Smart Guy: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Set in Washington, D.C., Smart Guy centers on the misadventures of boy genius and youngest child T.J. Henderson, who at the age of 10 moves from elementary school and gets transferred to Piedmont High School, where he ends up becoming a high school sophomore with teenagers as his classmates. He must adjust to the life with older, but not necessarily wiser, high school teenagers – including his brother Marcus and Marcus's best friend Mo. Stories typically deal with T.J.'s missteps of trying to fit in as a kid genius, while being a small kid in high school, as well as the contrast between his smarts and his brother's underachieving nature.

Series details

• Title: Smart Guy
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy
• Premiere date: 1997-03-26
• Final broadcast date listed: 1999-05-16
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: The WB
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 7837
• IMDb ID: tt0118466
• TVDB ID: 78016

Cast and credited roles

• Tahj Mowry — T.J. Henderson
• John Marshall Jones — Floyd Henderson
• Jason Weaver — Marcus Henderson
• Omar Gooding — Morris L. "Mo" Tibbs
• Essence Atkins — Yvette Henderson

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1997-03-26; final listed air date 1997-05-07; episode order: 7.
• Season 2: premiered 1997-09-10; final listed air date 1998-05-13; episode order: 22.
• Season 3: premiered 1998-09-20; final listed air date 1999-05-16; episode order: 22.

Source and licence

Adapted from Smart Guy on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.