Those Who Can't: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Those Who Can't follows three trouble-making teachers; Loren Payton, Billy Shoemaker and Andy Fairbell. More inept than the kids they teach, they're out to beat the system as they struggle to survive each day on their own terms. Joining them is Abbey, the school librarian with an in-suppressible passion for life.

New challenges arise in Season 2 as the teachers struggle to deal with a principal regime change, which has dramatically shaken things up inside Smoot High. They're forced to take their schemes to greater lengths in order to keep their jobs, their friends and their 'dignity.' It's going to be a long year if they can make their way through it.

Series details

• Title: Those Who Can't
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy
• Premiere date: 2016-02-11
• Final broadcast date listed: 2019-04-08
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: truTV
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 6.8/10
• TVMaze ID: 9393
• IMDb ID: tt4264096
• TVDB ID: 303884

Cast and credited roles

• Adam Cayton-Holland — Loren Payton
• Ben Roy — Billy Shoemaker
• Andrew Orvedahl — Andy Fairbell
• Maria Thayer — Abbey Logan

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2016-02-11; final listed air date 2016-04-14; episode order: 10.
• Season 2: premiered 2016-10-06; final listed air date 2016-12-08; episode order: 12.
• Season 3: premiered 2019-01-14; final listed air date 2019-04-08; episode order: 13.

Source and licence

Adapted from Those Who Can't 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.