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Welcome to The Captain
SERIES: CBS, Monday 8:30p (30 minutes)


4.3

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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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Hollywood Reporter Barry Garron

Hip in tone but traditional in spirit, it's not at all hard to feel welcome at the Captain.

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.

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."

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 revealed any clear direction.

Philadelphia Daily News Ellen Gray

Kranz does look like a writer, for what it's worth. But if he's really as good as they say, he'd have written something better than this.

Washington Post Tom Shales

The characters are refreshingly non-hostile and converse in something other than brittle, cold sitcom-speak. But the serialized nature of the stories (subsequent episodes begin with the "previously on" feature usually seen on dramas) is no particular plus. And while the characters are sweet, they stop short of being lovable.

Newsday Diane Werts

There's nothing to relate to here, just to observe from afar, and only Tambor's as-always deft comic distraction gives us anything worth glancing at.

New York Daily News David Hinckley

The Captain [is] a historic hotel now populated by every Hollywood stereotype ever dusted off for a sitcom pilot.

Boston Globe Matthew Gilbert

Let's hope Welcome, as forced as "Christine" is relaxed, runs itself into cancellation sooner rather than later.

TV Guide Matt Roush

Welcome to the Captain, a tepid comedy about would-be wackos in a Hollywood apartment building, is such a dud that it's likely to only make some of us miss the funnier "Big Bang Theory" (which it temporarily replaces) even more.

USA Today Robert Bianco

The show seems to vanish as it's happening, leaving behind nothing except a vague feeling of being mildly annoyed. It doesn't just fail to leave you laughing. It leaves you, period.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Rob Owen

Another single-camera comedy that fails to provide any laughs.

Miami Herald Glenn Garvin

Welcome to The Captain is less a TV show than a grim ransom note from the striking Hollywood writers.

The average user rating for this tv show is 4.3 (out of 10) based on 24 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Chase T. gave it a10:
Personally I absolutely love this show. I cannot believe that it was canceled. I know it had low ratings, but they should have advertised it more. It was a hilarious show and I think CBS should bring it back. I bought a season pass on Itunes for it and I think if anything they should at least finish the first season.

Jared H. gave it a9:
The show is witty and sarcastic. The only problem with it is that it bypasses the simpleton humor found in most shows and goes to directly to situational and intellectual charm. The characters are likable, but need time to find a direction.

Bill D. gave it a4:
Other than Joanna Garcia, there's not an attractive , likable character on the show. The story lines are weak; the show is flat. I don't dislike this show: there's just nothing (except Garcia) to like.

John G. gave it a1:
This show was incredibly dull. I have watched all of the episodes so far and not one laugh. This show is a WASTE OF TIME for cbs! big bang or even re-runs of king of queens would be better. PLEASE TAKE THIS SHOW OFF THE AIR!

Burt H. gave it a7:
At first, hated it. The main character guy is such a hopeless dork. It reminded me of that show from the early 90's Doug, where Doug was always pining like a cat in heat over Patty Mayonaise. You knew he would never get her, but for some reason, you were compelled to watch. Thus with Dork Main Character and the foxy Hope.

Eric C. gave it a3:
Don't worry, Jeffery Tambor. If the rumors regarding an Arrested Development movie are true, then you might soon be returning to the greatest character you've ever played.

Karen M. gave it a3:
I was so looking forward to seeing Jeffrey Tambor again. But overall I have to say I agree--this was pretty darned bad. I didn't crack a grin once the entire time. I'm just wondering how anyone could've read this script and thought it would make a good TV show. Just the script alone would make it apparent it was a snoozer. Too bad.

Welcome to The Captain SERIES: CBS, Monday 8:30p (30 minutes)

Welcome to The Captain
SERIES: CBS, Monday 8:30p (30 minutes)