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 ...

The beloved actress starred in a popular 1970s TV show.

Believability — that's one reason the high-school dramedy "Room 222" became an Emmy magnet and stayed on the air for five seasons. It's something Karen Valentine brought to the role of naive, perky ...

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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When ABC’s comedy-drama “Room 222” aired in 1969-74, there wasn’t anywhere that David Jolliffe could go without being recognized. He was just 15 when he landed the role of student Bernie on the show ...

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 ...

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 ...