ohjoy December 30, 2018 Share December 30, 2018 Quote Set in 1990-something, Schooled is a spinoff of The Goldbergs and follows the hilarious faculty of William Penn Academy, led by new music teacher and WP graduate Lainey Lewis (AJ Michalka), Principal Glascott (Tim Meadows), Coach Mellor (Bryan Callen) and young, enthusiastic super-teacher Charlie Brown or CB for short (Brett Dier). Despite their eccentricities and crazy personal lives, these teachers are heroes to their students. This series is scheduled to premiere on January 9, 2019 at 8:30PM EST on ABC. 1 Link to comment
biakbiak January 2, 2019 Share January 2, 2019 Given the current preview which shows Beverly being Lainey’s reference I guess things don’t end badly with her and Barry. Link to comment
biakbiak January 9, 2019 Share January 9, 2019 Apparently tonight’s episode evolves around the song I Believe I Can Fly by R. Kelly so another reason to skip it. Link to comment
Ms Blue Jay January 10, 2019 Share January 10, 2019 (edited) I liked it. I like anything set in the 90s. I heard Good Vibrations by Marky Mark and The Funky Bunch, and Today by Smashing Pumpkins. I did not hear any R. Kelly. What kind of city is this where the best basketball player is white? Also, he looked soooooooo much like Anton Yelchin. If you guys like stuff like this, retroactively set in the 90's like I do, both "Fresh off the Boat" and VH1's "Hindsight" are like that. And a short lived show on Netflix .... "Everything Sucks". Edited January 10, 2019 by Ms Blue Jay 7 Link to comment
mojoween January 10, 2019 Share January 10, 2019 Lainey isn’t really able to carry a show, but Stanley? Alvin? and Coach Mellor make up for it. I LOVED the end with Matt Ryan and the real Coach Mellor. It seems like the Matty in the show was based on Matty Ice and I want more of that. I am here for a show based in the 90’s just for the music alone. Is this a reboot of that one-off show they did before, or are we supposed to pretend that never happened? 8 Link to comment
WednesdayAddams January 10, 2019 Share January 10, 2019 4 minutes ago, mojoween said: Is this a reboot of that one-off show they did before, or are we supposed to pretend that never happened? Yeah, I think that show "never happened". It was based off the Tim Meadows and his family, right? I'm here for Coach. I love him! 8 Link to comment
readster January 10, 2019 Share January 10, 2019 55 minutes ago, WednesdayAddams said: Yeah, I think that show "never happened". It was based off the Tim Meadows and his family, right? I'm here for Coach. I love him! Well, it technically happen, since everyone is set up the way that original pilot went. Just now, Lainey in the star of the show, but it did work as we have John in his supporting role instead of lead of the show. Lainey is the new teacher, who as we saw, mirrors Coach very well. I have to say, I loved Coach talking about going to the more modern shorts and how everyone was like: "You look weird coach." "I feel weird!" Never change Coach Rich. 9 Link to comment
biakbiak January 10, 2019 Share January 10, 2019 We also have one of the nieces that was in the original pilot. Apparenrly, ABC replaced “I Believe You Can Fly” for the version that aired but it was sent to critics. 6 Link to comment
Ms Blue Jay January 10, 2019 Share January 10, 2019 11 hours ago, WednesdayAddams said: Yeah, I think that show "never happened". It was based off the Tim Meadows and his family, right? I'm here for Coach. I love him! If they cancelled a show starring Tim Meadows for a show starring some blonde chick, well, that makes me like the show a hell of a lot less. 6 Link to comment
rmontro January 10, 2019 Share January 10, 2019 A lot of shows start slow before they find themselves, but I thought they started here with a strong episode. Tim Meadows was very strong, and this is the most I've ever liked Coach Mellor. The Matt Ryan reveal just continues from the Goldbergs, they never fail to amaze me with things from their show that really happened. I got the impression watching that we will be seeing the niece as a recurring character, and I see from comments about that is most likely true. And Lainey was good too. 9 Link to comment
joanne3482 January 10, 2019 Share January 10, 2019 (edited) 15 hours ago, Ms Blue Jay said: What kind of city is this where the best basketball player is white? Also, he looked soooooooo much like Anton Yelchin. I never thought the William Penn Academy was a public school and I looked it up. It isn't a true public school so I can believe the best basketball player at a privateish school would be white. This also explains how Lainey can just be hired without real teaching experience, credentials, schooling, etc. Edited January 10, 2019 by joanne3482 6 Link to comment
Kimmmmmm January 10, 2019 Share January 10, 2019 I liked it more than I thought I would...and i like Lainey 1000 x more than any of the Goldbergs 4 Link to comment
biakbiak January 10, 2019 Share January 10, 2019 17 hours ago, Ms Blue Jay said: What kind of city is this where the best basketball player is white? Also, he looked soooooooo much like Anton Yelchin. First it’s not a city it’s a very white suburb and the character was based on a real life person. 12 Link to comment
Aryanna January 10, 2019 Share January 10, 2019 It wasn't too bad of a beginning. I'll tune in to see where this show goes. Them using Today as the uplifting song at the end was a misstep. A song about suicide shouldn't really be used for the "Aww, we all learned something" moment. Link to comment
