The Goldbergs spinoff Schooled, currently in its second season, has been given a full-season order by ABC and the comedy series will be receiving new showrunners to oversee the show moving forward as well.
Tom Hertz and Vanessa McCarthy have been named new showrunners of The Goldbergs spinoff, from Sony TV Studios and ABC Studios. They replace Tim Doyle, who has left over creative differences. This isn’t the first time the series has shifted showrunners in its short time span. Doyle joined as showrunner at the start of Season 2, replacing Marc Firek, who co-created Schooled with The Goldbergs creator Adam F. Goldberg and ran it during its freshman season.
The back-nine order gives Schooled a full 22-episode second season. The show was the last remaining broadcast series awaiting word on a backorder. As a midseason entry last season, it had been renewed for a second season with a 13-episode initial order. Its full-season pickup never was in doubt; it just was delayed until series’ producers Sony TV and ABC Studios locked in a new showrunner. ABC Entertainment president Karey Burke had this to say about the full-season order:
“We’re incredibly proud of Schooled and are thrilled to order a full season of this sharp, fresh and funny comedy that has proven to be a consistently strong pairing with its Goldbergs lead-in. We’re so grateful to the show’s top-notch cast and crew, and we’re looking forward to bringing more hilarious stories about the teachers and students at William Penn Academy to our viewers.”
Schooled is performing decently in the ratings for ABC as its safely placed after The Goldbergs and right before Modern Family. Set in 1990-something, Schooled follows the faculty of William Penn Academy, led by music teacher and WP graduate Lainey Lewis (AJ Michalka), Principal John Glascott (Tim Meadows), Coach Rick Mellor (Bryan Callen) and enthusiastic young English teacher CB (Brett Dier). Despite their eccentricities and crazy personal lives, these teachers are heroes to their students.
