2020 American military comedy-drama television series
This article is about the television series. For the United States Army's Military Occupational Speciality (MOS), see
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Genre Created by Roberto Benabib Based on Charlie Golf One (Taagad )Starring Country of origin United States Original language English No. of seasons 1 No. of episodes 10 Production Executive producers Ron Howard Roberto Benabib Brian Grazer Francie Calfo Zion Rubin Efrat Shmaya Dror Danna Stern Samie Kim Falvey Michael Lehmann Running time 43–47 minutes[ 1] Production companies Original release Network Paramount Network Release January 15 (2020-01-15 ) – (2020-03-18 )
68 Whiskey military comedy-drama television series created byRoberto Benabib . Based on the Israeli television seriesCharlie Golf One (known asTaagad inHebrew :תאג"ד ), it premiered on January 15, 2020 on theParamount Network .[ 2] [ 3] [ 4]
Cast and characters [ edit ] Usman Ally as Captain HazaraArtur Benson as Khalil Aaron Glenane as Chef Colin Gale Linc Hand as Crash Jade Albany as Cassola Omar Maskati as QasemNo. Title Directed by Written by Original release date U.S. viewers 1 "Buckley's Goat" Michael Lehmann Roberto Benabib January 15, 2020 (2020-01-15 ) 0.87[ 5] 2 "Finger Lickin' Good" Michael Lehmann Roberto Benabib January 22, 2020 (2020-01-22 ) 0.56[ 6] 3 "Daddy Issues" Erin Feeley Roberto Benabib January 29, 2020 (2020-01-29 ) 0.51[ 7] 4 "Trouble in River City" Michael Lehmann Mark Stegemann February 5, 2020 (2020-02-05 ) 0.41[ 8] 5 "Pain Management" Michael Lehmann Kim Benabib February 12, 2020 (2020-02-12 ) 0.41[ 9] 6 "Fight or Flight" David Petrarca Caitie Delaney February 19, 2020 (2020-02-19 ) 0.39[ 10] 7 "Mister Fix-It" Erin Feeley Dylan Park-Pettiford February 26, 2020 (2020-02-26 ) 0.35[ 11] 8 "Do the Right Thing" Michael Trim Dave Holstein March 4, 2020 (2020-03-04 ) 0.50[ 12] 9 "No Good Deed..." Erin Feeley Roberto Benabib & Mark Stegemann March 11, 2020 (2020-03-11 ) 0.53[ 13] 10 "Close Your Eyes and Jump" Michael Lehmann Roberto Benabib & Dave Holstein March 18, 2020 (2020-03-18 ) 0.47[ 14]
On July 9, 2018, it was announced thatParamount Network had given the production a pilot order. The pilot was directed by Michael Lehmann and written byRoberto Benabib who were also set to executive produce alongsideBrian Grazer , Francie Calfo, Zion Rubin, Efrat Shmaya Dror,Danna Stern , Samie Kim Falvey and Michael Lehmann.[ 15] CBS Television Studios ,Imagine Television , and yes Studios.[ 16] [ 3] [ 4]
In an extended Twitter thread in 2021, staff writerDylan Park-Pettiford and story editor Caitie Delaney revealed that a writer on the series fabricated a career in the Marines in order to get a job, and was only found out and removed mid-season due to Park-Pettiford's suspicions.[ 17]
In September 2019, it was announced thatSam Keeley ,Gage Golightly ,Cristina Rodlo ,Jeremy Tardy , Nicholas Coombe,Derek Theler ,Beth Riesgraf , and Lamont Thompson were cast as series regulars whileUsman Ally , Artur Benson, and Aaron Glenane were cast in recurring roles.[ 18] [ 19] [ 20] [ 21]
On the review aggregation websiteRotten Tomatoes , the series holds an approval rating of 88% with an average rating of 6/10, based on 8 reviews.[ 22] Metacritic , which uses a weighted average, assigned the series a score of 61 out of 100 based on 4 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[ 23]
Viewership and ratings per episode of68 Whiskey No. Title Air date Rating (18–49) Viewers DVR(18–49) DVR viewers Total(18–49) Total viewers 1 "Buckley's Goat " January 15, 2020 0.2 0.87[ 5] — 1.31 — 2.17[ 24] 2 "Finger Lickin' Good " January 22, 2020 0.1 0.56[ 6] — 1.24 — 1.80[ 25] 3 "Daddy Issues " January 29, 2020 0.1 0.51[ 7] — 1.08 — 1.59[ 26] 4 "Trouble in River City " February 5, 2020 0.1 0.41[ 8] — 0.93 — 1.34[ 27] 5 "Pain Management " February 12, 2020 0.1 0.41[ 9] — — — — 6 "Fight or Flight " February 19, 2020 0.1 0.39[ 10] — — — — 7 "Mister Fix-It " February 26, 2020 0.1 0.35[ 11] — 1.09 — 1.44[ 28] 8 "Do the Right Thing " March 4, 2020 0.1 0.50[ 12] — 0.92 — 1.42[ 29] 9 "No Good Deed... " March 11, 2020 0.1 0.53[ 13] TBD TBD TBD TBD 10 "Close Your Eyes and Jump " March 18, 2020 0.1 0.47[ 14] TBD TBD TBD TBD
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