10 Best Shows about Teachers
by derikwatkins | created - 29 Feb 2016 | updated - 29 Feb 2016 | PublicTOP 10 list from Best to Worst of TV shows about Teachers. We have a ton of shows about Superheroes, Doctors, F.B.I. Agents, but never enough about the profession that's more important than all of them combined.
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1. Get Educated (2015– )
23 min | Comedy
A TV mockumentary about middle school teachers learning how to educate teenagers.
Stars: David Pinion, Stephen Carey, Biz Lyon, Jordyn Lucas
Votes: 166
Take "Modern Family, " but replace the family with a group of teachers. Comedy Gold!
2. Boston Public (2000–2006)
60 min | Comedy, Drama
The lives of 10 faculty members at a high school in Boston weave in and out of dealing with trouble-makers, having a personal life, and keeping sanity.
Stars: Loretta Devine, Anthony Heald, Fyvush Finkel, Chi McBride
Votes: 6,303
Some serious stuff happened in this TV show! At it's time, it was groundbreaking and sent chills down your spine. No teachers had it tougher than these teachers in Boston.
3. Welcome Back, Kotter (1975–1979)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy
A compassionate teacher returns to his inner city high school of his youth to teach a new generation of trouble making kids.
Stars: Gabe Kaplan, Ron Palillo, John Travolta, Marcia Strassman
Votes: 7,548
A lost treasure of a TV show. The end of the 70's was all about the Sweathogs and Gabe Kotter. And let's not forget John Travolta.
4. Teachers (2016–2019)
TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy
Teachers show their hilariously warped perspective as six elementary school educators try to mold young minds although their own lives aren't really together.
Stars: Caitlin Barlow, Katy Colloton, Kate Lambert, Katie O'Brien
Votes: 3,617
A little vulgar, but often funny. The Katydids BRING IT it to TV LAND.
5. Mister Peepers (1952–1955)
30 min | Comedy
Mr. Peepers is a shy science teacher at Jefferson Junior High. He is always faced with problems but is never outwitted.
Stars: Wally Cox, Patricia Benoit, Tony Randall, Marion Lorne
Votes: 166
Today this would be considered a strange name for a TV show, but Mr. Peepers was quite good and monumental.
6. Teachers (2001–2004)
TV-MA | 50 min | Comedy, Drama
Comedy drama that follows the exploits of school staff both inside and out of the classroom.
Stars: Ursula Holden Gill, Lloyd McGuire, Gillian Bevan, Ellen Thomas
Votes: 3,891
This was a strange time to release a show like this. NBC should have released this in 1992. Not terrible, but not super pleasant.
7. Educating Yorkshire (2013–2014)
47 min | Documentary, Drama, Reality-TV
Documentary following the trials and tribulations of Thornhill Community Academy in Dewsbury, Yorkshire.
Stars: David Clews, Jonny Mitchell, Mr. Steer, Matthew Burton
Votes: 337
Yorkshire needed a lot of education, let me tell you.
8. Glee (2009–2015)
TV-PG | 44 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
A group of ambitious misfits try to escape the harsh realities of high school by joining a glee club headed by a passionate Spanish teacher.
Stars: Lea Michele, Jane Lynch, Matthew Morrison, Cory Monteith
Votes: 155,517
It was sometimes about the teachers, but altogether too much singing.
9. Those Who Can't (2016–2019)
TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy
There are teachers who inspire, enlighten, and challenge us. These are not those teachers.
Stars: Maria Thayer, Adam Cayton-Holland, Ben Roy, Andrew Orvedahl
Votes: 1,590
The same tone as :It's Always Sunny", but with teachers and a librarian that's smarter than the rest of the cast. It doesn't really make teachers look good.
10. Teachers Only (1982–1983)
30 min | Comedy
A comedy centering on high school teacher Diana Swanson, who spends much of her time conversing in the teacher's lounge.
Stars: Lynn Redgrave, Norman Fell, Jean Smart, Tim Reid
Votes: 51
Who doesn't remember "Teachers Only?" Most of us.
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