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Matt Waters

1996 · 1 season

A earnest, issue-driven school drama that moves with steady seriousness, carrying a quiet weight of loss beneath classroom life.

Genres
Drama
Overview
Matt Waters is an American drama television show which aired in 1996 on CBS. The program starred talk show host Montel Williams, and was created by James D. Parriott. The show, which was a midseason replacement, failed to garner a significant audience and was canceled after just six episodes. Williams played a retired naval officer who becomes a high school science teacher at Bayview High School, the school he had attended 25 years earier. Williams's character had returned home after his brother was killed in a gang related murder. Portions of the program were filmed at Bayonne High School in Bayonne, New Jersey.
How it feels
Earnest, melancholic, tense and warm. Measured and needs your attention.
About
Grief, education, crime, family
Content
Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
Note
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Tone
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour3
Realism7
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama
Created by
James D. Parriott
Starring
Sam McMurray, Nathaniel Marston, Montel Williams, Amy Hargreaves, Kristen Wilson, Richard Chevolleau, Glenn Fitzgerald, Yancey Arias
Length
1 seasons, 7 episodes, 60 min each
Network
CBS
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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