Teachers (U.S. TV series)

Teachers (U.S. TV series)

Infobox Television
show_name =Teachers


caption = cast photo
format = Comedy (sitcom)
camera =
runtime = 22 min.
creator =Matt Tarses
executive_producer =
starring =Justin Bartha
Sarah Alexander
Phil Hendrie
Deon Richmond
Kali Rocha
Sarah Shahi
Matt Winston
narrated =
country =USA
network =NBC
first_aired =March 28, 2006
last_aired =May 2, 2006
num_seasons = 1
num_episodes =6
website =http://www.nbc.com/Teachers
imdb_id =0494188
tv_com_id =33330

"Teachers" is an American television sitcom that aired on NBC. The show ran for six episodes until its cancellation on May 2, 2006. Loosely based upon a UK series of the same name, it was developed by Matt Tarses, co-executive producer of the medical comedy "Scrubs".

Characters

Set in New Jersey, "Teachers" stars Justin Bartha as Jeff Cahill, a skilled, idealistic young English teacher at the fictitious Filmore High School, whose apparent apathy toward his job masks his actual wisdom concerning teaching at an underfunded school. Sarah Alexander co-stars as idealistic British history teacher Alice Fletcher, his only kindred spirit on the faculty, for whom Jeff also has romantic feelings. Alice does not reciprocate these feelings, but she is becoming fonder of him. Radio personality Phil Hendrie plays Dick Green, an apathetic phys-ed and physics teacher, who spends his afternoons behind the gym. Deon Richmond plays Calvin Babbitt, the drama teacher whose attitude about teaching falls somewhere between Jeff's and Dick's. He often gets caught up in Jeff's schemes. Kali Rocha stars as the uncaring, rule-abiding Principal Emma Wiggins. Matt Winston stars as Mitch Lenk, math teacher and lap dog to Principal Wiggins. It is implied that he is romantically interested in her. Sarah Shahi stars as Tina Torres, an attractive teacher from Mexico. She is Alice's possible rival for Jeff's affections, though it seems Jeff prefers Alice. It is revealed in Episode 05 ("Testing 1-2-3") that she does not have her teaching license, having gone to school, but taking jobs before she took her finals. However, she stated later in the episode that she will be taking them.

Production

Episode 1, entitled "Substitute", aired March 28, 2006.

Like many American sitcoms, "Teachers" was shot before a studio audience.

The series began development under the title "Filmore Middle", which reflected its original middle school setting.

Though adapted for American television by Matt Tarses, a writer and producer of the critically-lauded series "Sports Night" and "Scrubs". "Teachers" has been panned by many critics (including the "San Francisco Chronicle"'s Tim Goodman) as unoriginal and clichéd. The show was quickly canceled by NBC, the news coming on May 15. [ [http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/article/ds33066.html Television - News - 'Joey' axed as NBC unveils '06-07 schedule - Digital Spy ] ]

Cast

*Justin Bartha as Jeff Cahill
*Sarah Alexander as Alice Fletcher
*Phil Hendrie as Dick Green
*Deon Richmond as Calvin Babbitt
*Kali Rocha as Emma Wiggins
*Sarah Shahi as Tina Torres
*Matt Winston as Mitch Lenk

Episodes

Nielsen ratings

Based on average total viewers per episode of "Teachers" on NBC:cite news|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002576393|source=Hollywood Reporter|date=May 26, 2006|title=Hollywood Reporter: 2005-06 primetime wrap] "'

Trivia

*Sarah Alexander starred in the British series "Coupling", which was also remade for America.

ee also

* "Teachers (UK TV series)"

References

External links

* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0494188 "Teachers"] at the Internet Movie Database


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужна курсовая?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Teachers — can refer to one of the following: * Teachers (UK TV series) , a British comedy drama * Teachers (U.S. TV series) , an American version of the British comedy drama of the same name * Teachers (film) , a 1984 drama film, starring Nick Nolte and… …   Wikipedia

  • Teachers (UK TV series) — Infobox Television show name = Teachers format = Comedy/Drama network = Channel 4 creator = Tim Loane executive producer = Jane Fallon head writer = starring = Andrew Lincoln Adrian Bower Navin Chowdhry Raquel Cassidy distributor = first aired =… …   Wikipedia

  • Chalk (TV series) — Chalk Opening title. A crane shot descends outside of Galfast High. Format Sitcom Written by Steven Moffat …   Wikipedia

  • Operación Triunfo Sixth Series — This is the 6th series of Spanish reality TV show Operación Triunfo. Castings started in Barcelona on February 18, 2008. The season began on April 8 with 18 contestants. Contents 1 Contestants 2 Galas (Live Shows) 2.1 Gala 0 (8 April 2008) …   Wikipedia

  • Operación Triunfo Fifth Series — Telecinco announced in May 2006 that the fifth series of the program was to be released in October 2006. On July 25, 2006 Telecinco released a TV show called Operación Triunfo 2006: Otra Vez en Marcha. In the show sang more of ex OT artists (Rosa …   Wikipedia

  • Sit Down, Shut Up (U.S. TV series) — For Australian version, see Sit Down, Shut Up (Australian TV series). Sit Down, Shut Up Genre Comedy Blue humor Format 2D com …   Wikipedia

  • Concepts in the Ender's Game series — This is a list of miscellaneous elements in the Ender s Game series of books by Orson Scott Card. Contents 1 Aiùa 2 Ansible 3 Anton s Key 4 Descolada …   Wikipedia

  • Waterloo Road (TV series) — Waterloo Road The opening title sequence of Waterloo Road …   Wikipedia

  • 1632 series battles — This is a chronological list of armed encounters, skirmishes, and pitched military battles as reported in the nearly twenty book length works of the best selling alternate history Ring of Fire series created by Eric Flint in the year 2000 novel… …   Wikipedia

  • New York City teachers' strike of 1968 — The New York City teachers strike of 1968 was a months long confrontation between the new community controlled school board in the largely black Ocean Hill Brownsville section of Brooklyn and New York City’s United Federation of Teachers. The… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”