Bad Teacher

Bad Teacher is an American single-camera sitcom created by Hilary Winston, based on the 2011 film of the same title. The series aired on CBS from April 24 to July 26, 2014, as part of the 2013–14 American television season. On May 27, 2014, CBS, which had already canceled the show after three episodes,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.deadline.com/2014/05/crazy-ones-cbs-cancelled-bad-teacher-hostages-bad-teacher/|title=CBS Cancels 'The Crazy Ones', 'Friends With Better Lives', 'Bad Teacher', 'Intelligence' & 'Hostages'|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=May 10, 2014|accessdate=May 10, 2014}}</ref> removed it from the schedule. However, the remaining episodes later aired as part of a summer burn off in July 2014. Plot Meredith Davis is divorced from her rich husband, who leaves her with nothing due to a prenuptial agreement that she clearly did not read. She moves in with her friend's family, whose stepdaughter Lily inspires her to come up with a plan – become hired as a teacher at Lily's school, Richard Nixon Middle School, meet and marry a rich single father, and return to the extravagant lifestyle to which she was accustomed. Using a fake résumé and her feminine charm, she gets Principal Carl Gaines to hire her. The faculty includes Joel, a former high school classmate who is now a gym teacher; Irene, a shy fellow teacher who becomes excited to have a new friend; and Ginny, faculty president who resents Meredith and is suspicious of her. Although an incompetent teacher, Meredith imparts life lessons to Lily and her friends. Cast Main Ari Graynor as Meredith Davis, a former housewife who poses as a middle school teacher, in hopes to find a rich divorcé so that she can resume her upper-class lifestyle Sara Gilbert as Irene, a socially awkward teacher at Richard Nixon Middle who is eager to become friends with Meredith Ryan Hansen as Joel Kotsky, the school's gym teacher who knows Meredith from high school and is attracted to her, despite her obviously questionable motives Sara Rodier as Lily, the stepdaughter of one of Meredith's friends and an unpopular student at the school Kristin Davis as Ginny Taylor-Clapp, a self-serious and overzealous teacher who is immediately suspicious of Meredith David Alan Grier as Carl Gaines, the recently divorced principal of Richard Nixon Middle who takes an instant liking to Meredith