ABC Mid-Season Pilot Review: Schooled - Premieres January 9 - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

TJ · 01-09-2019, 02:07 PM

Schooled - Wednesdays at 8:30PM ET/PT on ABC
Premieres Wednesday, January 9, 2019 at 8:30PM ET/PT

This spinoff of the hit series The Goldbergs is set in 1990-something and follow the hilarious teachers of William Penn Academy - led by Tim Meadows (Principal Glascott), Bryan Callen (Coach Mellor) and AJ Michalka (Lainey Lewis) - who, despite their eccentricities and crazy personal lives, are heroes to their students.

Read our review here:
http://blog.sitcomsonline.com/2019/0...-schooled.html

TMC · 01-10-2019, 02:14 AM

Schooled is mediocre, but it could've been better off it didn't "whitewash" its initial premise

The Goldbergs' 1990s-set spinoff was originally supposed to focus on Tim Meadows' character. Instead, it was rewritten to put AJ Michalka front and center. "ABC should have trusted the series’ creators more," says Hanh Nguyen. "What could’ve been an insightful and interesting comedy about a funny and caring black man in a position of authority instead becomes another vehicle for a white privileged person to bemoan their rather ordinary fate, and yet eventually become a white savior for the school." ALSO: Schooled doesn't delve into 1990s nostalgia like The Goldbergs did with the 1980s.

KRW · 01-16-2019, 04:30 PM

The pilot did really grab me, but I'll give it a few more episodes to pickup.

01-09-2019, 02:07 PM	#1
TJ Site Owner Administrator Forum Star Join Date: Feb 03, 2000 Location: Marietta, GA Posts: 10,775	ABC Mid-Season Pilot Review: Schooled - Premieres January 9 Schooled - Wednesdays at 8:30PM ET/PT on ABC Premieres Wednesday, January 9, 2019 at 8:30PM ET/PT This spinoff of the hit series The Goldbergs is set in 1990-something and follow the hilarious teachers of William Penn Academy - led by Tim Meadows (Principal Glascott), Bryan Callen (Coach Mellor) and AJ Michalka (Lainey Lewis) - who, despite their eccentricities and crazy personal lives, are heroes to their students. Read our review here: http://blog.sitcomsonline.com/2019/0...-schooled.html

01-10-2019, 02:14 AM	#2
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 127,432	Schooled is mediocre, but it could've been better off it didn't "whitewash" its initial premise The Goldbergs' 1990s-set spinoff was originally supposed to focus on Tim Meadows' character. Instead, it was rewritten to put AJ Michalka front and center. "ABC should have trusted the series’ creators more," says Hanh Nguyen. "What could’ve been an insightful and interesting comedy about a funny and caring black man in a position of authority instead becomes another vehicle for a white privileged person to bemoan their rather ordinary fate, and yet eventually become a white savior for the school." ALSO: Schooled doesn't delve into 1990s nostalgia like The Goldbergs did with the 1980s.
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01-16-2019, 04:30 PM	#3
KRW One Bad Mother Funker Forum Regular Join Date: May 23, 2017 Location: The Funk Dojo Posts: 899	The pilot did really grab me, but I'll give it a few more episodes to pickup.