Galavant), Vinnie Jones (Gareth), Mallory Jansen (Queen Madalena), Timothy Omundson (King Richard), Karen David (Princess Isabella Maria Lucia Elizabetta of Valencia) and Luke Youngblood (Sid). The series is narrated by Ben Presley. The series debuted on January, 4, 2015 on ABC. The first season has 8 episodes. They were aired in 4 weeks.
The accent is put on Galavant and his actions. He is trying to reclaim his population and the woman he loves, Madalena. His main problem is evil king Richard. Princess Isabella, helps him achieve his goal. King Richard conquered Isabella’s kingdom of Valencia. The other person who assists Galavant is his squire, Sid. The series follows Galavant in his journeys through musicals written by Slater and Menken.
Currently, this series has a rating 7.7 of 10, based on 5.700 votes. The first two episodes were seen by 9.5 million viewers (each). Since its debut, Galavant received many positive reviews. All songs that are written and composed by Alan Menken and Glenn Slater are: ‘’ Galavant”, "She'll Be Mine”, "Maybe You're Not the Worst Thing Ever”, "Jackass in a Can", "Togetherness", "Oy! What a Knight", "Comedy Gold" , "No One But You" , "Lords of the Sea’’, "Hey, Hey, We're the Monks’’, "A Day in Richard's Life’’, "If I Could Share My Life With You", "Love Is Strange" and "Goodnight My Friend".