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The Principal's Office
SERIES: truTV, Friday 9:00p (30 minutes)
Starring
Jessie Ballenger,
Eric Sheninger,
and
Steve Halter
A look at the job of principal in different high schools across the country.
| GENRE(S): |
Reality (Non-Competitive)
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| CREATED BY: |
Pete McPartland Jr.
Jairus Cobb
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| FIRST AIR DATE: |
August 21, 2008 |
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
80
Boston Globe Joanna Weiss
Halter is also the most heartless of the principals, in a tough-love sort of way.... [But] Most of the time, though, this show makes you wish that the principals had sharper teeth.
70
Variety Brian Lowry
Nothing here is dramatic enough to be genuinely or consistently interesting, as if they couldn't get waivers to present any of the juicy stuff that might give the show sizzle. The result is a high school version of "The People's Court."
67
Entertainment Weekly Adam Markovitz
Too bad the fun of watching the kids' punishments is canceled out by their own thrill at being on TV.
63
New York Post Linda Stasi
Aside from learning that paddle-whacking still exists, the rest of the show is as dull and dimwitted as the students.
50
Miami Herald Glenn Garvin
The Principal's Office, a supposed documentary series from TruTV (the reality-show ghost of the cable channel once known as Court TV), is pure canine despite delivering neither the bark nor the bite you might expect from a show that follows high school principals dealing with disciplinary problems.
50
Philadelphia Daily News Ellen Gray
It probably wasn't their intention, but the producers of The Principal's Office have succeeded in capturing one reality of high school life that's often been overlooked on shows like "Gossip Girl" and "One Tree Hill"--the sheer tedium of it all, from the petty rebellions to the sometimes even pettier responses.
50
The New York Times Neil Genzlinger
The show’s value, if any, is in demonstrating the different styles used by the principals: tough, tender and so on. The show’s drawback is that it suggests that all principals do is administer discipline. For that, the show’s creators need a spanking.
42
Newsday Verne Gay
Producers play this for laughs, though just slightly. (These are high school kids, after all.) Even so, the show's flat and almost stunningly uninformative.
40
New York Daily News David Hinckley
While moments in The Principal's Office are relatable enough, they're just not that intriguing, maybe because they involve people we've never met before and will not meet again.
 The average user rating for this tv show is 9.2 (out of 10) based on 8 User Votes
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