# Prince of Peoria

Prince of Peoria is an American teen sitcom, created by Nick Stanton and Devin Bunje, that premiered on November 16, 2018, on Netflix.

## Premise

Prince of Peoria follows "Emil, a 13-year-old prince from a wealthy island kingdom" who "travels to the United States to live incognito as an exchange student" and "strikes up an unlikely friendship with Teddy, a fastidious overachiever who is Emil’s total opposite."

## Cast and characters
### Main

* Gavin Lewis as Prince Maxemil "Emil" Vanderklaut III, a prince from Buronia who plays a foreign exchange student
* Theodore Barnes as Teddy Jackson, a smart kid who cares more about his education than making friends
* Shelby Simmons as Sydney Quinn, Teddy's crush who discovers Emil's real identity and helps him keep it a secret
* Cynthia Kaye McWilliams as Regina Jackson, the owner of the Spare Time Bowl bowling alley and Teddy's widowed mother

### Recurring

* Haley Tju as Braughner, Sydney's friend
* Gabriel Hogan as Joosep, Emil's dimwitted bodyguard
* Conor Husting as Tanner, a boy Sydney used to date
* Kyle More as Wade, an employee at Spare Time Bowl
* Johnathan McClain as King of Buronia
* Nate Torrence as Vice Principal Chipler
* Brooke Star as Autumn McCrary
* Chelsea Summer as Summer McCrary
* Zach Zagoria as Stank Man
* Jared Wernick as Daryl

### Guest

* David Shatraw as Fabian La Fab ("A Night at the Hip Hopera")
* Ricardo Hurtado as Rafael ("The Bro-Posal")
* Tia Mowry as Meghan ("Game Night"), one of Sydney's moms who went to MIT
* Sophie Reynolds as Ryan Gibson ("Robot Wars"), Teddy's archenemy

## Episodes

Series overview :
| Season | Episodes | Episodes | Originally released | Originally released |
| Part 1 | 8 | 8 | November 16, 2018 (2018-11-16) | November 16, 2018 (2018-11-16) |
| Special | 1 | 1 | December 17, 2018 (2018-12-17) | December 17, 2018 (2018-12-17) |
| Part 2 | 8 | 8 | May 20, 2019 (2019-05-20) | May 20, 2019 (2019-05-20) |
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
| Part 1 ||||||
| 1 | 1 | "The Prince Arrives" | Eric Dean Seaton | Devin Bunje & Nick Stanton | November 16, 2018 (2018-11-16) |
| Regina has signed them up to house an exchange student. When the exchange student arrives Teddy isn't too sure about him. As the kid says he is the son of a moose farmer, but the story doesn't add up. ||||||
| 2 | 2 | "Teddy vs. The Wild" | Eric Dean Seaton | Leo Chu & Eric S. Garcia | November 16, 2018 (2018-11-16) |
| Emil believes Teddy needs to loosen up. But what should be a fun filled camping trip ends up more stressful than planned. ||||||
| 3 | 3 | "Emil the Mom Thief" | Eric Dean Seaton | Peter Dirksen & Jonathan Howard | November 16, 2018 (2018-11-16) |
| 4 | 4 | "A Night at the Hip Hopera" | Jonathan Judge | Randi Barnes | November 16, 2018 (2018-11-16) |
| 5 | 5 | "Teddy's Bakshal" | Jody Margolin Hahn | Jason Jordan | November 16, 2018 (2018-11-16) |
| 6 | 6 | "Warehouse Towel Fight!" | Jon Rosenbaum | Marty Donovan | November 16, 2018 (2018-11-16) |
| 7 | 7 | "Best. Holiday. Ever." | Phill Lewis | Lindsay Gelfand & Allison Weintraub | November 16, 2018 (2018-11-16) |
| 8 | 8 | "The Bro-Posal" | Jason Earles | Devin Bunje & Nick Stanton | November 16, 2018 (2018-11-16) |
| Special ||||||
| – | – | "A Christmas Moose Miracle" | Jon Rosenbaum | Devin Bunje & Nick Stanton | December 17, 2018 (2018-12-17) |
| Part 2 ||||||
| 9 | 1 | "The King Arrives" | Phill Lewis | Leo Chu & Eric S. Garcia | May 20, 2019 (2019-05-20) |
| 10 | 2 | "Daters Gonna Date" | Jody Margolin Hahn | Lindsay Gelfand & Allison Weintraub | May 20, 2019 (2019-05-20) |
| 11 | 3 | "Acting a Fool" | Jonathan Judge | Jonathan Howard & Peter Dirksen | May 20, 2019 (2019-05-20) |
| 12 | 4 | "Saving Stank Nation" | Sean Lambert | Jason Jordan | May 20, 2019 (2019-05-20) |
| 13 | 5 | "Game Night" | Lynn McCracken | Randi Barnes | May 20, 2019 (2019-05-20) |
| 14 | 6 | "Robot Wars" | Jody Margolin Hahn | Marty Donovan | May 20, 2019 (2019-05-20) |
| 15 | 7 | "Teddy the Human Cannonball" | Sean Lambert | Conor Hanney | May 20, 2019 (2019-05-20) |
| 16 | 8 | "The Summer of Teddy & Emil" | Eric Dean Seaton | Devin Bunje & Nick Stanton | May 20, 2019 (2019-05-20) |

## Production
### Development

The series was created by Nick Stanton and Devin Bunje who also acted as writers, showrunners, and executive producers. Additional executive producers included Sharla Sumpter Bridgett.

### Casting

On April 2, 2018, it was announced that Gavin Lewis, Theodore Barnes, Shelby Simmons, and Cynthia Kaye McWilliams had joined the main cast.