In Case of Emergency is an American half-hour sitcom television series shown on ABC in the United States. The series follows a group of high school acquaintances whose lives have not turned out as they hoped. It premiered on January 3, 2007, at 9:30 pm and ended on April 11, 2007. The pilot episode was directed by Jon Favreau and the cast included Jonathan Silverman, David Arquette, Lori Loughlin, Kelly Hu, and Greg Germann.
Although ABC gave early renewal notices to several of its series on March 21, 2007,ABC Renews Eleven Series , Brilliant But Cancelled, March 21, 2007 In Case of Emergency was not one of them.
On April 12, 2007, ABC announced that the show had been officially canceled, leaving one episode unaired,, TV Series Finale, April 12, 2007ABC Drops Case for "Emergency", The Futon Critic, April 12, 2007 which has since been broadcast internationally.
Cast and characters
Series regulars Jonathan Silverman as Harry Kennison (captain of the debate team), now a frustrated greeting-card writer David Arquette as Jason Ventress (voted most likely to succeed), now under investigation for a corporate scandal and volunteering at a hospital Greg Germann as Sherman Yablonsky (competitive eating club '84-'87), now a self-obsessed, formerly obese, disgraced diet guru Kelly Hu as Kelly Lee (former valedictorian), now working at a Korean massage parlor Lori Loughlin as Dr. Joanna Lupone, a doctor with whom Jason falls in love, despite her being engaged Jackson Bond as Dylan Kennison, Harry's son, Nicholas Roget-King played the role in the pilot.
Recurring characters Leigh-Allyn Baker as Maureen, Harry's ex-wife Natsuko Ohama as Madam, Kelly's boss Jane Seymour as Donna Ventress, Jason's mom David Norona as Paul, Jason's lawyer and, unbeknownst to him, Joanna's fiancé Maree Cheatham as Elizabeth Yablonsky, Sherman's mom Sara Erikson as Summer, a stripper who befriends Sherman Lee Reherman as Frank, Kelly's cop boyfriend George Sharperson as Omar, Sherman's assistant Gary 'G. Thang' Johnson as Officer G Thang, Frank's partner
Notable guests David Carradine as Guru Danny, Stephanie Yablonsky's new spiritual leader James Hong as Mr. Lee, Kelly's dad Jimmy Kimmel as himself Leslie Sykes as herself Emily Kuroda as Mrs. Tuckman, a friend of Donna's Penny Balfour as Moonblossom, a member of Guru Danny's ashram Louis Lombardi as Todd, a security guard at the hospital
Episodes
Ratings Seasonal ratings based on average total viewers per episode of In Case of Emergency on ABC:
References
External links
Press release for In Case of Emergency The Futon Critic Show Watch: In Case of Emergency