Mr. Robinson (TV series)

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Mr. Robinson
Genre Sitcom
Created byOwen Ellickson
Developed by
Starring
ComposerRyan Beveridge
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes6
Production
Executive producers
  • Robb Cullen
  • Mark Cullen
  • Howard Klein
  • Mark Schulman
  • Andy Ackerman
CinematographyPatti Lee
Camera setup Multi-camera
Running time30 minutes
Production companies
Original release
Network NBC
ReleaseAugust 5 (2015-08-05) –
August 19, 2015 (2015-08-19)

Mr. Robinson is an American television sitcom created by Owen Ellickson, and developed by Robb Cullen and Mark Cullen, which aired on NBC from August 5 to August 19, 2015.

Contents

Premise

The series stars Craig Robinson as a high school music teacher and part-time musician. [1]

Cast and characters

Main

Recurring

Production

Development

The original pilot was created by Owen Ellickson and was in development at NBC for the 2013–14 United States network television season. [6] [7] It also starred Robinson, and included a cast of Jean Smart, Larenz Tate, Amandla Stenberg and Amanda Lund. Greg Daniels served as executive producer.

NBC placed a six-episode order for the series on January 6, 2014, with Mark Cullen and Robb Cullen as showrunners, [8] replacing Owen Ellickson, and several characters recast. The series debuted in August 2015. [9]

Cancellation

On September 14, 2015, the series was cancelled after one season and six episodes. [10]

Episodes

No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateU.S. viewers
(millions)
1"Pilot" Andy Ackerman Robb Cullen & Mark Cullen August 5, 2015 (2015-08-05)4.60 [11]
Craig Robinson, a musician looking to earn some extra cash, takes a job as the new substitute music teacher in efforts of winning the affections of Victoria, a former high school girlfriend.
2"Flesh for Fantasy"Andy AckermanSusan Hurwitz ArnesonAugust 5, 2015 (2015-08-05)3.79 [11]
3"Ain't Nothin' but a Hound Dog" Michael Lembeck Robb Cullen & Mark CullenAugust 12, 2015 (2015-08-12)4.39 [12]
4"Love the One You're With"Andy Ackerman Warren Hutcherson August 12, 2015 (2015-08-12)3.48 [12]
5"Can't Buy Me Love"Andy AckermanPeter Tibbals & Eric GoldbergAugust 19, 2015 (2015-08-19)4.10 [13]
6"School's Out for Summer" Phill Lewis Robb Cullen & Mark CullenAugust 19, 2015 (2015-08-19)3.31 [13]

Reception

Mr. Robinson has received generally negative reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes the series has a rating of 19%, based on 26 reviews, with an average rating of 3.2/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Mr. Robinson is held back by too many sitcom tropes, bad plots, and stock characters, wasting its appealing star." [14] On Metacritic, the series has a score of 41 out of 100, based on 20 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". [15]

Dominic Patten of Deadline said that the show is not funny. [16] Bruce R. Miller of the Sioux City Journal said, "Mr. Robinson just does not work". [17] Jeff Jensen of Entertainment Weekly gave the show a grade of C−. [18]

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