Teach: Tony Danza
A&E | Release Date: October 1, 2010
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
72
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
Positive:
7
Mixed:
2
Negative:
0
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NewsdayVerne Gay
Season 1 Review: This teacher can be loquacious--oh yeah--but he's got a big heart, too. Danza, Northeast and A&E deserve credit for this series. Read full review
80
Philadelphia InquirerJonathan Storm
Season 1 Review: Danza's charges come alive in all their teenage complexity, and an actor best known as a doofus with a Brooklyn accent displays deep sensitivity while trying to navigate the intricacies of one really challenging job. Read full review
80
The New York TimesAlessandra Stanley
Season 1 Review: By using a celebrity as a Trojan horse, Teach offers an engaging and intimate look at just how complicated and difficult teaching can be at a large, urban public high school. Read full review
75
Entertainment WeeklyKen Tucker
Season 1 Review: You feel for Danza, and the show forces you to think about how tough this job is for noncelebrity teachers. Read full review
70
Philadelphia Daily NewsEllen Gray
Season 1 Review: While I, too, had and continue to have doubts about the experiment--or about any unscripted show that puts minors on camera--I found the first hour of Teach to be surprisingly responsible. Maybe even a little bit educational. Read full review
70
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob Owen
Season 1 Review: It's the students that make Teach a sometimes interesting show. They drive the story's forward momentum as much as Mr. Danza does and quickly emerge as his co-stars in a program that touches on teacher quality, student apathy and the plight of urban public schools. Read full review
70
Washington PostHank Stuever
Season 1 Review: What makes Teach: Tony Danza worth watching are the teenagers themselves and the glimpses of other teachers who make the place work. Danza, meanwhile, becomes an irritating, whirling, self-aggrandizing bundle of nerves. Read full review
60
New York Daily NewsDavid Hinckley
Season 1 Review: The opening episode of his new A&E reality show almost physically painful to watch. The good news is that if the viewer sticks it out, as Danza did, things will get better as the weeks roll along. They never get perfect. But he will eventually find his footing and win some props. Read full review
50
VarietyBrian Lowry
Season 1 Review: What's left, then, is Danza playing (and there's really the operative word) at being a teacher, with the show employing the customary musical cues and editing tricks to try to generate suspense about whether he can actually teach the kids to appreciate "Of Mice and Men." Read full review
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