August 5 (2015-08-05) – August 19, 2015 (2015-08-19)
Mr. Robinson is an American television sitcom created by Owen Ellickson, and developed by Robb Cullen and Mark Cullen, which aired on NBC from August 5 to August 19, 2015.
Premise
The series stars Craig Robinson as a high school music teacher and part-time musician.[1]
NBC placed a six-episode order for the series on January 6, 2014, with Mark Cullen and Robb Cullen as showrunners,[8] replacing Owen Ellickson, and several characters recast. The series debuted in August 2015.[9]
Cancellation
On September 14, 2015, the series was cancelled after one season and six episodes.[10]
Craig Robinson, a musician looking to earn some extra cash, takes a job as the new substitute music teacher in efforts of winning the affections of Victoria, a former high school girlfriend.
Mr. Robinson has received generally negative reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes the series has a rating of 19%, based on 26 reviews, with an average rating of 3.2/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Mr. Robinson is held back by too many sitcom tropes, bad plots, and stock characters, wasting its appealing star."[14] On Metacritic, the series has a score of 41 out of 100, based on 20 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[15]
Dominic Patten of Deadline said that the show is not funny.[16] Bruce R. Miller of the Sioux City Journal said, "Mr. Robinson just does not work".[17] Jeff Jensen of Entertainment Weekly gave the show a grade of C−.[18]