biakbiak January 10, 2019 Share January 10, 2019 Just now, Aryanna said: Them using Today as the uplifting song at the end was a misstep. A song about suicide shouldn't really be used for the "Aww, we all learned something" moment. Given it was a last minute switch from I Believe I can Fly, little thought was probably given other than they could quickly get the rights and it wasn’t too out of place. 7 Link to comment
WednesdayAddams January 10, 2019 Share January 10, 2019 9 hours ago, Ms Blue Jay said: If they cancelled a show starring Tim Meadows for a show starring some blonde chick, well, that makes me like the show a hell of a lot less. I don't think it was technically cancelled. They were feeling out the show. If it had bad ratings and/or poor criticism, then they had to revamp it somehow. 7 Link to comment
biakbiak January 10, 2019 Share January 10, 2019 1 minute ago, WednesdayAddams said: I don't think it was technically cancelled. They were feeling out the show. If it had bad ratings and/or poor criticism, then they had to revamp it somehow. They didn’t pick up the pilot but decided to air it as a bonus episode, so it couldn’t be cancelled because it was never actually a show. 5 Link to comment
One4Sorrow2TooBad January 11, 2019 Share January 11, 2019 I enjoyed the episode, especially the music and I thought Coach Mellor stole a lot of scenes. Tuning in next week. 7 Link to comment
Lili January 11, 2019 Share January 11, 2019 Even though I never saw The Goldbergs, I decided to tune in for this. and I'm liking it so far. The show reminds me of movies like Clueless and Mean Girls. That and having AJ Michalka as the protagonist were big draws to me. I look forward to see how Lainey will evolve as a teacher over the course of the series. 6 Link to comment
msrachelj January 11, 2019 Share January 11, 2019 terrible. bad actress. coach and principal steal the show. on the goldbergs lainey and barry and getting married but she spoiled it right at the beginning of this new crap fest by saying they didn't work out. what kind of a school is this where you can just walk in and get a teaching job without a certificate? 6 Link to comment
rmontro January 12, 2019 Share January 12, 2019 The coach and Principal already feel like deeper characters than they did on The Goldbergs. 6 Link to comment
Eataton January 12, 2019 Share January 12, 2019 IMO, the coach and principal would be better than Lainey as main characters. Of course the stupid networks want a younger demographic so this show will probably wither and die before 10 episodes. 2 Link to comment
Lili January 12, 2019 Share January 12, 2019 (edited) I couldn't agree. I think Lainey fits very well as the protagonist, and is a overall a good character. The Coach and Prinicipal are good characters too, don't get me wrong, but I don't think either of them being the protagonist would really fit a show like this. Edited January 12, 2019 by Lili 6 Link to comment
rmontro January 12, 2019 Share January 12, 2019 I was just thinking about all the TV shows there have been over the years that have been set in school. This is the latest in a long line. This wikipedia page lists many of them, and Schooled has not been added yet. Anybody who likes to edit wikipedia pages, feel free to add it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_television_series_about_school Link to comment
geauxaway January 13, 2019 Share January 13, 2019 Loved it! Only thing was the “spin off” schtick at the beginning. Golden Girls spun to Empty Nest, no? 1 Link to comment
biakbiak January 13, 2019 Share January 13, 2019 Just now, geauxaway said: Loved it! Only thing was the “spin off” schtick at the beginning. Golden Girls spun to Empty Nest, no? It spun off both shows. 1 Link to comment
geauxaway January 13, 2019 Share January 13, 2019 3 minutes ago, biakbiak said: It spun off both shows. Thx! I only remember Empty Nest because that was my Saturday night babysitting jam. The NBC lineup. Parents were usually home by the time Hunter was over. 4 Link to comment
goldenpuppy January 13, 2019 Share January 13, 2019 On 1/11/2019 at 2:05 PM, msrachelj said: terrible. bad actress. coach and principal steal the show. on the goldbergs lainey and barry and getting married but she spoiled it right at the beginning of this new crap fest by saying they didn't work out. what kind of a school is this where you can just walk in and get a teaching job without a certificate? ITA! I do lot get why this character and actress was given her own show . She is not good actress, and her character is so dull. The coach and principal save this mess to a point . And aren’t they in PA? Does that state just hire people to teach without degrees and certification? No one producing or writing this show thought about making boring Lainey actually have more qualifications than Beverly Goldberg walking into the 90’s with her 80’s style and intimidating the principal? I do not get the point of this show at all . The Goldbergs are stuck in the 80’s , but this show is in the 90’s?? That also makes no sense . 2 Link to comment
stillhere1900 January 13, 2019 Share January 13, 2019 On 12/29/2018 at 8:56 PM, garnetarden said: This series is scheduled to premiere on January 9, 2019 at 8:30PM EST on ABC. Damn~ Lainey looks old. On 1/9/2019 at 7:01 PM, Ms Blue Jay said: What kind of city is this where the best basketball player is white? Also, he looked soooooooo much like Anton Yelchin. Are you saying that the only good bb players are Black ? Link to comment
