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Welcome to The Captain
SERIES: CBS, Monday 8:30p (30 minutes)
Starring
Fran Kranz,
Joanna Garcia,
Chris Klein,
Chris Klein,
Jeffrey Tambor,
and
Raquel Welch
The comings and goings of the wacky residents of The Captain, a famous Hollywood apartment building.
| GENRE(S): |
Comedy
|
| CREATED BY: |
John Hamburg
|
| FIRST AIR DATE: |
February 4, 2008 |
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80
Hollywood Reporter Barry Garron
Hip in tone but traditional in spirit, it's not at all hard to feel welcome at the Captain.
80
Orlando Sentinel Hal Boedeker
The first-rate actors, led by likable Kranz, don't strain in their offbeat roles. Tambor adds another first-rate portrait to his gallery of goofballs. The usually reserved Klein is livelier than ever.
80
Wall Street Journal Nancy DeWolf Smith
If Welcome to the Captain can sustain its tone of tender quirkiness, it may find an appreciate audience stretching from those who loved "Arrested Development" to fans of "My Name Is Earl."
70
Variety Brian Lowry
Nothing in Welcome to the Captain is particularly fresh, but there's nevertheless a genial charm to this CBS comedy, whose main drawback is that it focuses on the wrong characters.
60
The New York Times Ginia Bellafante
The Captain has a great facade, but it’s filled with people who will make you keep checking the real estate listings.
60
Philadelphia Inquirer Jonathan Storm
That's about where this show sits, on the rails, but with a little journey ahead to get from captain to rear admiral.
60
Los Angeles Times Mary McNamara
After watching two episodes, I was left with the thought with which I began: An iconic apartment building full of wacky characters would make a great TV show. Would, though. Not does.
60
Chicago Tribune Maureen Ryan
Welcome to the Captain attempts a similarly shaggy, loose sitcom vibe, but isn't quite successful, though it's at least watchable.
50
Entertainment Weekly Alynda Wheat
Sadly, Welcome to the Captain just isn't funny or inspired enough to nail the peek-behind-the-Hollywood-curtain genre.
50
New York Post Linda Stasi
The characters are likeable enough so that you might even grow to care about them--and the show--in this arid writers' strike environment.
50
San Francisco Chronicle Tim Goodman
The trouble with Welcome to the Captain, outside of the title and romantic emphasis, is that two episodes haven't |
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