| Genre: | Action / Adventure / Martial arts |
| Director: | James Fargo |
| Starring: | Ernie Reyes Jr. Gil Gerard Nancy Stafford Keye Luke |
| Theme Music Composer: | Rare View |
| Country: | United States |
| Editor: | Bille Brame |
| Runtime: | 30 min |
| Company: | Motown Productions Walt Disney Television |
| Network: | The Disney Channel ABC |
| Num Episodes: | 23 |
Sidekicks is a martial arts television series, a spin-off of the Walt Disney 1986 special, The Last Electric Knight.[1] The series starred Ernie Reyes Jr. as Ernie Lee, the Last Electric Knight, and Gil Gerard as Sergeant Jake Rizzo. Sidekicks aired as part of ABC's Friday night primetime lineup during the 1986-1987 season at 9 pm. After Life with Lucy was cancelled, Sidekicks moved to Saturdays at 8 pm.
Sergeant Jake Rizzo (Gil Gerard) is chosen by Sabasan as tutor of his grandson Ernie Lee (Ernie Reyes, Jr.), the last heir of an ancient clan of special martial artists and a highly trained karate fighter.
Through the series, Ernie often tends to 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.
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DePasse Entertainment as successor to Motown Productions and Disney-ABC Domestic Television as a successor to Walt Disney Television currently own series rights.