Teech

American sitcom

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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

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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

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* 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

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

## Episodes

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No.  | Title  | Directed by  | Written by  | Original air date

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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"| N/A| N/A| Unaired
6| "Sink or Swim"| N/A| N/A| Unaired
7| "Understudy"| N/A| N/A| Unaired
8| "Life's Little Lessons"| Art Dielhenn| Lyla Oliver| Unaired
9| "The Candidate"| James Widdoes| Jonathan Feldman| Unaired
10| "Pizza My Heart"| N/A| N/A| 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

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

## External links

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* Teech at IMDb
* Teech at epguides.com

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