High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Cape, a superhero drama series created by Tom Wheeler, premiered on Citytv on Saturday January 8, 2011 in Canada and debuted in the United States on NBC on January 9, 2011 with a two-hour premiere consisting of the first two episodes. It moved to its regular time slot, Mondays at 9:00 pm, on January 17. NBC subsequently cut the total number of episodes to be aired from 13 to 10 as a result of low ratings. On March 2, 2011, NBC announced that the season finale would only be aired on the network`s website.