No, an apathetic audience is the exact opposite of a captive audience. They are unresponsive and un-attentive for the most part. They are certainly not "Captivated" if they are apathetic..

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour - 1962 Captive Audience 1-5 is rated/received certificates of:

USA:TV-PG

Sebastien Reichmann has written:

'Audience captive'

The Love Boat - 1977 That's My Dad The Captain's Bird Captive Audience 4-11 was released on:

USA: 20 December 1980

A captive audience is a person or a group of people who have gathered in a certain place for a purpose and are provided or exposed to information that are unrelated to their actual purpose of being there. For example, students may gather in a classroom to study physics but may be "bombarded" with soft drink advertising or promotion. People queuing up at a petrol station or at a supermarket check-out are considered a "captive audience." They are likely to stay there for a certain time and are thus "captives" for a while. Other examples may include people in a departure lounge in airports and sports stadia. Advertising for such "captive audience" is likely to be effective because there is a high probability of the advertising being read or listened or seen.