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Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher

10.0 / 10
1996
2 seasons
43 episodes
Comedy

Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher is an American sitcom which aired on the WB from 1996 until 1998. The executive producers of the program, Dennis Rinsler and Marc Warren, drew on their own experiences as former teachers in New York and actually based the character that Mitch Mullany played on their real life friend, John Freno. Freno was a music teacher in the same elementary school as Dennis and Marc and was beloved by the students of the school.

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  • Ep 1

    1.Cheap-Os

    28-08-199630m

    When wealthy Tyler refuses to invite Orlando to his party and mocks Orlando's cheap sneakers, Nick must prevent a fight. He finds out that Orlando is sensitive about being from a p...

  • Ep 2

    2.Me and Mrs. Hale

    04-09-199630m

    After flirting with beautiful Melanie Hale, Nick finds out that she is Tyler's divorced mother. Nevertheless, Nick dates Melanie, despite Mezz's warnings. Soon, problems arise. Tyl...

  • Ep 3

    3.Dance Fever

    11-09-199630m

    Mezz warns Nick not to meddle in other people's personal lives; but when Nick teases Elana about her boring, predictable relationship with her fiancé, Roger, Elana believes Nick's...

  • Ep 4

    4.Educating Nick

    18-09-199630m

    The imperious Dean of Discipline, Kurt Fust, tells Nick that he must take a study course in classroom management in order to continue teaching at the school. Although he is nervous...

  • Ep 5

    5.Some Assembly Required

    26-09-199630m

    To promote unity among his class, Nick has the students prepare a presentation for the school on dental hygiene. However, when Orlando is awarded a lead role, Tyler vows to ruin th...

  • Ep 6

    6.The Mystery of Fust's Bust

    02-10-199630m

    Fust judges a school art contest, in which the students must create a sculpture of someone they admire. No longer content to be overshadowed by his pal Tyler, Jared makes a bust of...

  • Ep 7

    7.Judgement Day

    09-10-199630m

    Fust favors Orlando because he is on the school's winning soccer team. When Mezz fails Orlando in science, Fust is upset. Mezz gives Orlando a chance to get a good grade if he crea...

  • Ep 8

    8.Leader of the Pack

    30-10-199630m

    Desperate for cash when his car needs repairs, Nick accepts an acting job in a cigarette commercial to be aired in France. When his students find out, they chastise Nick for being...

  • Ep 9

    9.Freno the Deano

    06-11-199630m

    When Fust accepts a promotion to an administrative job in another area, Nick is named the new dean of discipline. Nick changes all the rules and allows the kids to have fun like ne...

  • Ep 10

    10.Teacher's Pest

    13-11-199630m

    A famous actor, Bobby Moore, once Nick's roommate, comes to Nick's class to research a movie role as a class clown. While Nick idolizes Bobby, he is also jealous of Bobby's success...

  • Ep 11

    11.Operation Scamtron

    20-11-199630m

    It's time for the annual reading aptitude tests, which measure not only the progress of the students but the effectiveness of their teachers. Since they want to make Nick look good...

  • Ep 12

    12.Hot for Teacher

    27-11-199630m

    Despite sharing their first kiss, Nick and Elana decide not to date since they work so closely together. Then an attractive student teacher Heather Kellogg is assigned to Elana's c...

  • Ep 13

    13.Gargoyle Guys

    08-01-199730m

    Mezz wants to date Diane Fox, the school's sexy computer specialist whom he has known since they attended school together. Diane was never interested in Mezz because she is adventu...

  • Ep 14

    14.Social Security Guard

    22-01-199730m

    Fust wants to impress the visiting school board chairperson, Mrs. Fleckner, so she will promote him to assistant principal. Meanwhile, to show that his students have a lot to learn...

  • Ep 15

    15.Sumo Like It Hot

    29-01-199730m

    The school's band hosts a fund-raiser to earn money for new equipment. Everyone in the school gets involved recycling cans and donating the redeemed deposit money. Nick and Mezz re...

  • Ep 16

    16.Party at Nick's Place

    05-02-199730m

    Tyler's wealthy, divorced father wants to enroll him in a more prestigious school, but Tyler confides in Nick that he would rather stay where he is. When Tyler confronts his parent...

  • Ep 17

    17.My Phoney Valentine

    12-02-199730m

    When Nick scares the other teachers with a prank, they vow revenge. Later, Elana introduces Nick to her sexy accountant friend Suzanne Wilkinson, whom he quickly asks on a date. Th...

  • Ep 18

    18.My Mother the Star

    19-02-199730m

    Nick organizes the annual student/teacher talent show. In keeping with the 1970s theme, everyone prepares to impersonate their favorite popular icons. Fust and Mezz argue over whic...

  • Ep 19

    19.Pain in the Schneck

    26-02-199730m

    Nick doesn't know the magnitude of his task when he tries to reform the worst student in the school, Harrison Schneck, whom Fust wants to expel. Nick takes the troublemaker into hi...

  • Ep 20

    20.Nick on Wheels

    27-04-199730m

    Nick must finally get rid of his dilapidated old car. When he visits a sly car dealer, Nick becomes enamored with an expensive sports car and buys it. He dotes on it so obsessively...

  • Ep 21

    21.Jamapalooza (1)

    04-05-199730m

    Nick refuses to administer a required career-aptitude test to his class because he believes the examination is unfair. Fust suspends Nick from teaching and makes the kids take the...

  • Ep 22

    22.Jamapalooza (2)

    11-05-199730m

    After being relieved of his teaching duties for refusing to administer a career-aptitude test that he considers unfair, Nick accepts an invitation from his former high school girlf...

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