Teech

Teech is an American sitcom television series that briefly aired on CBS from September 18 to October 16, 1991 as part of its 1991 Fall lineup. The series was co-produced by Nikndaph Productions in association with Columbia Pictures Television for CBS.

Teech
GenreSitcom
Created byDavid Frankel
Norman Steinberg
Written byDavid Frankel
Richard Marcus
Norman Steinberg
Directed byArt Dielhenn
Paul Lazarus
StarringPhill Lewis
Steven Gilborn
Maggie Han
Theme music composerDavid Frankel
Tom Snow
Norman Steinberg
Opening theme"Teach Me" performed by B.B. King
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes13 (9 unaired)
Production
Executive producerNorman Steinberg
EditorJerry Davis
Running time30 minutes
Production companiesNikndaph Productions
Columbia Pictures Television
DistributorSony Pictures Television
Release
Original networkCBS
Original releaseSeptember 18 (1991-09-18) 
October 16, 1991 (1991-10-16)

Synopsis

Teech stars Phill Lewis as "Teech" Gibson, an African American music instructor (and the "coolest teacher") at Winthrop Academy, a prestigious, predominantly-white prep school. Teech loved music and his students and had tremendous appeal even to troubled, disruptive students. Teech also had appeal to Cassie Lee (Maggie Han), the sexy assistant headmaster who had hired him. Headmaster Alfred Litton (Steven Gilborn) wanted to dismiss Teech's troubled students from the school. He apparently would like to have done the same to Teech except he realized that so doing would likely open him to charges of racism and discrimination.

Scheduled opposite NBC's Top 20 hit Unsolved Mysteries, Teech drew low ratings and was pulled from the lineup after only four episodes had aired.

Cast

  • Phill Lewis as David "Teech" Gibson
  • Curnal Achilles Aulisio as George Dubcek, Jr.
  • Steven Gilborn as Alfred W. Litton
  • Maggie Han as Cassie Lee
  • Josh Hoffman as Kenny Freedman
  • Kevin Lawrence Johnson as Boyd Askew
  • Jason Kristofer as Alby Nichols
  • Jack Noseworthy as Adrian Peterman

Production notes

The series was created by David Frankel and Norman Steinberg. Teech's theme song "Teach Me" was performed by B.B. King.

Episodes

No. Title Directed by Written by Original air date
1"Pilot"TBATBASeptember 18, 1991 (1991-09-18)
2"Stool Daze"TBATBASeptember 25, 1991 (1991-09-25)
3"Carnival Knowledge"TBATBAOctober 2, 1991 (1991-10-02)
4"Teech vs. Dubcek"TBATBAOctober 16, 1991 (1991-10-16)
5"Nervously Virgin on a Woman Breakdown"TBATBAUnaired
6"Sink or Swim"TBATBAUnaired
7"Understudy"TBATBAUnaired
8"Life's Little Lessons"TBATBAUnaired
9"The Candidate"TBATBAUnaired
10"Pizza My Heart"TBATBAUnaired
11"Loosiers"TBATBAUnaired
12"In Charm's Way"TBATBAUnaired
13"Members Only"TBATBAUnaired

References

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