Boston Public (2000–2004)

The lives of 10 faculty members at a high school in Boston, Mass. weave in and out of dealing with trouble-makers, having a personal life, and keeping sanity.

Creator:

David E. Kelley

Stars:

Chi McBride, Anthony Heald, Loretta Devine

Won 1 Primetime Emmy. Another 8 wins & 22 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Chi McBride	...	Steven Harper (81 episodes, 2000-2004)
Anthony Heald	...	Scott Guber (81 episodes, 2000-2004)
Loretta Devine	...	Marla Hendricks (81 episodes, 2000-2004)
Sharon Leal	...	Marilyn Sudor (67 episodes, 2000-2004)
Fyvush Finkel	...	Harvey Lipschultz (66 episodes, 2000-2004)
Jeri Ryan	...	Ronnie Cooke (59 episodes, 2001-2004)
Michael Rapaport	...	Danny Hanson (57 episodes, 2001-2004)
Nicky Katt	...	Harry Senate (49 episodes, 2000-2002)
Jessalyn Gilsig	...	Lauren Davis (44 episodes, 2000-2002)

Storyline

The lives of 10 faculty members at a high school in Boston, Mass. weave in and out of dealing with trouble-makers, having a personal life, and keeping sanity.

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Plot Keywords:

high school | teacher student relationship | underage sex | manic depression | oral sex | 

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Taglines:

Every day is a fight. For respect. For dignity. For sanity.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

23 October 2000 (USA)

Also Known As:

Käytäväpeliä

Filming Locations:

20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

20th Century Fox Television, David E. Kelley Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min 60 min (81 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

East Boston High School was used as Winslow High's exterior.

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Goofs

In her introductory episode, the character of Kimberly Woods claims she is teaching at the high school as part of the "Teach for America" program. Boston is not currently a city where "Teach for America" operates. It is being considered as an addition, but it is not in the program at the time the episode aired.

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Quotes

[Guber's dressed as a rabbi]
Scott Guber: Ssh! I'm undercover.
Steven Harper: Yeah, I can see that.
Scott Guber: This is a serious operation. Steven, please, go away. I'll explain later.

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Connections

Referenced in Saturday Night Live: The Best of Tom Hanks (2004)

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Soundtracks

"Song of Joy"
(English version of "Freude schöner Götterfunken")
Music by Ludwig van Beethoven from "Sinfonie Nr 9 in d, op. 125"
Episode: {unknown}

User Reviews

Good Show

Many people might find this is an offensive series especially toward teacher and condemn it as bad show. But what ever it is, I really like this show. It is so intense, emotional, alright acting, and the keep on changing cast make it not boring.

Yes, I agreed some stuff is offensive, but the series is too good to miss. Each week the faculty faces different problem (some of the stuff I highly doubted) but it is still fun to watch it.

What I really like is how the story of the teachers tried to deal with the everyday problem in school and put their personal life into it. (though it not happen in real life but still nice to see it).

Anyway, it was kind of sad to see it got cancel cause it got low rating, but at least it was still in its prime to me.

Recommendation: Yes, it is a pretty good relationship series.

Rating: 7.5/10 (Grade: B)