The series stars stand-up comedian Darryl Sivad as a fourth grade teacher at an inner-city school.
[1] The series follows Darryl Harper (Sivad), a highly paid advertising copywriter who decides to quit his job to teach underprivileged kids at P.S.
[4] In an effort to save the series, the cast and producers asked viewers to start a letter writing campaign.
Executive producer Topper Carew went on a cross-country promotional tour to schools where he showed the series to students and teachers and held a Q&A session afterwards.
[5] Carew also mailed letters and contacted African-American organizations and activists asking them to watch the show and to talk about it.