Welcome to The Captain (previously known as The Captain) is an American sitcom television series created, executive produced and directed by John Hamburg. Andrew Reich and Ted Cohen also serve as executive producers. The show is about a young writer (Fran Kranz) whose life changes when he moves into a legendary old Hollywood apartment building.
Produced by CBS Paramount Network Television and John & Anders, the series was greenlit and given a six-episode order in June 2007.DEVELOPMENT UPDATE: WEEK OF JUNE 4-8, The Futon Critic
Welcome to The Captain premiered on February 4, 2008, airing on CBS in the United States and CTV in Canada. On CBS it was a mid-season replacement for The Big Bang Theory,Welcome to The Captain at The Futon Critic but the show was halted after its fifth episode aired due to poor ratings. Fran Kranz eventually signed on to the upcoming Fox series Dollhouse, effectively canceling the CBS sitcom. On May 14, 2008, the series was officially canceled.CBS Announces Their 2008-09 Schedule. Who’s Been Cancelled?
Cast Fran Kranz as Joshua "Josh" Flug Chris Klein as Marty Tanner Joanna Garcia as Hope Al Madrigal as Jesus Valerie Azlynn as Astrid Raquel Welch as Charlene Van Ark Jeffrey Tambor as Saul Fish
Guest stars
Michael Weston as Brad (Episode 2) Christine Woods as Claire (Episode 2) Joey Fatone as himself (Episode 3) Shiri Appleby as Heather (Episode 4) Nicole Lyn as Melanie (Episode 4)
Episodes
U.S. Nielsen Ratings
Weekly # Episode Air Date Timeslot Households (Rating/Share) 18-49 (Rating/Share) Viewers (m) Weekly Rank (#) 1 "Pilot" February 4, 2008 8:30p.m. 5.1/8 2.7/7 8.14 35 2 "Weekend at Saul's" February 11, 2008 4.5/7 2.6/7 7.13 30 3 "The Letter" February 18, 2008 3.4/5 2.0/5 5.45 42 4 "The Wrecking Crew" February 25, 2008 3.1/5 1.8/5 5.34 N/A 5 "Mr. Big Meeting" March 3, 2008 3.6/5 1.8/5 5.63 59
Seasonal Season Time slot Premiere Finale TV Season Rank Viewers(millions) 1 Monday 8:30p.m. February 4, 2008 March 3, 2008 2007-2008 #112 6.3
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