Below Deck

Below Deck
Genre	Reality television
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	24
Production
Executive producer(s)	Courtland Cox Elise Duran Mark Cronin
Running time	42 minutes
Production company(s)	51 Minds Entertainment
Broadcast
Original channel	Bravo
Picture format	480i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV)
Original run	July 1, 2013 (2013-07-01) – present
External links
Website
Production website

Below Deck is an American reality television series on Bravo that debuted on July 1, 2013.^[1][2]

Synopsis

The cast of the first season: Ben Robinson, Aleks Taldykin, Kat Held, Adrienne Gang, David Bradberry, CJ Lebeau, Samantha Orme and Eddie Lucas (from left)

The cast of the second season: Kate Chastain, Eddie Lucas, Kelley Johnson, Ben Robinson, Kat Held, Andrew Sturby, Amy Johnson, Captain Lee, Jennice Ontiveros (from left)

Announced in April 2012, Below Deck chronicles the lives of the crew members who work and reside aboard a mega-yacht during charter season.^[3] It shows the crew as they deal with their personal issues in order to make their professional careers work. Each episode features a different group of guests.

Cast

Season 1

• Aleks Taldykin — First Officer^[4]
• Adrienne Gang — Chief Stewardess^[5]
• C.J. LeBeau — Second Engineer^[6]
• Samantha Orme — Stewardess^[7]
• David Bradberry — Deckhand^[8]
• Ben Robinson — Chef^[9]
• Eddie Lucas — Deckhand^[10]
• Kat Held — Second Stewardess^[11]

Season 2

• Lee Rosbach — Captain^[12]
• Kate Chastain — Chief Stewardess^[12]
• Andrew Sturby — Deckhand^[12]
• Kelley Johnson — Deckhand^[12]
• Jennice Ontiveros — Deckhand^[12]
• Ben Robinson — Chef^[12]
• Eddie Lucas — Bosun^[12]
• Kat Held — Steward^[12]
• Amy Johnson — Steward^[12]

Production

Producers booked a five-week Caribbean charter on the 50 meter (164 foot) yacht Cuor di Leone.^[13] The yacht was renamed Honor for the series, and is captained by Lee Rosbach.^[13] The original crew used for the vessel were given the time off, to be replaced by the cast of the series for the duration of filming.^[13] Rosbach and his first officer and engineer stayed on board the vessel to ensure everything went as planned.^[13] Chief Stew Adrienne Gang, Chef Ben Robinson and Stew Kat Held had worked on yachts prior to the series.^[13] The series was shot over a six week period in September and October 2011.^[14]

On August 27, 2013, Bravo announced that the series' first season averaged 1.4 million total viewers per episode, which led the network to renew Below Deck for a second season.^[15]

The season premiered on August 12, 2014,^[16] and featured four returning cast members from the previous season, including Captain Lee Rosbach, Ben Robinson, Kat Held and Eddie Lucas.^[12] New cast additions included Kate Chastain, Kelley and Amy Johnson, Jennice Ontiveros, Andrew Sturby, and Logan Reese.^[12] The second season had the crew working on Ohana, a 153' mega-yacht during the charter season in the British Virgin Islands.^[12] The season conluded on November 4, 2014.^[16]

Bravo renewed Below Deck for a third season after the second-season finale.^[17] In March 2015, Bravo announced a Below Deck spin-off show entitled Below Deck Mediterranean.^[18]

Episodes

Season 1 (2013)

Season 2 (2014)

References

External links

• Official website
• Below Deck at the Internet Movie Database
• Below Deck at TV.com