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Head of the Class

1986 · TV Series · TV-G · 30 min · ★ 6.4

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This sitcom follows a group of gifted high school students in a special honors program at a Manhattan school and the unconventional teacher who helps them navigate both academics and everyday teenage problems. Along the way, classroom lessons mix with friendship, pressure, and growing up.

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Details
Years
1986–1991
Release date
1986-09-17
Network
ABC
Language
English
Rated
TV-G
Runtime
30 min
TMDB rating
6.4/10 (37 votes)
About

You might enjoy this if you like upbeat school sitcoms with smart-kid struggles, gentle humor, and a cozy 1980s feel, somewhere between Saved by the Bell and Girl Meets World; Not for you if you want big stakes or fast-paced laughs.

Pros: smart student premise; warm life lessons; fun 80s charm | Cons: very dated feel; uneven later seasons; some corny jokes

Themes

  • classroom
  • nerd
  • high school
  • teacher
  • teen comedy
  • manhattan, new york city
  • sitcom
  • gifted children

Cast & crew

Directed by Peter Baldwin, Kim Friedman, Dwayne Hickman +5 more

Episodes5 seasons · 114 episodes

Season 122 episodes
  • S1E1Pilot
  • S1E2Back to the Future
  • S1E3Charliegate
  • S1E4Love at First Byte
  • S1E5The Outsider
  • S1E6Teacher's Teacher
  • S1E7Volleyball Anyone?
  • S1E8Critical Choices
  • S1E9Cold Turkey
  • S1E10You've Got a Friend
  • S1E11As Time Goes By
  • S1E12The Way We Weren't
  • S1E13Rebel Without a Class
  • S1E14Ode to Simone
  • S1E15Past Imperfect
  • S1E16A Problem Like Maria
  • S1E17The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming!
  • S1E18Valentine's Day
  • S1E19Video Activity
  • S1E20Privilege
  • S1E21Crimes of the Heart
  • S1E22The Secret Life of Arvid Engen
Season 222 episodes
  • S2E1Science Fair-Weather Friends
  • S2E2The Write Stuff
  • S2E3The Big Squeeze
  • S2E4Child of the 60's
  • S2E5Trouble in Perfectville
  • S2E6Coach Charlie
  • S2E7That'll Be the Day
  • S2E8Poltergeist III
  • S2E9Psyched Out at Fillmore
  • S2E10Revenge of the Liberal
  • S2E11Play it Again, Woody
  • S2E12Will the Real Arvid Engen Please Stand Up?
  • S2E13On the Road Again
  • S2E14Fatal Distraction
  • S2E15Cello Fever
  • S2E16Parent's Day
  • S2E17Love is Debatable
  • S2E18For Better, For Worse
  • S2E19We Love You, Mrs. Russell
  • S2E20Don't Play With Matches
  • S2E21The 21st-Century News
  • S2E22Moore Than You Know
Season 322 episodes
  • S3E1The Refrigerator of Fillmore High
  • S3E2Back in the U.S.S.R.
  • S3E3Mission to Moscow (1)
  • S3E4Mission to Moscow (2)
  • S3E5Let's Rap
  • S3E6Engen and Son
  • S3E7Get a Job
  • S3E8Born to Run
  • S3E9First Date30m
  • S3E10Partners
  • S3E11Arvid's Sure Thing
  • S3E12Scuttlebutt
  • S3E13Little Shop 'Til You Drop (1)
  • S3E14Little Shop 'Til You Drop (2)
  • S3E15The Hot Seat
  • S3E16Radio Activity
  • S3E17The Little Sister
  • S3E18Killer Coach
  • S3E19I Am the King
  • S3E20King of Remedial
  • S3E21Labor Daze
  • S3E22Exactly Twelve O'Clock
Season 426 episodes
  • S4E1Back to School
  • S4E2Viki & Eric & Simone & Alex
  • S4E3The Ring of Darlene M.
  • S4E4Viki in Love
  • S4E5Blunden in Love
  • S4E6The Bright Stuff (1)30m
  • S4E7The Bright Stuff (2)
  • S4E8Gotta Dance
  • S4E9Good Mourning
  • S4E10Arvid Nose Best30m
  • S4E11The Devil and Miss T.J.
  • S4E12Why Ronnie Can't Read
  • S4E13The Joker Is Wild
  • S4E14Tough Guys Don't Sew
  • S4E15Reel Problems
  • S4E16Alan Goes Crimson
  • S4E17From Hair to Eternity (1)
  • S4E18From Hair to Eternity (2)
  • S4E19Recruitment Day
  • S4E20The Quiet Kid
  • S4E21Simone Goes Overboard
  • S4E22Queen, Queen, Queen for a Day
  • S4E23Politics of Love
  • S4E24The Reel Charlie Moore
  • S4E25Cement Hi-Tops
  • S4E26Teacher's Pet
Season 522 episodes
  • S5E1Where's Charlie?
  • S5E2Twelve Angry Nerds
  • S5E3The Heartbreak Nerd
  • S5E4And Then There Were None
  • S5E5Getting Personal
  • S5E6Napoleon Blown Apart
  • S5E7Billy's Big One
  • S5E8Dead Men Don't Wear Pocket Protectors (1)
  • S5E9Dead Men Don't Wear Pocket Protectors (2)
  • S5E10Fillmore vs. Billy Jean's
  • S5E11Be My Baby . . . Sitter
  • S5E12Dancing Fools
  • S5E13My Son the Primate
  • S5E14The Importance of Being Alex
  • S5E15Viki's Torn Genes
  • S5E16The Last Waltz
  • S5E17Most Likely to Be Forgotten
  • S5E18The Strange Case of Randy McNally
  • S5E19My Dinner With Darlene
  • S5E20The Phantom of the Glee Club
  • S5E21It Couldn't Last Forever (1)
  • S5E22It Couldn't Last Forever (2)