Living in Captivity
{{Short description|American sitcom}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox television
| image =
| caption =
| creator = Tom Palmer
| starring = Matt Letscher
| country = United States
| language = English
| network = Fox
| composer = Brian Tyler
| company = Shukovsky English Entertainment
Dog Soup, Inc.
20th Century Fox Television
| first_aired = {{Start date|1998|09|11}}
| last_aired = {{End date|1998|10|16}}
| num_seasons = 1
| num_episodes = 7 (1 unaired)
| runtime = 30 minutes
}}
Living in Captivity is an American sitcom that aired on Fox on Friday nights from September 11, 1998 to October 16, 1998.{{cite book|title=The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present|year=2003|publisher=Ballantine Books|isbn=0-345-45542-8|pages=694}}
Premise
The series centered on the residents of the fictional gated community of Woodland Heights, California. Among those shown were Will Merrik, a Christian novelist, his Jewish attorney wife Becca, Carmine Santucci, an auto parts mogul, his wife Lisa, and Curtis Cooke, a disc jockey, and his pregnant wife Tamara. Gordon was the gay security guard.
Cast
- Matt Letscher as Will Merrik
- Melinda McGraw as Becca Merrik
- Lenny Venito as Carmine Santucci
- Mia Cottet as Lisa Santucci
- Dondré Whitfield as Curtis Cooke
- Kira Arne as Tamara Cooke
- Terry Rhoads as Gordon
Episodes
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 1
|Title = Guns and Lattes
|DirectedBy = Philip Charles MacKenzie
|WrittenBy = Tom Palmer
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1998|09|11}}
|ProdCode = 1ACW-79
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 2
|Title = Sex and the Suburbs
|DirectedBy = Philip Charles MacKenzie
|WrittenBy = Tom Palmer
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1998|09|18}}
|ProdCode = 1ACW01
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 3
|Title = The Unkindest Cut
|DirectedBy = Philip Charles MacKenzie
|WrittenBy = Dan Cohen & F.J. Pratt
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1998|09|25}}
|ProdCode = 1ACW03
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 4
|Title = Safe and Sound
|DirectedBy = Philip Charles MacKenzie
|WrittenBy = Ed Yeager
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1998|10|02}}
|ProdCode = 1ACW02
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 5
|Title = The Alba Wars
|DirectedBy =
|WrittenBy =
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1998|10|09}}
|ProdCode = 1ACW04
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 6
|Title = Put on a Happy Face
|DirectedBy = David Steinberg
|WrittenBy = Lisa Albert
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1998|10|16}}
|ProdCode = 1ACW05
|ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 7
|Title = Boogie Heights
|DirectedBy =
|WrittenBy =
|OriginalAirDate = Unaired
|ProdCode = 1ACW06
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References
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Category:1990s American sitcoms
Category:Television shows set in California
Category:1998 American television series debuts
Category:1998 American television series endings
Category:Television series by 20th Century Fox Television
Category:American English-language television shows
Category:Fox Broadcasting Company sitcoms
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