Head of the Class: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Head of the Class follows a group of gifted students in the Individualized Honors Program (IHP) at the fictional Monroe High School (later Millard Fillmore High School) in Manhattan, and their history teacher Charlie Moore (Howard Hesseman).

Series details

• Title: Head of the Class
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy
• Premiere date: 1986-09-17
• Final broadcast date listed: 1991-06-25
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: ABC
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7.3/10
• TVMaze ID: 5497
• IMDb ID: tt0090444
• TVDB ID: 71400

Cast and credited roles

• Billy Connolly — Billy MacGregor
• William G. Schilling — Dr. Harold Samuels
• Jeannetta Arnette — Bernadette Meara
• Leslie Bega — Maria Borges
• Dan Frischman — Arvid Engen
• Robin Givens — Darlene Merriman
• Khrystyne Haje — Simone Foster
• Jory Husain — Jawaharlal Choudhury
• Tony O'Dell — Alan Pinkard
• Brian Robbins — Eric Mardian
• Kimberly Russell — Sarah Nevins
• Dan Schneider — Dennis Blunden

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1986-09-17; final listed air date 1987-05-06; episode order: 22.
• Season 2: premiered 1987-09-23; final listed air date 1988-05-11; episode order: 22.
• Season 3: premiered 1988-10-19; final listed air date 1989-05-10; episode order: 22.
• Season 4: premiered 1989-09-27; final listed air date 1990-05-02; episode order: 26.
• Season 5: premiered 1990-09-11; final listed air date 1991-06-25; episode order: 22.

Source and licence

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