School Pride: Season 1

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School Pride: Pride Of The Neighborhood

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Season Details & Credits

NBC | Season Premiere Date: October 15, 2010

Starring: Kym Whitley, Susie Castillo, Tom Stroup

Summary: Tom Stroup, Kym Whitley, Jacob Soboroff, and Susie Castillo work together with volunteers to help renovate and transform some public schools across America.

Genre(s): Reality, Health & Lifestyle, Game Show, Events & Specials

Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E7. Bring Back the Arts!
Air Date: November 26, 2010
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S1:E7. Pride of the Neighborhood
Air Date: November 18, 2010
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S1:E6. Pride of the Neighborhood
Air Date: November 19, 2010

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Leah Greenblatt

A well-timed small-screen counterpart to Waiting for "Superman," Pride is essentially Extreme Makeover: School Edition. But whereas "Superman" digs into the systemic failures of public education, this feel-good hour focuses primarily on the cosmetic. Read full review

Paige Wiser

Maybe School Pride doesn't have the drama of a single sob story, but by the end of the pilot you'll feel both ashamed and inspired. This is what it looks like to volunteer, and there's no reason why you can't do something. Go team! Read full review

Mary McNamara

It's a noble goal and one hopes that after viewing School Pride, volunteers spring up, committees form and checks are written. Because to merely watch the show and wallow in its many throat-tightening moments would be to remain a voyeur, and then you're just part of the problem. Read full review

Hank Stuever

Every scene in School Pride feels like the seventh or 10th take and too contrived, even by the low standards of reality TV....I will say that School Pride seems less manipulative and showy than its forebears. Read full review

Mike Hale

If you don't have a taste for tears and cheers and group hugs, a lot of time in School Pride is actually spent watching paint dry. Read full review

Brian Lowry

Soboroff seems positively amazed in the premiere when he lands an interview with California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, asking who and what was responsible for the school's dilapidated condition. The not-exactly-press-shy governor rattled off a laundry list of factors: "Labor, special interests, a lack of parent participation, a lack of funding. Clearly, I would say government." Hey, his term's almost up. Let's give him a show. Maybe that will at least have more substance to it. Read full review

Barry Garron

So give School Pride an A for good intentions, a D for research into what ails public schools and an F for deliberately concealing the fact that it took the network and its sponsors--and not some empowered community--to revitalize a school. Read full review

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Raquel4LA

Nov 20, 2010

I watched school pride for the first time last night. Feel good hour? I cringed most of the time. Instead of bringing the community together to confront real challenges that have existed at a local school for decades, I felt the show's host created a greater divide and effectively turned aI watched school pride for the first time last night. Feel good hour? I cringed most of the time. Instead of bringing the community together to confront real challenges that have existed at a local school for decades, I felt the show's host created a greater divide and effectively turned a positive into a negative. I was hoping for an inspirational show like Extreme Home Makeover, but was extremely disappointed. My opinion: Where Extreme Home Makeover appears to use sponsors to accomplish its goals and improve people's lives, School Pride seems to use people to accomplish an unknown agenda.… Expand

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cnoel11

Nov 2, 2010

I had seen a trailer for this show before it aired and thought it was a good idea, and it is a good idea. Rebuilding schools is always a good idea, however this show does the impossible and ruins this idea. Between the coached kids, the seriously disingenuous " team" of builders andI had seen a trailer for this show before it aired and thought it was a good idea, and it is a good idea. Rebuilding schools is always a good idea, however this show does the impossible and ruins this idea. Between the coached kids, the seriously disingenuous " team" of builders and designers, I can't believe they have the ability to make an act of charity seem overproduced. I was expecting extreme home makeover and got an SNL parody of extreme home makeover. It's a joke.… Expand

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: October 15, 2010
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  S1:E7. Bring Back the Arts!
  Air Date: November 26, 2010
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  S1:E7. Pride of the Neighborhood
  Air Date: November 18, 2010
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  S1:E6. Pride of the Neighborhood
  Air Date: November 19, 2010
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  S1:E6. Hollenbeck
  Air Date: November 19, 2010
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  S1:E5. Hometown Heroes
  Air Date: November 12, 2010
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  S1:E5. Needles
  Air Date: November 12, 2010
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  S1:E4. Don't Shut Us Down!
  Air Date: November 5, 2010
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  S1:E3. Rising From the Flood
  Air Date: October 29, 2010
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  S1:E2. Follow the Teachers!
  Air Date: October 22, 2010
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  S1:E1. Soaring Eagles!
  Air Date: October 15, 2010