tennisgurl January 14, 2019 Share January 14, 2019 (edited) Well, it was definitely better than the other kinda pilot. The pilot they shopped around, which was aired as an episode, was about the niece of Tim Meadows and her single mom and sister, and they were basically the main characters, with the niece as the narrator, and Tim and Coach Mellor as the supporting cast and links to The Goldbergs. It was pretty lame, both because it had almost no connection to the original show, and it just wasn't very funny. This is clearly a retooled version of the pilot, with more of an obvious Goldbergs link with Lainey as the main narrator, and a Bev cameo. Maybe the other characters from the original pilot exist here too, but I dont really care either way. I REALLY didnt like the pilot... I am decently interested in Lainey (and if/when she and Barry get back together), but I mostly loved seeing more of Mellor and Glascott, and them getting more depth and seeing them more as characters, and not as foils for the kid characters. The scene between Lainey and Mellor where he talked about his lost sports dreams, and how he was happy with how things worked out. And there were a lot of good lines too. "Crying after schools hours? You really are a teacher." Loved seeing who Matty turned out to be, and seeing him with the real coach at the end! One of my favorite Goldbergs things was seeing the real versions of the characters show up, and hearing about how so much of the craziest stuff on the show is based on real events! And how many people are so willing to come back and be in their old classmates TV show! Its wild how many successful and decently famous people came out of this school from around the same time! I dont actually have any 80s nostalgia, as I was busy not being born yet, so I am actually pretty excited to see a decade I actually remember getting the Goldbergs treatment! Edited January 14, 2019 by tennisgurl 3 Link to comment
Lili January 14, 2019 Share January 14, 2019 So, I just watched some of The Goldbergs, and so far, Schooled > The Goldbergs. I'm not sure how many people would agree with that opinion. 1 Link to comment
Robert Lynch January 14, 2019 Share January 14, 2019 (edited) I haven't seen it yet since I have been hearing mixed opinions about this show and the actress herself. Edited January 14, 2019 by Robert Lynch Link to comment
tennisgurl January 14, 2019 Share January 14, 2019 I always forget how much I like Good Vibrations, in all its 90s glory, until I hear it. 4 Link to comment
justjen January 14, 2019 Share January 14, 2019 On 1/12/2019 at 9:07 PM, geauxaway said: Loved it! Only thing was the “spin off” schtick at the beginning. Golden Girls spun to Empty Nest, no? I think Empty Nest (and Blossom and Nurses for some reason) took place in the same universe as Golden Girls, but not an actual spin-off. I looooooved that they mentioned Golden Palace, it doesn't get mentioned enough. :) I liked the show so far and I'm looking forward to what is ahead. The foreshadowing on The Goldbergs makes me believe that, while Barry and Lainey won't get back together he may have a kid or something attend the school and that's how they'll reunite, eventually (if Schooled makes it that far). Like The Goldbergs there are some weird year mashups (I don't know how to explain it) as Matt Ryan would have been a freshman in 1999 and the Donahue moshing episode was 1995-ish -- I realize it was recording though (I had surgery that summer, watched a lot of talk shows). Anyway, to make a short story endless I liked the show. 4 Link to comment
biakbiak January 14, 2019 Share January 14, 2019 (edited) 7 hours ago, justjen said: think Empty Nest (and Blossom and Nurses for some reason) took place in the same universe as Golden Girls, but not an actual spin-off. I looooooved that they mentioned Golden Palace, it doesn't get mentioned enough. :) Empty Nest was most definitely a spin-off of The Golden Girls and actually has a story similar to Schooled. They did a back door pilot episode with Rita Moreno and Paul Dooley as an episode of the show called Empty Nesters and they had teenage children. That didn’t get picked up so they reworked it with Richard Mulligan and older daughters who were then introduced on the show but didn’t get a full back door pilot. Nurses was a spin-off of Empty Nest. Blossom was in the same “universe” because NBC liked to do crossovers so it did it with a lot of shows. Edited January 15, 2019 by biakbiak 8 Link to comment
SmithW6079 January 16, 2019 Share January 16, 2019 I've never watched "The Goldbergs," so I don't know the characters, but all the commercials for this just looked horrible, and the blonde lead seemed especially awful. Link to comment
Caseysgirl January 17, 2019 Share January 17, 2019 I’m just surprised that the Lainey character is rather unlikable. She was one of my favorites on the “Goldberg’s” and didn’t seem as shallow and cynical as she does now. 4 Link to comment
jmonique January 17, 2019 Share January 17, 2019 Teachers and Laney: "How can Lainey become a better teacher?" Me: "How about ... go back to school and take some actual teaching classes?" Show: "Make-under! No! Wait! You were great all along!" Me: "Typical." Of course, I have never really been impressed with Laney or A.J. 8 Link to comment
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