Teach: Tony Danza: Season 1

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A&E | Season Premiere Date: October 1, 2010

Summary: Tony Danza returns to his first job, working as a first-year English teacher for sophomore students at Northeast High School in Philadelphia.

Genre(s): Reality, Game Show

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Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E7. Teacher's Pet
Air Date: November 12, 2010
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S1:E6. To Cheat Or Not To Cheat
Air Date: November 5, 2010
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S1:E5. Solidarity
Air Date: October 29, 2010

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Verne Gay

This teacher can be loquacious--oh yeah--but he's got a big heart, too. Danza, Northeast and A&E deserve credit for this series. Read full review

Alessandra Stanley

By using a celebrity as a Trojan horse, Teach offers an engaging and intimate look at just how complicated and difficult teaching can be at a large, urban public high school. Read full review

Jonathan Storm

Danza's charges come alive in all their teenage complexity, and an actor best known as a doofus with a Brooklyn accent displays deep sensitivity while trying to navigate the intricacies of one really challenging job. Read full review

Hank Stuever

What makes Teach: Tony Danza worth watching are the teenagers themselves and the glimpses of other teachers who make the place work. Danza, meanwhile, becomes an irritating, whirling, self-aggrandizing bundle of nerves. Read full review

Ellen Gray

While I, too, had and continue to have doubts about the experiment--or about any unscripted show that puts minors on camera--I found the first hour of Teach to be surprisingly responsible. Maybe even a little bit educational. Read full review

Rob Owen

It's the students that make Teach a sometimes interesting show. They drive the story's forward momentum as much as Mr. Danza does and quickly emerge as his co-stars in a program that touches on teacher quality, student apathy and the plight of urban public schools. Read full review

Brian Lowry

What's left, then, is Danza playing (and there's really the operative word) at being a teacher, with the show employing the customary musical cues and editing tricks to try to generate suspense about whether he can actually teach the kids to appreciate "Of Mice and Men." Read full review

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HarleyGuy

Sep 23, 2011

Enjoyable real life attempt by Tony Danza to use his many special talents to lift a public school into becoming a great school. I hope this series stays on the air because it's fun and has a great human interest twist to it.

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 1

72
- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: October 1, 2010
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  S1:E7. Teacher's Pet
  Air Date: November 12, 2010
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  S1:E6. To Cheat Or Not To Cheat
  Air Date: November 5, 2010
- tbd
  S1:E5. Solidarity
  Air Date: October 29, 2010
- tbd
  S1:E4. Homesick
  Air Date: October 22, 2010
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  S1:E3. Just Say No
  Air Date: October 15, 2010
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  S1:E2. Tested
  Air Date: October 8, 2010
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  S1:E1. Back To School
  Air Date: October 1, 2010