Until last month, I had never seen an episode of “Room 222.” That may not seem like a major omission. There’s a good chance you’ve never even heard of the urban school series that ran on ABC from 1969 ...

Before breaking into movies, writer-producer-director James L. Brooks earned a reputation as a television wunderkind—a sort of small-screen version of the film-school brats taking over Hollywood on ...

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The campus setting for “Room 222” was in a “Glee”-free zone, far from the “90210” ZIP Code. The classic comedy-drama, which revolved around fictional Walt Whitman High School, premiered in 1969 ...

Focusing on a Southern California American history class at racially diverse fictional Walt Whitman High School. African-American 11th grade history teacher Pete Dixon (Lloyd Haynes) promotes ...

Reading native Michael Constantine, an actor best known for his Emmy-winning role as high school principal Seymour Kaufman in the TV series “Room 222” from 1969 to 1974 and his portrayal of Kostas ...