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Teachers Only

1982 · 2 seasons · 30m per episode · Comedy

Teachers Only is an NBC television sitcom centered around the faculty of a high school; in the first season the school was Millard Fillmore High in Los Angeles, but in the second it is Woodrow Wilson High in New York with a changed cast. In both seasons Norman Fell played Principal Ben Cooper, but Lynn Redgrave's character, Diana Swanson, who had been an English teacher in the first season, became a guidance counselor in the second season. Redgrave and Fell were already established names when this show aired, but two of the supporting stars in the second season, Jean Smart would go on, three years later, to play her best known role, that of interior design studio receptionist Charlene Frazier Stillfield on the long running show, Designing Women. Also, Jean's co-star Teresa Ganzel became well known for her many game show appearances in the 1980s as well as her appearance in the comedic miniseries, Fresno. This show ran for only two seasons, in 1982 and 1983.

Seasons

• Season 1 — 8 episodes (April 14, 1982)
• Season 2 — 13 episodes (February 11, 1983)

Cast

• Lynn Redgrave as Diana Swanson
• Norman Fell as Principal Ben Cooper
• Jean Smart as Shari Kirkland
• Teresa Ganzel as Samantha Keating
• Tim Reid as Michael Horne
• Joel Brooks as Barney Betelman
• Steve Ryan as Spud Le Boone

Details

First aired

April 14, 1982

Episodes

21

Genres

Comedy

Network

NBC

Status

Ended

TMDB score

6.0 / 10 from 2 votes