Bad Teacher (TV series)

Bad Teacher
Genre	Sitcom
Based on	Bad Teacher  by Lee Eisenberg & Gene Stupnitsky
Developed by	Hilary Winston
Starring	Ari Graynor Sara Gilbert Ryan Hansen Sara Rodier Kristin Davis David Alan Grier
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	13 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Hilary Winston Lee Eisenberg Gene Stupnitsky Jimmy Miller Sam Hansen Michael Lasker
Producer(s)	Ari Graynor Cameron Diaz
Camera setup	Single-camera
Production company(s)	Gifted And Talented Camp Productions Mosaic Media Group Quantity Entertainment CBS Television Studios Sony Pictures Television
Distributor	Sony Pictures Television
Release
Original network	CBS
Picture format	1080i (HDTV)
Original release	April 24, 2014 (2014-04-24) – July 26, 2014 (2014-07-26)
External links
Official website

Bad Teacher is an American single-camera comedy series created by Hilary Winston, loosely based on the 2011 film of the same name. The series aired on CBS from April 24 to July 26, 2014, as part of the 2013–14 American television season.^[1]

On May 27, 2014, CBS, which already canceled the show after three episodes,^[2] removed it from the schedule.^[3] However, the remaining episodes later aired as part of a summer burn off in July 2014.^[4]

Plot

Meredith Davis is divorced from her husband, who leaves her with nothing due to a prenuptial agreement that she clearly did not read. She is forced to move in with her friend's family, whose step-daughter Lily inspires her to come up with a plan – get hired as a teacher at Lily's school, Richard Nixon Middle School, meet and marry a rich single father, and get back to the extravagant lifestyle to which she was accustomed. Using a fake résumé and her feminine charm, she gets Principal Carl Gaines to hire her. The faculty includes Joel, a former high school classmate who is now a gym teacher; Irene, a shy fellow teacher who becomes excited to have a new friend; and Ginny, faculty president who resents Meredith and is suspicious of her. Although a horrible teacher, Meredith imparts life lessons to Lily and her friends.

Cast

Main

• Ari Graynor as Meredith Davis: a former housewife determined to meet a rich divorcee so that she can resume her upper-class lifestyle. She poses as a middle school teacher in order to meet the single fathers of her students.
• Sara Gilbert as Irene: a socially awkward teacher at Richard Nixon Middle who is eager to become friends with Meredith
• Ryan Hansen as Joel Kotsky: the school's gym teacher who knows Meredith from high school and is attracted to her, despite her obviously questionable motives
• Sara Rodier as Lily: the step-daughter of one of Meredith's friends and an unpopular student at the school.
• Kristin Davis as Ginny Taylor-Clapp: a self-serious and overzealous teacher who is immediately suspicious of Meredith.
• David Alan Grier as Carl Gaines: the recently divorced principal of Richard Nixon Middle who takes an instant liking to Meredith.
• Madison De La Garza as Kelsey: a student
• Caitlin Kimball as Kim Superfine: a student teacher who works with Ginny
• Brett Gelman as Doug Pilaf: the school's eccentric math teacher
• Colin Hanks as Coach Donnie: the school's other gym teacher.

Production and development

The show was first reported to be in development on October 5, 2012, and received a pilot order on January 23, 2013.^[5][6] Don Scardino became attached to direct the pilot on March 13, 2013.^[7]

On February 18, 2013, David Alan Grier was the first to join the cast in the role of Carl.^[8] On February 19, Ari Graynor was cast in the lead role of Meredith.^[9] On February 21, Ryan Hansen was cast as Joel.^[10] On March 6, Sara Gilbert was cast as Irene.^[11] On March 13, Kristin Davis was cast as Ginny.^[7] Sara Rodier was also cast in the role of Lily, though this casting news received no announcement. On March 19, 2013, Caitlin Kimball joined the cast in a recurring role, portraying Kim.^[12]

On May 13, 2013, it was reported that the series would not receive a fall 2013 commitment from CBS.^[13] The series was absent entirely from the CBS 2013–14 schedule announced on May 15, 2013, however a series pickup was announced a week later on May 22.^[14][15]

The series premiered at 9:31PM on April 24, 2014.^[16] At its 2014–15 upfront presentation on May 10, CBS announced that the series had been canceled after airing only three episodes.^[17] After the fifth episode aired on May 22, the planned broadcasts of the sixth and seventh episodes were pulled from the schedule^[18] – being replaced with reruns of The Millers^[19] that had been previously scheduled to air at 8:31PM.^[20]

Episodes

Reception

Critical response

The series holds a rating of 51/100 on Metacritic, indicating "mixed or average" reviews, based on the reviews of 22 critics.^[30] On another review aggregation website, Rotten Tomatoes, it was given a score of 58% with an average rating of 5.2 out of 10, based on 24 reviews.^[31] Ben Travers of Indiewire gave the pilot a D.^[32] Mitch Salem of ShowBuzzDaily.com gave the verdict of "Change the Channel".^[33] Verne Gay of Newsday also gave the show a D.^[34]

U.S. ratings

References

External links

• Official website
• Bad Teacher at the Internet Movie Database
• Bad Teacher at TV.com