Teech

Teech
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Norman Steinberg David Frankel
Written by	David Frankel Richard Marcus Norman Steinberg Thomas Szollosi Richard Christian Matheson
Directed by	Art Dielhenn Paul Lazarus
Starring	Phill Lewis Curnal Achilles Aulisio Joshua Hoffman Ken Lawrence Johnston Jason Kristofer Maggie Han Steven Gilborn
Theme music composer	David Frankel Tom Snow Norman Steinberg
Opening theme	"Teach Me" performed by B.B. King
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	13 (9 unaired)
Production
Executive producers	Norman Steinberg David Frankel
Producer	Bruce Chevillat
Editor	Jerry Davis
Running time	30 minutes
Production companies	Nikndaph Productions Columbia Pictures Television
Original release
Network	CBS
Release	September 18 (1991-09-18) – October 16, 1991 (1991-10-16)

Teech is an American sitcom television series that briefly aired on CBS from September 18 to October 16, 1991 as part of its 1991 Fall lineup. The series was co-produced by Nikndaph Productions in association with Columbia Pictures Television for CBS.

Synopsis

Teech stars Phill Lewis as "Teech" Gibson, an African American music instructor (and the "coolest teacher") at Winthrop Academy, a prestigious, predominantly-white prep school. He has style and drives a Corvair. Teech loves music and has tremendous appeal even to troubled, disruptive students. Teech also had appeal to Cassie Lee (Maggie Han), the sexy assistant headmaster who had hired him. Headmaster Alfred Litton (Steven Gilborn) wanted to dismiss Teech's troubled students from the school. He apparently would like to have done the same to Teech except he realized that so doing would likely open him to charges of racism and discrimination.

Scheduled opposite NBC's Top 20 hit Unsolved Mysteries, Teech drew low ratings and was pulled from the lineup after only four episodes had aired.

Cast

• Phill Lewis as David "Teech" Gibson
• Curnal Achilles Aulisio as George Dubcek, Jr.
• Steven Gilborn as Alfred W. Litton
• Maggie Han as Cassie Lee
• Josh Hoffman as Kenny Freedman
• Kevin Lawrence Johnson as Boyd Askew
• Jason Kristofer as Alby Nichols
• Jack Noseworthy as Adrian Peterman

Production notes

The series was created by David Frankel and Norman Steinberg. Teech's theme song "Teach Me" was performed by B.B. King.

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	"Pilot"	Art Dielhenn	Norman Steinberg & David Frankel	September 18, 1991 (1991-09-18)
2	"Stool Daze"	James Widdoes	Norman Steinberg & David Frankel	September 25, 1991 (1991-09-25)
3	"Carnival Knowledge"	Stan Lathan	Terri Minsky	October 2, 1991 (1991-10-02)
4	"Teech vs. Dubcek"	Art Dielhenn	Stacey Hur	October 16, 1991 (1991-10-16)
5	"Nervously Virgin on a Woman Breakdown"	TBD	TBD	Unaired
6	"Sink or Swim"	TBD	TBD	Unaired
7	"Understudy"	TBD	TBD	Unaired
8	"Life's Little Lessons"	Art Dielhenn	Lyla Oliver	Unaired
9	"The Candidate"	James Widdoes	Jonathan Feldman	Unaired
10	"Pizza My Heart"	TBD	TBD	Unaired
11	"Loosiers"	Paul Lazarus	Jonathan Feldman & Terri Minsky	Unaired
12	"In Charm's Way"	Paul Lazarus	Richard Christian Matheson & Thomas Szollosi	Unaired
13	"Members Only"	Thomas J. Thompson	Story by : Rick Cunningham & Richard Marcus Teleplay by : Richard Marcus	Unaired

References

• Brooks, Tim and Marsh, Earle, The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows

External links

• Teech at IMDb
• Teech at epguides.com