Tony Danza’s The Boss on Teach
Glee
may have Will Schuster. Community may have had Senor
Chang. But A&E’s new show Teach has landed a major sitcom star—Tony
Danza. But there’s a twist. The actor from Taxi
and Who’s the Boss? isn’t
playing a high school English teacher on a scripted series with a laugh track. Teach is a reality show and the students are actual 10th graders who attend Northeast
High School in Philadelphia.
may have Will Schuster. Community may have had Senor
Chang. But A&E’s new show Teach has landed a major sitcom star—Tony
Danza. But there’s a twist. The actor from Taxi and Who’s the Boss? isn’t
playing a high school English teacher on a scripted series with a laugh track. Teach is a reality show and the students are actual 10th graders who attend Northeast
High School in Philadelphia.
See, when Danza heard President Barack Obama make the call
for people to give back, Tony decided to do just that. He pursued his long set
aside aspirations to teach and, well, a reality show documenting the year-long
process seemed a no brainer.
The jury’s out on whether the A&E series will have the
same social impact that another recent feel good/educational system reform show
did. After all Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution managed to get pink milk out of
some local schools (if only briefly) and took home an Emmy. But you’ve got to give Danza credit for
giving it a go.
Teach: Tony Danza premieres tonight at 10:00 PM PST/9:00
PM Central on A&E.
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