Darryl Sivad
Homeroom is an American sitcom that aired on ABC from September 16 to December 17, 1989. The series stars stand-up comedian Darryl Sivad as a fourth grade teacher at an inner-city school, Langford Academy. ABC executives created the show as a vehicle for Sivad after seeing his routine on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.
Darryl Sivad
- Born
- 1954 · Detroit.
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- photographer · actor
- Education
- Wayne State University
- Languages
- English
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Homeroom is an American sitcom that aired on ABC from September 16 to December 17, 1989. The series stars stand-up comedian Darryl Sivad as a fourth grade teacher at an inner-city school, Langford Academy. ABC executives created the show as a vehicle for Sivad after seeing his routine on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.
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• Genre — Sitcom • Creator — Andrew Scheinman Gary Gilbert • Director — Linda Day Arlando Smith • Starring — Darryl Sivad Penny Johnson Bill Cobbs • Open Theme — "Love Each Other (The Solution)" performed by the Dimples • Country — United States • Language — English • Num Seasons — 1 • Num Episodes — 13 (3 unaired) • Executive Producer — Andrew Scheinman Gary Gilbert Topper Carew • Producer — David S. Cohen Roger S.H. Schulman Darryl Sivad • Camera — Multi-camera • Runtime — 30 minutes • Company — Giggling Goose Productions Castle Rock Entertainment • Channel — ABC • First Aired — 1989 09 16 • Last Aired — 1989 12 17
Premise
Premise
The series follows Darryl Harper (Sivad), a highly paid advertising copywriter who decides to quit his job to teach underprivileged kids at P.S. 391, an inner city school in New York City. Darryl's wife Virginia (Penny Johnson) supports his choice but Virginia's father, Phil Drexler (Bill Cobbs) does not. Phil frequently voices his disapproval to Darryl that he feels is his right as Darryl and Virginia live rent-free in the brownstone Phil owns and also lives in.
Cast
Cast
• Darryl Sivad as Darryl Harper • Penny Johnson as Virginia "Vicki" Harper • Bill Cobbs as Phil Drexler • Trent Cameron as Sam • Jahary Bennett as Devon • Billy Dee Willis as Donald
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1954
Darryl Sivad born at Detroit.
Reception and cancellation
Homeroom premiered on ABC on September 16, 1989, to mixed reviews. The series was scheduled on Sunday nights opposite CBS's hit series Murder, She Wrote and NBC's My Two Dads. As a result, Homeroom struggled in the ratings and faced cancellation. In an effort to save the series, the cast and producers asked viewers to start a letter writing campaign. Executive producer Topper Carew went on a cross-country promotional tour to schools where he showed the series to students and teachers and held a Q&A session afterwards. Carew also mailed letters and contacted African-American organizations and activists asking them to watch the show and to talk about it. Despite the cast and producers' efforts, ABC canceled the series in December 1989. Three of the thirteen episodes produced were never aired.
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