Prince of Peoria is an American teen sitcom created by Devin Bunje and Nick Stanton that premiered on November 16, 2018, on Netflix.
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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
Production
Development
The series was created by Gamer's Guide to Pretty Much Everything creators Devin Bunje and Nick Stanton, who also acted as writers, showrunners, and executive producers. Additional executive producers included Sharla Sumpter Bridgett and Tim Story.
Casting
On April 2, 2018, it was announced that Gavin Lewis, Theodore Barnes, Shelby Simmons, and Cynthia Kaye McWilliams had joined the main cast.