Castle (TV series)

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Castle

Genre

Created by
Starring

Composer(s)

Police procedural

Crime

Drama

Andrew W. Marlowe

Nathan Fillion

Stana Katic

Susan Sullivan

Molly Quinn

Jon Huertas

Tamala Jones

Seamus Dever

Ruben SantiagoHudson

Penny Johnson
Jerald

Toks Olagundoye

Robert Duncan

Kim Planert

Country of origin United States

Originallanguag
e(s)

English

No. of seasons

No. of episodes

168 (list of episodes)

Production
Executiveproduc
er(s)

Andrew W. Marlowe

Rob Bowman

Laurie Zaks

Nathan Fillion

Stana Katic

Barry Schindel

David Amann

Armyan Bernstein

Camera setup

Multi-camera

Running time

43 minutes

Productioncomp
any(s)

Distributor

ABC Studios

Beacon Pictures

Experimental
Pictures

The Barry Schindel

Company

Milmar Pictures

DisneyABC Domestic
Television

Release
Original network ABC
Picture format

480i (SDTV)

720p, 1080i (HDTV)

Original release

March 9, 2009 present

External links
Website
Castle is an American crime-drama television series, which premiered on ABC on
March 9, 2009. The series is produced jointly byBeacon Pictures and ABC Studios.
Created by Andrew W. Marlowe, it primarily traces the lives of Richard
Castle (Nathan Fillion), a best-selling mystery novelist, and Kate Beckett (Stana
Katic), an NYPD homicide detective, as they solve various unusual crimes in New
York City. Detective Beckett is initially infuriated at the thought of working with a
writer and goes to great lengths to keep him out of her way. However, the two soon
start developing feelings for each other. The overarching plot of the series focuses
on the romance between the two lead characters, and the murder of Beckett's
mother.
Contents
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1Premise

2Cast and characters

o

2.1Main

2.2Recurring

3Broadcast history

4Reception

4.1U.S. Nielsen ratings

4.2Awards and nominations

5Other media
o

5.1DVD releases

5.2Syndication

5.3Tie-in works

5.4Derrick Storm television series

6References

7External links

Premise[edit]

Richard Castle (Fillion) is a famous mystery novelist who has killed off the main
character in his popular book series and has writer's block. He is brought in by
the NYPD for questioning regarding a copy-cat murder based on one of his novels.
He is intrigued by this new window into crime and murder, and uses his connection
with the mayor to charm his way into shadowing Detective Kate Beckett(Katic).
Castle decides to use Beckett as his muse for Nikki Heat, the main character of his
next book series. Beckett, an avid reader of Castle's books, initially disapproves of
having Castle shadow her work, but later warms up and recognizes Castle as a
useful resource in her team's investigations.
Cast and characters[edit]
Main article: List of Castle characters
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Main[edit]

Nathan Fillion as Richard Castle/Richard Rodgers, a best-selling mystery

writer, who shadows and assists the NYPD. His coworkers sometimes
appreciate and sometimes despise his unreal theories that, sometimes, turn
out to be the real case, but usually only help out the case.

Stana Katic as Katherine "Kate" Beckett, an NYPD Homicide Detective who is

promoted to Captain in Season 8.

Jon Huertas as Detective Javier "Javi" Esposito, a former Army Special

Forces soldier who now works in the homicide division as part of Beckett's
team.

Seamus Dever as Detective Kevin Ryan, a former narcotics detective who

works as part of Beckett's team.

Tamala Jones as Dr. Lanie Parish, a medical examiner and a friend of Beckett's

Ruben Santiago-Hudson as Captain Roy Montgomery (seasons 13), Beckett's

boss and Captain of the 12th Precinct

Molly Quinn as Alexis Castle, Castle's daughter by his first wife, Meredith

Susan Sullivan as Martha Rodgers, Castle's mother, an actress on and off

Broadway

Penny Johnson Jerald as Captain Victoria Gates (seasons 47), Captain

Montgomery's replacement, formerly with Internal Affairs

Toks Olagundoye as Hayley Shipton (season 8), a quick-witted, free-spirited

former MPS cop who now works as a security specialist

Recurring[edit]

Maya Stojan as Tory Ellis, an NYPD Tech officer who assists on Beckett's cases

Arye Gross as Dr. Sidney Perlmutter, a medical examiner who assists on some
of Beckett's cases and does little to hide his dislike of Castle

Juliana Dever as Jenny Ryan (ne O'Malley), Ryan's wife. In the sixth season,
she gives birth to their son, whom they name Nicholas Javier.

Michael Trucco as Detective Tom Demming, a handsome robbery detective

with whom Beckett briefly becomes involved

Monet Mazur as Gina Cowell, Castle's publisher and second wife

Victor Webster as Dr. Josh Davidson, Beckett's motorcycle-riding, cardiacsurgeon ex-boyfriend to whom Castle repeatedly refers as "motorcycle boy"
and "doctor motorcycle boy"

Ken Baumann as Ashley, Alexis' steady boyfriend

Scott Paulin as Jim Beckett, Kate Beckett's father

Bailey Chase as Will Sorenson, an FBI agent and Beckett's ex-boyfriend who
wants to reconcile but immediately recognizes Beckett's attraction to Castle

Michael Dorn as Dr. Carter Burke, a psychiatrist who helps Beckett overcome
her shooting and also deal with her various hidden emotions

Geoff Pierson as Mr. Smith, a friend of Captain Montgomery's, who holds

evidence that keeps the murderer of Beckett's mother away from her

Darby Stanchfield as Meredith, an actress who was Castle's first wife and
Alexis's mother. She is regularly portrayed as self-centered and dramatic.

