Welcome Back, Kotter: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Gabe Kotter returns to his old high school -- this time as a teacher. He's put in charge of a class full of unruly remedial students called the Sweathogs. They're a bunch of wisecracking, underachieving and incorrigible students, and it takes all of Mr. Kotter's humor -- and experience as a former Sweathog himself -- to deal with his class.

Series details

• Title: Welcome Back, Kotter
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy
• Premiere date: 1975-09-09
• Final broadcast date listed: 1979-06-08
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: ABC
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7.1/10
• TVMaze ID: 3743

Cast and credited roles

• Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs — Freddie 'Boom Boom' Washington
• Robert Hegyes — Juan Epstein
• Ron Palillo — Arnold Horshack
• John Sylvester White — Mr. Michael Woodman
• Marcia Strassman — Julie Kotter
• Gabe Kaplan — Gabe Kotter
• John Travolta — Vinnie Barbarino
• Stephen Shortridge — Beau DeLabarre
• Melonie Haller — Angie Grabowski

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1975-09-09; final listed air date 1976-02-26; episode order: 22.
• Season 2: premiered 1976-09-23; final listed air date 1977-03-03; episode order: 23.
• Season 3: premiered 1977-09-10; final listed air date 1978-05-18; episode order: 27.
• Season 4: premiered 1978-09-11; final listed air date 1979-06-08; episode order: 23.

Source and licence

Adapted from Welcome Back, Kotter 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.