EPISODE
Mr. Robinson - Season 1
Craig is the lead singer and keyboardist for the funk band Nasty Delicious, but to pay the bills, he works as a substitute high school music teacher where he encounters teacher politics and the temptations of single moms.
8 August 1981, Panorama City, California, USA
4 July 1951, USA
23 May 1975, San Francisco, California, USA
9 October 1983, Los Angeles, California, USA
17 August 1957, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
25 October 1971, Chicago, Illinois, USA
23 October 1998, Los Angeles, California, USA
27 May 1961, Waco, Texas, USA
7 March 1984, Detroit, Michigan, USA
20 September 1956, Park Ridge, Illinois, USA
August 05, 2015
I thought I could watch anything Craig Robinson put out there, but his new NBC series Mr. Robinson is another example of major comedic talent being watered down by lazy joke writing for an identity-free sitcom.August 05, 2015
In fact, it's simply a bad new comedy about a hip teacher with wisecracking students and zany colleagues.August 01, 2015
Here's to you, Mr. Robinson: You deserve better.July 27, 2015
Mr. Robinson has an appealing star in Craig Robinson, but the show itself is gratingly forced and formulaic.August 11, 2015
Charming star's throwback sitcom earns an F for forgettable.August 05, 2015
Mr. Robinson does have an easy charm that might appeal to viewers who favour nostalgia over new in the summertime TV schedule.August 05, 2015
Craig Robinson is a talented musician who once starred in a classic series and has now wandered into a bad sitcom. The worse news -- his name is on it.August 05, 2015
For every charming and genuinely funny moment - and there is a fair amount - there is a lazy sitcom trope that stunts Mr. Robinson and depletes it of its promise.