Do Not Disturb (TV series)

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Do Not Disturb
Do Not Disturb intertitle
Genre	Situation Comedy
Created by	Craig M. Simon Abraham Higginbotham
Developed by	Paul Young Peter Principato
Starring	Jerry O'Connell Jesse Tyler Ferguson Jolene Purdy Molly Stanton Niecy Nash Dave Franco
Country of origin	United States
Language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	5 (2 unaired) (List of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Brian Dobbins Carolyn Bernstein Howard T. Owens Paul Young Peter Principato
Location(s)	20th Century Fox Studios, Los Angeles, California
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	approx. 23 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	FOX
Original run	September 10, 2008 – September 24, 2008

Do Not Disturb (previously known as The Inn) was an American television comedy series, which debuted as a Fall entry on FOX's primetime lineup on September 10, 2008.^[1]. The multi-camera sitcom was co-produced through Reveille Productions, Principato-Young Entertainment and Fox Television Studios. It is about the going-ons at a once-popular New York City hotel as seen through the eyes of its employees. Fox ordered 13 episodes of this series, with Jason Bateman directing the pilot.^[2]

After three episodes aired, the show was rumored to be cancelled on September 24, 2008.^[3] FOX officially cancelled the sitcom the following day, making it the first cancellation of the 2008-09 season.^[4]

Contents 1 Cast 2 Episodes 3 U.S. Nielsen ratings 3.1 Weekly ratings 4 References 5 External links

[edit] 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

[edit] Episodes

• "Work Sex" (aired September 10, 2008)

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 modelling career and Gus helps Larry with his love life.

• "The Birdcage" (aired September 17, 2008)

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.

• "Dosing" (aired September 24, 2008)

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.

• "Satisfaction" (unaired)

The Inn's staff must try their best to put up with an ill-mannered high-maintenance hotel guest. Meanwhile, Rhonda gets sick of a friend who's been taking over her apartment, so when Neal shows an interest in her Rhonda tries to help the relationship along so her friend will move back out.

• Pilot (unaired)

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.

[edit] U.S. Nielsen ratings

[edit] Weekly 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

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• From TV Fodder (March 2008)
• Fox makes room for 'The Inn' from Variety (March 18, 2008)
• FOX Confirms Cancellation of DND
• TVWeek: NBC, Take Heed
• Do Not Disturb at the Internet Movie Database
• Do Not Disturb at TV.com