Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher
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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Seasons
- Ep 1
1.Cheap-Os
28-08-199630mWhen 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
04-09-199630mAfter 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
11-09-199630mMezz 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
18-09-199630mThe 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
26-09-199630mTo 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
02-10-199630mFust 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
09-10-199630mFust 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
30-10-199630mDesperate 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
06-11-199630mWhen 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
13-11-199630mA 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
20-11-199630mIt'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
27-11-199630mDespite 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
08-01-199730mMezz 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
22-01-199730mFust 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
29-01-199730mThe 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
05-02-199730mTyler'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
12-02-199730mWhen 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
19-02-199730mNick 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
26-02-199730mNick 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
27-04-199730mNick 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)
04-05-199730mNick 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)
11-05-199730mAfter 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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