Teachers: Season 1
  • Network: NBC
  • Series Premiere Date: Mar 28, 2006
  • Season #: 1
Metascore
34 out of 100

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 16 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 16
  3. Negative: 10 out of 16
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  1. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: David Hinckley
    38
    There's little talent, and even less charisma, evident in this gaggle of guys.
  2. Variety
    Reviewed by: Brian Lowry
    30
    The U.S. version of "Teachers" has lost much of its grit and feels thuddingly conventional.
  3. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
    Reviewed by: Rob Owen
    20
    Seriously lacking in laughs.
  4. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Matthew Gilbert
    10
    You haven't seen ''Teachers" yet. But in a sense you have, on every other fifth-rate workplace sitcom ever made.
  5. Newsday
    Reviewed by: Verne Gay
    50
    "Teachers" isn't half-bad.
  6. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Robert Bianco
    38
    The scene before the opening credits is awful enough all by itself to send you fleeing to any one of the other networks, all of which have something better to offer.
  7. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Tim Goodman
    12
    Bad? It's a leech on your soul. Never have 22 minutes so felt like 44 minutes.
  8. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Alessandra Stanley
    60
    For all the predictable one-liners, pratfalls and canned laughter clotting the pilot, there are some funny riffs down the line.
  9. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Tom Shales
    10
    This sitcom isn't wacky in an amusing way. It's wacky in a way that makes you want to see it whacked.
  10. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Barry Garron
    60
    It has potential.
  11. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Doug Elfman
    12
    "Teachers" is never not lame.
  12. Detroit Free Press
    Reviewed by: Mike Duffy
    30
    A lame, uninspired faculty farce.
  13. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Paul Brownfield
    50
    Nothing about the pilot of "Teachers" is particularly eye- or ear-opening.
  14. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Sid Smith
    0
    Easily the lamest new sitcom all season... [it] manages an entire half-hour without a single viable joke.
  15. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Dalton Ross
    58
    Generic. [31 Mar 2006, p.56]
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  16. PopMatters
    Reviewed by: Roger Holland
    60
    Funny but inconsequential.

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User Score
6.5 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 63 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 31 out of 48
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 48
  3. Negative: 15 out of 48
  1. Mollay
    10
    Witty and fun without trying too hard. Justin Bartha was amazing. It sure is a million times better than CBS's 'The Class'.
  2. philc
    9
    great comedy with nice morals!! this is definitely one of the show NBC needs to hang on to. smarten up and stop being a dumbass cancelling all the shows that you think might not do well or did not meet ur rating expectation. keep up the good work critics, dont rate a show if u havent seen more than 10minutes of it? I love ur sarcastic view of the show critics .. bunch of clones… Full Review »
  3. MarkG
    10
    It takes you away from the troubles from your day, the humor was dry and probably missed by most . . . Look how long Seinfeld took to take hold. Phil Hendry is a value added especially if he does some of his characters. We need this one back.… Full Review »
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