Bad Teacher (TV series)
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Bad teacher |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| year | 2014 |
| Production company |
Sony Pictures Television |
| length | approx. 22 minutes |
| Episodes | 13 in 1 season ( list ) |
| genre | Sitcom |
| idea |
Hilary Winston , Lee Eisenberg , Gene Stupnitsky |
| production |
Hilary Winston , Ari Graynor , Cameron Diaz |
| First broadcast | April 24, 2014 (USA) on CBS |
| occupation | |
Bad Teacher is an American sitcom based on the 2011 film of the same name, starring Cameron Diaz . The main role in the television series took on Ari Graynor . The series was produced in 2014 by Mosaic Media Group, Quantity Entertainment and Sony Pictures Television for the television channel CBS . The first broadcast in the USA took place on April 24, 2014. Already after the third episode, the discontinuation of the series was announced after only one season. After the fifth episode, the series was withdrawn from CBS. The remaining episodes were shown on the station's program in summer 2014.
action
Meredith Davis is a spoiled, self-centered, and greedy wife who finds out that her husband is divorcing her. Without a penny in hand, she has to move in with her friend and her daughter Lily. Together with Lily, she plans to fish at their high school and marry a rich, single father. With a fake résumé, Meredith applied to Richard Nixon Middle and got a job. There she meets her old school friend Joel Kotsky, who works as a sports teacher at the school. Meredith befriends the shy social worker Irene. Ginny Taylor-Clapp, an overzealous teacher, distrusts Meredith and wants to denigrate her to the headmaster Carl Gaines by all means. Despite being a terrible teacher, Meredith teaches Lily and her schoolmates lessons for life.
production
After the great success of the film Bad Teacher with Cameron Diaz , Jason Segel , Lucy Punch and Justin Timberlake , the US television station CBS announced in autumn 2012 that it was working on a conversion of the film for a television series. In January 2013, a series pilot was commissioned as a single-camera comedy. Film writers Gene Stupnitsky and Lee Eisenberg served as executive producers and was produced by Sony Pictures Television and Mosaic. Writer and producer Hilary Winston wrote the script and became the showrunner on the series. The central role of Meredith Davis was filled with Ari Graynor . Other roles went to Sara Gilbert , Ryan Hansen , David Alan Grier and Kristin Davis .
On May 24, 2013, CBS gave the green light to produce the series. The first season consists of 13 episodes. All roles are based on characters from the film of the same name. In May 2014, CBS announced the cancellation of the series after only one season.
Cast and dubbing
| Role name | actor | Main role (episodes) |
Supporting role (episodes) |
Voice actor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meredith Davis | Ari Graynor | 1-13 | ||
| Irene Dudek | Sara Gilbert | 1-3, 5, 7-13 | ||
| Joel Kotsky | Ryan Hansen | 1-13 | ||
| Lily | Sara Rodier | 1-5, 7-13 | ||
| Ginny Taylor-Clapp | Kristin Davis | 1-13 | ||
| Carl Gaines | David Alan Grier | 1-13 | ||
| Kim Superfine | Caitlin Kimball | 1-13 | ||
| Kelsey | Madison de la Garza | 1-5, 7 | ||
| Doug Pilaf | Brett Gelman | 3, 6, 8, 11 | ||
| Tico | Ricardo Chavira | 4, 6 | ||
| Coach Donnie | Colin Hanks | 5, 9-10 |
Charisma
- United States
The series premiered on April 24, 2014 following Two and a Half Men on CBS. The pilot episode achieved solid viewership of 7.80 million and a target group rating of 2.1. After the fifth episode aired, CBS removed the series from its schedule. The remaining episodes could be seen from July 5 to July 26, 2014 each Saturday in double episodes on CBS.
Episode list
| No. | German title | Original title | First broadcast in the USA | German language first broadcast (-) | Director | script |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | pilot | Apr 24, 2014 | - | Don Scardino | Hilary Winston |
| 2 | - | Daddy Issues | May 1, 2014 | - | Peter Lauer | Tim McAuliffe |
| 3 | - | Evaluation Day | May 8, 2014 | - | Victor Nelli | Ben Dougan |
| 4th | - | Fieldtrippers | May 15, 2014 | - | Bryan Gordon | Billy Finnegan |
| 5 | - | The 6th Grade Lock-In | May 22, 2014 | - | Adam Davidson | Erica Rivinoja |
| 6th | - | Yearbook | 5th July 2014 | - | Fred Savage | Matthew Libman & Daniel Libman |
| 7th | - | Divorced dudes | 5th July 2014 | - | Fred Goss | Hilary Winston |
| 8th | - | Nix the Fat Week | July 12, 2014 | - | Eric Appel | Amy Pocha & Seth Cohen |
| 9 | - | Life science | July 12, 2014 | - | Eyal Gordin | Mat Harawitz |
| 10 | - | Found money | 19th July 2014 | - | Matt son | Jamie Rhonheimer |
| 11 | - | A little respect | 19th July 2014 | - | Fred Goss | David McHugh & Matthew Flanagan |
| 12 | - | The Bottle | July 26, 2014 | - | Linda Mendoza | Jamie Rhonheimer |
| 13 | - | What's old is new | July 26, 2014 | - | Jay Chandrasekhar | Hilary Winston |
Web links
- Bad Teacher in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official CBS website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lenka Hladikova: CBS announces start dates for Bad Teacher and Unforgettable . In: Serienjunkies.de . February 14, 2014. Retrieved May 1, 2014.
- ↑ http://tvline.com/2014/05/10/the-crazy-ones-cancelled-cbs-full-list-cancellations-2014/
- ↑ http://www.serienjunkies.de/news/cbs-comedys-friends-with-better-59773.html
- ^ Nellie Andreeva: 'Bad Teacher' Comedy From Hilary Winston, Gene Stupnitsky & Lee Eisenberg To CBS . In: Deadline.com . October 5, 2012. Retrieved May 1, 2014.
- ↑ Axel Schmitt: CBS orders serial pilots for Bad Teacher and Advocates . In: Serienjunkies.de . January 24, 2013. Retrieved May 1, 2014.
- ^ Rainer Idesheim: Bad Teacher: Hilary Winston adapts film as comedy for CBS. Serienjunkies.de, October 6, 2012, accessed on May 1, 2014 .
- ↑ Rainer Idesheim: Bad Teacher: Ari Graynor plays the leading role in CBS comedy pilot. Serienjunkies.de, February 20, 2013, accessed May 1, 2014 .
- ^ Sara Bible: CBS Picks Up Comedy 'Bad Teacher' for 2013-14 Season . In: TV by the Numbers . May 22, 2013. Retrieved May 23, 2013.
- ^ Christian Junklewitz: Bad Teacher: CBS orders another midseason comedy. Serienjunkies.de, May 23, 2013, accessed on May 1, 2014 .
- ↑ Amanda Kondolojy: 'The Crazy Ones,' 'Friends With Better Lives,' 'Intelligence,' 'Bad Teacher' & 'Hostages' Canceled By CBS . In: Zap2it.com . May 10, 2014. Retrieved May 10, 2014.
- ↑ Amanda Kondolojy: Thursday Final Ratings: 'The Big Bang Theory' & 'The Vampire Diaries' Adjusted Up; 'The Millers' Adjusted Down . In: TV by the Numbers . April 25, 2014. Retrieved May 1, 2014.
- ^ Sara Bible: Remaining Episodes of 'Bad Teacher' to Air Saturday from 8-9PM Starting July 5 . In: TV by the Numbers . June 24, 2014. Retrieved July 13, 2014.