room 222

Room 222 opening title Format Comedy-drama Starring Lloyd Haynes

Denise Nicholas

Michael Constantine

Karen Valentine Country of origin United States No. of seasons 5 No. of episodes 112 Production Running time 30 minutes Broadcast Original channel ABC Original run September 11, 1969 – January 11, 1974 External links IMDb profile

Room 222 was an American television comedy-drama produced by 20th Century Fox Television. The series aired on ABC from September 17, 1969 to January 11, 1974 for 112 episodes. The show was broadcast on Friday evenings at 9:00 PM, EST, following The Brady Bunch and The Partridge Family, but preceding Love, American Style.[1] Contents [hide] 1 Synopsis 2 Chief Characters 3 DVD release 4 References 5 External links //

Synopsis

The series focused on an American History class at fictional Walt Whitman High School in Los Angeles, though it also covered other events at the school. The class, held in Room 222, was taught by Pete Dixon (Lloyd Haynes), an idealistic African-American teacher. Other characters featured in the show were the school's compassionate guidance counselor Liz McIntyre (Denise Nicholas), who was also Pete's lady friend; the dryly humorous school principal, Seymour Kaufman (Michael Constantine), and fidgety, petite, somewhat spacey Alice Johnson (Karen Valentine) as a young teacher. Also shown was Patsy Garrett as Mr. Kaufman's secretary, Miss Hogarth. In addition, many recurring students were featured from episode to episode.

Pete Dixon was portrayed as idealist and delivered gentle lessons to his students in tolerance and understanding. Students admired his wisdom, insight and easygoing manner. The themes of the episodes were sometimes topical, reflecting the current political climate (the late 1960s and early and mid-1970s such as the Vietnam War, women's rights, race relations and Watergate). However, most plots were timeless and featured themes common to teenagers of any era. For example, the episode entitled, "I Didn't Raise My Girl to Be a Soldier?" (1974), deals with parent-teenager issues and gender role issues.

The show featured many actors who went on to become major stars, such as Bruno Kirby, Bernie Kopell, Cindy Williams, Teri Garr, Jamie Farr, Rob Reiner, Anthony Geary, Richard Dreyfuss, Chuck Norris, Kurt Russell, and Mark Hamill.

Room 222 was filmed outside of Los Angeles High School, with additional filming shot at nearby John Marshall High School.[citation needed]

Room 222's initial episodes garnered weak ratings and ABC was poised to cancel the program after one season. But the show earned several nominations at the 1970 Emmy Awards and ABC relented. After the series ended, the program entered syndication and was rerun on several television stations throughout the United States.

The theme song was composed by film composer Jerry Goldsmith, written in a 7/4 time signature.

Chief Characters

Pete Dixon (Lloyd Haynes). Pete taught American History