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Country of origin
  
United States

No. of seasons
  
2

Location
  
Denver

7.2/10
IMDb


Original language(s)
  
English

No. of episodes
  
22

Network
  
truTV

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Created by
  
Adam Cayton-Holland Andrew Orvedahl Ben Roy

Opening theme
  
"Quit Wastin' My Time" performed by Charlie Continental

Writers
  
Andrew Orvedahl, Adam Cayton-Holland, Ben Roy, Rodney Barnes, Joey Slamon

Cast
  
Andrew Orvedahl, Adam Cayton‑Holland, Ben Roy, Maria Thayer, Rory Scovel

Profiles

Those who can t official trailer


Those Who Can't is an American cable television series that premiered February 11, 2016 on truTV. On December 1, 2015, the show was renewed for a second season before the first season aired. The pre-launch renewal is a first for the cable net, which ordered 13 episodes for the second season.

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On January 5, 2017, truTV renewed the series for a third season of 13 episodes to air sometime in 2017.

Those who can t white guilt trip episode recap


About

Those Who Can't is a half-hour show, based in Denver, Colorado, that follows three dysfunctional teachers, played by show creators Adam Cayton-Holland, Andrew Orvedahl and Ben Roy of the Denver-based comedy troupe The Grawlix. More inept than the kids they teach, they're out to beat the system as they struggle to survive each day on their own terms. Maria Thayer stars as the school librarian with a bubbling passion for life.

The show was originally set up for Amazon Studios who paid $50,000 to shoot the pilot. Amazon ordered six more episodes, but they never aired. The show was acquired by truTV as their first-ever full-length scripted comedy and was ordered with 10-episodes. The acquisition was part of truTV's comedy-driven “Way More Fun” programming initiative. When the show was first created, Cayton-Holland stated they wrote the character of Abbey Logan (originally played by comedian Nikki Glaser), the high-school librarian, as the love interest. Orvedahl stated that in the pilot, Abbey "just sort of lived in the library and served only to flirt with Adam’s character.” The character and role was revised for the shows run at truTV and Abbey is stated to have become "one of the gang" with all the characters now on equal footing.

The show holds a TV-MA rating due to language and suggestive humor.

Main

  • Adam Cayton-Holland as Loren Payton. A Spanish teacher who claims to be an expert Spanish speaker but in truth is barely literate, Loren is a spoiled and self-absorbed narcissist who grew up with wealthy parents.
  • Andrew Orvedahl as Andy Fairbell. A gym teacher/volleyball coach/health teacher, Andy has a good heart but is largely naive about social interaction and often ends up on the receiving end of abuse from others as a result.
  • Ben Roy as Billy Shoemaker. Former high school punk rock fanboy with tattooed arms that he hides underneath his long sleeved dress shirt (which he rolls up whenever he gets aggressive). Married with a son, he struggles to reconcile his past as an anti-establishment troublemaker who spent several years following around his favorite punk band as a roadie, with his adult life as a history teacher and responsible family man.
  • Maria Thayer as Abbey Logan. The school librarian, who serves as the voice of reason against the other main cast and their schemes but is shown to be just as depraved as the others when pushed.
  • Rory Scovel as Principal Geoffrey Quinn. The naive school principal, who is just as incompetent as the teaching staff.
  • Recurring

  • Sonya Eddy as Tammy, the secretary to Principal Quinn. She is often the only sensible person in the school, but is largely ignored and ridiculed. Tammy and Loren Payton have a strong mutual dislike.
  • Kyle Kinane as Rod Knorr, an alcoholic teacher at Smoot. He is rarely sober at school, and often gets caught up in the schemes of the other teachers. Billy Shoemaker dated his mother, Doris, for awhile, which really bothered him.
  • Guest

    Guest stars who have appeared on the show include Sarah Michelle Gellar, Susie Essman, T.J. Miller, Peter Stormare, Mark Hoppus, Michael Madsen, Cheri Oteri, and Will Sasso.

    References

    Those Who Can't Wikipedia