Michael Mosley as Jerry Tyson/the Triple Killer (3XK), a methodical and

meticulous serial killer who returns to New York every few years to terrorize
the city. He was believed to be dead, but has supposedly "resurrected"
numerous times.

Jack Coleman as William Bracken, a popular and charismatic senator

representing the State of New York with ambitions of one day becoming
president

Phil LaMarr as Dr. Holloway, a psychiatrist who evaluates the mental stability
of suspects

Myko Olivier as Pi, Alexis's boyfriend (at the beginning of season six) with
whom she shares an apartment for a while

Sunkrish Bala as Vikram Singh (season 8), a high-strung tech analyst with the
Attorney General's office in Washington D.C., where Beckett briefly works

Real-life writers Stephen J. Cannell, James Patterson, Dennis Lehane, and Michael
Connelly appear as themselves during periodic games of poker at Castle's

apartment. Typically, they discuss Castle and Beckett's current case and tease
Castle about his involvement with Beckett. On September 30, 2010, Cannell died in
real life. The characters kept an empty chair at the poker table in his honor for a
year.
Broadcast history[edit]
Main article: List of Castle episodes
Castle premiered as a midseason replacement on ABC on March 9, 2009. ABC
renewed Castle for a second season with an initial order of 13 episodes; ABC later
extended the order to 22, then 24 episodes. [1][2] The second season premiered on
Monday, September 21, 2009.[3] In March 2010, ABC renewed Castle for a third, 22episode season, which began on September 20, 2010.[4] On November 11, 2010,
ABC extended the episode order to 24.[5] On January 10, 2011, ABC
announced Castle had been renewed for a fourth season for 22 episodes.[6] Season
four premiered on September 19, 2011.[7] On December 8, 2011, ABC ordered an
additional episode bringing season 4 up to 23 episodes. [8]On May 10,
2012, Castle was renewed for a fifth season by ABC, [9] which started on Monday
September 24, 2012.[10] Two additional episodes were ordered on October 19, 2012,
and February 5, 2013, respectively. This brings season 5 up to a total of 24
episodes.[11][12][13] On May 10, 2013, ABC announced via Twitter that Castle had been
renewed for a sixth season.[14] On May 8, 2014, ABC renewed the series for a
seventh season,[15] which premiered on September 29, 2014.[16] On May 7, 2015, the
series was renewed for its eighth season, [17] which premiered on September 21,
2015.[18]
Series overview
Originally aired
Season

Episodes
First aired

Last aired

10

March 9, 2009

May 11, 2009

24

September 21, 2009

May 17, 2010

24

September 20, 2010

May 16, 2011

23

September 19, 2011

May 7, 2012

24

September 24, 2012

May 13, 2013

23

September 23, 2013

May 12, 2014

23

September 29, 2014

May 11, 2015

22[19]

September 21, 2015

May 16, 2016[20]

Reception[edit]
U.S. Nielsen ratings[edit]
Premiered

Seas
on

Time
slot
(ET)

Monda
y
10:00
pm

No. of
episo
des

Date

10

March 9,
2009

24

Septem
ber 21,
2009

24

Septem
ber 20,
2010

23

Septem
ber 19,
2011

24

Septem
ber 24,
2012

23

Septem
ber 23,
2013

Ended

Premi
Finale
ere
viewe
viewer
Dat rs
s
e
(in
(in
millio
millio
ns)
ns)

10.76[2
1]

9.26[24]

10.70[2
7]

13.28[3
0]

10.45[3
3]

11.48[3
6]

TV
seas
on

Ran
k

2009

No
. 41

Ma
y
10.07[2 2009
17, 5]
10
201
0

No
. 30

Ma
y
12.93[2 2010
16, 8]
11
201
1

No
. 30

Ma
y 7, 12.36[3 2011
201 1]
12
2

No
. 22

Ma
y
11.16[3 2012
13, 4]
13
201
3

No
. 19

Ma
y
11, 9.96[22]
200
9

Ma 10.59[3 2013
7]
y
14
12,
201

No
. 13

Viewer
s
(in
million
s)

10.19[
23]

10.25[
26]

11.44[
29]

12.18[
32]

12.26[
35]

12.63[
38]

23

Septem
ber 29,
2014

22

Septem
ber 21,
2015

10.75[3
9]

6.84[42]

Ma
y
11, 8.44[40]
201
5

2014
15

No
. 37

N/A

2015
16

N/A

N/A

10.69[
41]

N/A

The season two episode "Boom!" (the finale of a two-part episode featuring Dana
Delany) not only attracted the highest audience of the series' run (14.5 million
viewers) but was also the highest-rated show on ABC in its time slot in 14 years.[4]