Do Not Disturb (TV series)

Do Not Disturb
Intertitle
Also known as	The Inn
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 Dave Franco and Niecy Nash as Rhonda
Country of origin	United States
Language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	5 (2 unaired)
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	22–24 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	Fox
Original run	September 10, 2008 (2008-09-10) – September 24, 2008 (2008-09-24)

Do Not Disturb (previously known as The Inn) is an American sitcom, which debuted as a Fall entry on Fox's primetime lineup on September 10, 2008.^[1] The multi-camera series was co-produced through Reveille Productions, Principato-Young Entertainment and Fox Television Studios.

Synopsis

The series 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 of this series, 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

Episode	Episode Title	First Aired	Short Summary
1	"Work Sex"	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 modeling career, and Gus helps Larry with his love life.
2	"Birdcage"	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.
3	"Dosing"	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.
4	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.
5	"Satisfaction"	Unaired	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.

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

1. ^ 'The Inn' is in at Fox
2. ^ "Do Not Disturb: FOX Sitcom First Show of the New Season to be Cancelled". tvseriesfinale.com. 2008-09-25. http://tvseriesfinale.com/articles/do-not-disturb-fox-sitcom-first-show-of-the-new-season-to-be-cancelled/. 
3. ^ Ausiello, Michael (2008-09-25). "Rejoice! Fox Cancels 'Do Not Disturb'!". ausiellofiles.ew.com. http://ausiellofiles.ew.com/2008/09/fox-cancels-do.html. 
4. ^ "Do Not Disturb: FOX Makes Sitcom Cancellation Official". tvseriesfinale.com. 2008-09-26. http://tvseriesfinale.com/articles/do-not-disturb-fox-makes-sitcom-cancellation-official/. 

External links

• Do Not Disturb at the Internet Movie Database
• Do Not Disturb at TV.com
• 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