Do Not Disturb (TV series)

Technopedia Center

Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science
S1 Informatics S1 Information Systems S1 Information Technology S1 Computer Engineering S1 Electrical Engineering S1 Civil Engineering

faculty of Economics and Business
S1 Management S1 Accountancy

Faculty of Letters and Educational Sciences
S1 English literature S1 English language education S1 Mathematics education S1 Sports Education

Do Not Disturb (TV series) - Wikipedia

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

(Redirected from Pilot (Do Not Disturb))

Do Not Disturb

Also known as	The Inn
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Abraham Higginbotham
Developed by	Paul Young Peter Principato
Starring	Jerry O'Connell Jesse Tyler Ferguson Jolene Purdy Molly Stanton Dave Franco Niecy Nash
Composer	Paul Buckley
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	5 (2 unaired)
Production
Executive producers	Brian Dobbins Carolyn Bernstein Howard T. Owens Paul Young Peter Principato
Production locations	20th Century Fox Studios, Los Angeles, California
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	30 minutes
Production companies	Broken Good Productions Principato-Young Entertainment Reveille Productions 20th Century Fox Television
Original release
Network	Fox
Release	September 10 (2008-09-10) – October 8, 2008 (2008-10-08)

Do Not Disturb (previously known as The Inn) is an American sitcom that premiered on Fox on September 10, 2008.^[1] The multi-camera series was co-produced through Reveille Productions, Principato-Young Entertainment, and 20th Century Fox Television. On September 24, 2008, Fox cancelled the series, and the series was last broadcast on October 8, 2008, with the remaining two episodes left unaired.

Synopsis

Do Not Disturb focuses on the going-ons at a once-popular New York City hotel as seen through the eyes of its employees. Fox ordered 13 episodes, with Jason Bateman directing the pilot.^[2]

After three episodes aired, the show was rumored to be cancelled on September 23, 2008.^[3] Fox officially cancelled the sitcom the following day, making it the first cancellation of the 2008–09 season.^[4]

Cast

Niecy Nash as Rhonda Peet
Jerry O'Connell as Neal Danner
Molly Stanton as Nicole
Jesse Tyler Ferguson as Larry
Jolene Purdy as Molly Poleski
Dave Franco as Gus

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
1	"Pilot"	Jason Bateman	Abraham Higginbotham	September 10, 2008 (2008-09-10)	1APT01	4.650^[5]
An article about the sexual exploits of the staff of The Inn while on the job is run at a local New York magazine, causing Rhonda to take action and Neal to try to act on his best behavior. Meanwhile, Molly helps Nicole with her modeling career, and Gus helps Larry with his love life.
2	"Birdcage"	Gary Halvorson	John Quaintance	September 17, 2008 (2008-09-17)	1APT02	3.900^[6]
Neal installs a human-sized birdcage in the bar of the Inn to put his top-notch female staff on display; Nicole has a meltdown when Neal doesn't ask her to work a shift in the birdcage; Audrina Patridge tries to check in.
3	"Dosing"	Gary Halvorson	Sally Bradford	September 24, 2008 (2008-09-24)	1APT03	3.580^[7]
The staff of The Inn is on their best behavior when they find out it's time for them to be evaluated to see if they deserve bonuses or not. Meanwhile, Rhonda is upset when Neal fires a bartender for no good reason. Their arguing delays the evaluations and causes one of the staff members to go to great lengths in an effort to resolve the conflict between Rhonda and Neal so everyone's bonuses can be handed out. To make things worse the owner of the inn and his wife stop by for a weekend visit.
4	"Work Sex^[8]"	Jason Bateman	Abraham Higginbotham	October 1, 2008 (2008-10-01)	1APT79^[9]	TBA
Neal jumps at the chance of being the face of the hotel when the Inn is named one of New York's hippest hotels, by a top New York newspaper.
5	"Satisfaction^[10]"	Bob Koherr	Prentice Penny	October 8, 2008 (2008-10-08)	1APT04	TBA
A high-maintenance hotel client checks into The Inn and tries the patience of Nicole, Larry and Gus. The staff must do their best to bite their tongues despite the guest's discourteous antics, and Nicole, already on probation for bad behavior, plots to strike back at the snarky guest. Meanwhile, Rhonda is fed up with her recently divorced friend taking over her apartment, and when Neal takes an interest in her, Rhonda attempts to keep the flame going by telling Neal her friend was underwhelmed with Neal's performance in bed and he should work on improving.
6	"Sorry Charlie^[11]"	Bob Koherr	Sally Bradford and Kirk J. Rudell	Unaired	1APT05^[12]	TBA
7	"Break Room^[13]"	Rob Schiller	Kirk J. Rudell	Unaired	1APT06^[14]	TBA

U.S. Nielsen ratings

#	Episode	Air Date	Timeslot (EST)	Season	Rating	Share	18–49 (Rating/Share)	Viewers (m)	Weekly Rank (#)
1	"Work Sex"	September 10, 2008	Wednesday 9:30 P.M.	2008–2009			1.9/5	4.65
2	"Birdcage"	September 17, 2008			TBA	TBA	1.6	4.13	TBA
3	"Dosing"	September 24, 2008			TBA	TBA	1.4/3	3.53	TBA

References

^ 'The Inn' is in at Fox
^ "Do Not Disturb: FOX Sitcom First Show of the New Season to be Cancelled". tvseriesfinale.com. 2008-09-25. Archived from the original on 2008-09-27.
^ Ausiello, Michael (2008-09-25). "Rejoice! Fox Cancels 'Do Not Disturb'!". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2019-11-20.
^ "Do Not Disturb: FOX Makes Sitcom Cancellation Official". tvseriesfinale.com. 2008-09-26. Archived from the original on 2008-09-29.
^ "WEEKLY PROGRAM RANKINGS (WK OF 9/8)" (Press release). ABCMedianet. September 16, 2008. Retrieved September 30, 2014.
^ "WEEKLY PROGRAM RANKINGS (WK OF 9/15)" (Press release). ABCMedianet. September 23, 2008. Retrieved September 30, 2014.
^ "WEEKLY PROGRAM RANKINGS (WK OF 9/22)" (Press release). ABCMedianet. September 30, 2008. Retrieved September 30, 2014.
^ Reg. #PAu003360985 at U.S. Copyright Records database.
^ Reg. #PAu003377862 at U.S. Copyright Records database.
^ Reg. #PAu003377860 at U.S. Copyright Records database.
^ Reg. #PAu003365020 at U.S. Copyright Records database.
^ Reg. #PAu003377855 at U.S. Copyright Records database.
^ Reg. #PAu003365021 at U.S. Copyright Records database.
^ Reg. #PAu003377006 at U.S. Copyright Records database.

External links

Categories:

Hidden categories: