Sidekicks (television) Television series on ABC; aired from September 26, 1986, to June 27, 1987. The pilot movie was called The Last Electric Knight, which aired first on February 16, 1986, and was repeated, under the title Sidekicks on September 19, 1986. The evolving relationship between Ernie, an 11-year-old mystically gifted martial arts expert, and Jake Rizzo, the hard-nosed but soft-hearted homicide detective who takes Ernie into his home. Stars Gil Gerard (Jake), Keye Luke (Sabasan), Ernie Reyes, Jr. (Ernie), Nancy Stafford (Patricia Blake).
