Catch-22: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Based on the acclaimed Joseph Heller novel, Catch-22 follows the adventures and misadventures of a US air squadron in Italy in World War II. Yossarian, a bombardier, whose frantic obsession every time he goes up on a mission is "to come down alive". His odds of success at such a simple aim keep getting worse because Colonel Cathcart keeps raising the number of missions the men have to fly. More than the retreating Germans, the real enemy for Yossarian and his rag-tag bunch of friends is the bureaucracy of the military, inverting logic at every turn. The pinnacle of this is Catch-22, a military by-law which states that if you fly your missions, you're crazy, and don't have to fly them; all you have to do is ask. But if you ask not to, then you're sane, and so you have to fly them.

Series details

• Title: Catch-22
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Comedy, War
• Premiere date: 2019-05-17
• Final broadcast date listed: 2019-05-17
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Web channel listed by TVmaze: Hulu
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 43 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7.3/10
• TVMaze ID: 34363
• IMDb ID: tt5056196
• TVDB ID: 357558

Cast and credited roles

• Kyle Chandler — Colonel Cathcart
• Christopher Abbott — John "YoYo" Yossarian
• Daniel David Stewart — Milo Minderbinder
• Rafi Gavron — Aarfy
• Graham Patrick Martin — Ivor Orr
• Austin Stowell — Edward Nately
• Gerran Howell — Kid Sampson
• Jon Rudnitsky — McWatt
• Lewis Pullman — Sgt. Major Major Major
• Hugh Laurie — Major de Coverley
• George Clooney — Scheisskopf
• Giancarlo Giannini — Marcello

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2019-05-17; final listed air date 2019-05-17; episode order: 6.

Source and licence

Adapted from Catch-22 on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.