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Guide: Boston Public
Synopsis:
If you thought being a student was hard, try being a teacher!
After reinventing the legal ensemble genre with his Emmy Award-winning
series Ally McBeal and The Practice, multi-Emmy,
Golden Globe and Peabody Award-winner David E. Kelley now sets
his sights on high school with Boston Public.
Kelley's newest
series explores the personal and professional lives of teachers
and administrators working at a mid-size high school in Boston.
And with this prolific producer's penchant for controversial,
topical and eye-opening storylines, Boston Public will
have viewers wishing they were back in school, or being thankful
that they're not. With athletes graduating high school and signing
seven-figure professional contracts, 25-year-old Internet billionaires,
and high school dropouts winning fortunes on game shows, has the
$42,000-a-year teacher become an anachronism, struggling to command
respect from jaded students and succeed-at-all-cost parents?
Boston
Public gives an up-close, behind-the-scenes, dramatic and
sometimes comedic look into the lives of teachers and administrators
at Winslow High -- focusing on their constant battle to create
an atmosphere with "teaching" as the primary goal.
Heading the
school is Steven Harper (Chi McBride), the strong, formidable
Principal. In his mid-40s, Harper is a no-nonsense, strict believer
in the school's obligation to make students smarter and better.
One minute he's confronted by the hot-headed father of a failing
football player; the next minute he's giving boxing tips to a
beleaguered student.
Lauren Davis
(Jessalyn Gilsig), in her late-20s, is the head of the Social
Studies department and is always moving from one dilemma to the
next -- from battling with students to dodging advances from a
fellow administrator.
The other
teachers and administrators include: Harvey Lipschultz (Emmy Award-winner
Fyvush Finkel), an 80-year-old History teacher who longs for the
respectful students of years past; Scott Guber (Anthony Heald),
the fortysomething Vice Principal, stern and intense (referred
to as "The Nazi" by students), who has a soft spot for Lauren;
and Milton Buttle (Joey Slotnick), the English teacher students
like to tease...either behind his back or right to his face.
Also on the
faculty are Kevin Riley (Thomas McCarthy), the handsome thirtysomething
new football coach who got the high-profile job following the
death of the previous coach; Marylin Sudor (Sharon Leal), the
late-20s Music teacher who is also friends with Lauren; Harry
Senate (Nicky Katt), a cocky Geology teacher in his late-20s known
for using his own unusual teaching methods rather than the tried
and true; Marla Hendricks (Loretta Devine), the mid-40s Special
Education teacher who often finds "sanity in a bottle" of medication;
and Louisa (Rashida Jones), the beautiful and young school Secretary/Assistant
to the Principal.
When the
school bell rings at the end of each day, the faculty of Winslow
High may be grateful just to have survived -- no one overdosed,
no one used a gun. And maybe, just maybe, someone learned something.
Boston
Public airs Mondays 8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT
Series Premiere:
Oct. 23rd, 2000
The Cast:
Jessalyn Gilsig as Lauren Davis
Chi McBride as Steven Harper
Fyvush Finkel as Harvey Lipschultz
Anthony Heald as Scott Guber
Joey Slotnick as Milton Buttle
Thomas McCarthy as Ned Riley
Sharon Leal as Marylin Sudor
Nicky Katt as Harry Senate
Loretta Divine as Marla Hendricks
Rashida Jones as Louisa
Production
Credits:
CREATED BY: David E. Kelley
PRODUCED BY:
David E. Kelley Productions in association with 20th Century Fox
Television
EXECUTIVE
PRODUCER: David E. Kelley
CO-EXECUTIVE
PRODUCER: Jonathan Pontell
SUPERVISING
PRODUCER: Mike Listo
CONSULTING
PRODUCERS: John Sakmar Kerry Lenhart Melissa Rosenberg Jeremy
Miller Daniel Cohn
CO-PRODUCER:
Philip Neel
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