Mr. Rhodes

Mr. Rhodes

1996
Mr. Rhodes
Mr. Rhodes

Mr. Rhodes

7 | en | Comedy

Mr. Rhodes is an American television situation comedy which was aired by NBC as part of its 1996-97 lineup. Mr. Rhodes starred comedian Tom Rhodes as an eponymous character who taught at a small-town preparatory school after having failed as a novelist. He found that his high school fantasy girl, Nikki was on the staff as a guidance counselor, and began a relationship with her. Like the title character's writing career, Mr. Rhodes' appearance on network television was a brief one; the program was not picked up for another season and last broadcast in March 1997.

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Seasons & Episodes

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EP19  The Goat Show
Jan. 01,0001
The Goat Show

Jake is tried in a kangaroo court for harming Billy the Goat, the school's mascot, and the fact that he refuses to rat on his friends isn't helping him any.

EP18  Feud For Thought
Jan. 01,0001
Feud For Thought

No synopsis.

EP17  The Valentine Show
Mar. 10,1997
The Valentine Show

Cupid's arrow is especially sharp on Valentine's Day: Carl breaks up with Nikki, Nikki blames Tom, and Ronald just wants to call the whole thing off and celebrate Lincoln's birthday instead.

EP16  Tom's not Headmaster Show
Feb. 17,1997
Tom's not Headmaster Show

An obnoxious millionaire buys the school, and wants Tom to be the new headmaster.

EP15  The Welcome Back Show
Feb. 03,1997
The Welcome Back Show

Tom is helped over a crisis of professionalism by spectral pep talks from the characters of Welcome Back Kotter.

EP14  The Italian Show
Jan. 20,1997
The Italian Show

Everyone swoons over the handsome, charismatic, popular new Italian teacher. When Tom's the only one who dislikes Giorgio, it's written off as jealousy, despite his best effort to prove the newcomer a pretentious, dishonest phony.

EP13  The Courtroom Show
Jan. 13,1997
The Courtroom Show

It's a blow to former townie Tom when a night out ends up in a barroom brawl provoked by local toughs -- and Tom gets slapped with a lawsuit.

EP12  The Sexism Show
Jan. 06,1997
The Sexism Show

Tom learns that even a sensitive man of the 90s can have his faults when a school study suggests that he and other Harkin Academy teachers have been favoring boys over girls.

EP11  The Christmas Show
Dec. 16,1996
The Christmas Show

No synopsis.

EP10  The Thanksgiving Show
Nov. 25,1996
The Thanksgiving Show

Mr. Heary is anxious to put on Tom's gritty, unpublished play for Thanksgiving. But one of the school's biggest backers wants to see something that has Pilgrims.

EP9  Amanda's Fix-up Show
Nov. 18,1996
Amanda's Fix-up Show

No synopsis.

EP8  Looking for Mrs. Goodbar
Nov. 11,1996
Looking for Mrs. Goodbar

It's Parents Weekend, and wouldn't you know that the woman who picks Tom up in a bar for a passionate one-night stand turns out to be -- Zoey's mother.

EP7  Death, Lice and Videotape
Nov. 04,1996
Death, Lice and Videotape

No synopsis.

EP6  The Halloween Show
Oct. 28,1996
The Halloween Show

At Halloween, a gift from Tom haunts Nikki, who's feeling guilty about Carl; Amanda's strange behavior spooks the staff; and Jake's scared silly over the prospect of a test.

EP5  Heary's Camera
Oct. 21,1996
Heary's Camera

Seeing the great picture that Tom accidentally shot on his film, Heary considers a career with his new-found talent, the art of photography.

EP4  Nikki Quits Therapy
Oct. 14,1996
Nikki Quits Therapy

Nikki becomes conscious of the fact that she's way too dependent on therapy, so she quits, a decision that only depresses her further.

EP3  Tom Moves In
Oct. 07,1996
Tom Moves In

Tom is in hot water when he becomes a dorm supervisor and holds a pizza party, only to have the boys he's responsible for sneak out for a night on the town; Nikki tries to conceal her feelings for Tom's book.

EP2  The Crush Show
Sep. 30,1996
The Crush Show

Harkin Academy's boys are agog when a movie star's gorgeous teen-aged daughter enrolls, but when smart, ""plain Jane"" Zoey's self-esteem plummets, an attentive Mr. Rhodes steps in to boost her confidence and inadvertently sparks Zoey's colossal crush on him. In the nick of time, Nikki and Amanda alert a clueless Tom to the fragile teen's feelings.

EP1  Pilot
Sep. 23,1996
Pilot

Hip young writer Tom Rhodes thought he could breeze back home after a few lackluster years in New York and one worst-selling -- albeit critically acclaimed -- novel under his belt, but his new life as a small town English teacher living on campus at Harkin Academy supplies some major lessons in and out of the classroom. First off, there's chemistry between the longhaired iconoclast with a blue-collar background and Harkin's high-strung, beautiful guidance counselor Nikki Harkin. Once the girl of Tom's teen-aged fantasies, Nikki's now hooked on therapy and apparently attached to a rich boyfriend. Tom hits another snag with wannabe-hip headmaster, Ray Heary, who digs his image but frowns on his casual teaching style, as does acerbic, highbrow history teacher Ronald Felcher. Meanwhile, Harkin's outlandish woman-child math teacher Amanda Reeves worships Tom, and young Milo views his maverick new teacher with skepticism -- especially on the night Tom catches the disconsolate student going o

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Synopsis

Mr. Rhodes is an American television situation comedy which was aired by NBC as part of its 1996-97 lineup. Mr. Rhodes starred comedian Tom Rhodes as an eponymous character who taught at a small-town preparatory school after having failed as a novelist. He found that his high school fantasy girl, Nikki was on the staff as a guidance counselor, and began a relationship with her. Like the title character's writing career, Mr. Rhodes' appearance on network television was a brief one; the program was not picked up for another season and last broadcast in March 1997.

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Stephen Tobolowsky , Ron Glass

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Reviews

Murray_MLIS I really like Tom Rhodes and was looking forward to seeing him every week. Unfortunately, this was just a cookie-cutter "new teacher"/"fish out of water" show; chock full of clichés, stereotypes, and predictability. The pilot tried to use some of Tom's stand-up to connect with the students but it didn't quite work.Not even veteran Ron Glass and future star Jensen Ackles were able to help Tom get past the trite scripts.You can see the pilot episode on YouTube (though, Jensen is not in the pilot), posted in three parts by Tom Rhodes himself five years ago (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwYf9xe2Wos). This seems to be the only part of the series that's available (so far) since there seems to be no DVD available.September 2014