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Emmy-winning screenwriter Rich Eustis died October 30 in Thousand Oaks, Calif. at age 86, his family said. No cause was given. Eustis was half of the writing team Eustis and Elias, who together created the hit show Head of the Class, which premiered in 1986 and ran for five seasons on…

Howard Hesseman, who was part of the ensemble that made WKRP in Cincinnati a television staple and later starred on Head of the Class, died Saturday at Cedar-Sinai Health Center in Los Angeles from complications following colon surgery. Hesseman also played Capt. Pete Lassard in Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment…

EXCLUSIVE: HBO Max has opted not to renew its Head of the Class series reboot for a second season. The news comes a little over a month after the entire 10-episode first season of the followup was released on the streamer Nov. 4. The multi-camera series, from executive producer Bill Lawrence and executive…

HBO Max has unveiled a first-look image and clip for its Head of the Class reboot, featuring original cast member Robin Givens. The streamer also announced that the comedy’s 10-episode first season will debut on November 4. Fall Premiere Dates For New & Returning TV Series On Broadcast, Cable & Streaming The…

EXCLUSIVE: Class is in session at HBO Max. The streamer has handed the reboot of Head of the Class a ten-episode order. The series comes from Scrubs creator Bill Lawrence, fresh off the back of two Golden Globes nominations for Ted Lasso, and American Vandal writers Amy Pocha and Seth Cohen. This comes after the…

It's been quite a morning for Ted Lasso's Bill Lawrence. While at work on the Warner Bros. lot, he found out that his Apple TV+ comedy—co-created by Joe Kelly, Brendan Hunt and Jason Sudeikis—had received a pair of Golden Globe nominations. Sudeikis was recognized for his lead performance, while the show itself landed…

EXCLUSIVE: HBO Max has rounded out cast for multi-camera comedy pilot Head of the Class, a reboot of the popular 1980s ABC sitcom. Jorge Diaz (Jane The Virgin), Dior Goodjohn (Glee), Brandon Severs (Walk the Prank), newcomer Adrian Matthew Escalona and Christa Miller (Scrubs) join previously announced Isabella Gomez…

EXCLUSIVE: Gavin Lewis (Little Fires Everywhere) is set as a series regular in HBO Max's multi-camera comedy pilot Head of the Class, a reboot of the popular 1980s ABC sitcom. The reboot hails from American Vandal writers Amy Pocha and Seth Cohen, Bill Lawrence and his Doozer Productions; and Warner Bros. Television…

EXCLUSIVE: Watchmen actress Jolie Hoang-Rappaport is going back to school. She is the latest to join the roster of the Head of the Class reboot at HBO Max. Created by Rich Eustis and Michael Elias, the original Head of the Class ran on ABC from 1986-91. It followed a group of gifted students at the fictional Millard…

EXCLUSIVE: One Day at a Time star Isabella Gomez is set as the lead of HBO Max's multi-camera comedy pilot Head of the Class, a reboot of the popular 1980s ABC sitcom. Gomez’s casting reveals a gender swap in the follow-up as the lead in the original series was played by Howard Hesseman. HBO Max in May ordered a pilot…

HBO Max has ordered a pilot and five additional scripts for Head of the Class, a half-hour multi-camera comedy based on the popular 1986 ABC comedy series, from American Vandal writers Amy Pocha and Seth Cohen, Uncle Buck creators Steven Cragg and Brian Bradley, Bill Lawrence and his Doozer Productions and Warner…