“If All the World's a Stage, Where's My Dressing Room?”
Elderly white principal of a Bronx high school that's in a rough black and Latino neighborhood tries to keep everyone's spirits up, despite having to deal with unmotivated teachers and disinterested students... THE BRONX ZOO was a 1987 NBC drama series directed by Allan Arkush and Paul Lynch. It lasted two seasons before cancellation.
2 seasons · 21 episodes
It's Hard to Be a Saint in the City
Dec 9, 1987
It's the first day back at Benjamin Harrison, the first day there period for smart alec transfer student Snyder. Joe tries to break up a fight between two black students -- one of whom has a gun -- and winds up shot. Mary Caitlin, who got s
The Long Grey Line
Jan 20, 1988
Most of the faculty decide to strike, leaving Joe scrambling for substitutes when he refuses to shut the school down, while Sara's and Harry's relationship is put to the test when they wind up on opposite sides of the picket line. Meanwhile
Truancy Blues
Mar 24, 1988
An angry Joe holds a parent/teacher meeting, because 30% of the students are terminal truants. Unfortunately, most of the parents take after their kids. Matthew assumes he's lost Roz when he sees her skipping school. With Harry's case not g
Behind Closed Doors
Mar 30, 1988
A female student accuses a male professor of rape, Sara and Harry break up, Matthew mourns the loss of his Uncle Louie, and Roz is mocked by others for taking a stand against dissecting frogs.
Career Day
Apr 6, 1988
An illiterate student carrying a bomb takes Jack hostage, and Carol gives birth.
Ties That Bind
Apr 13, 1988
Mary Caitlin witnesses a drug deal in the girls' bathroom and pushes Joe to punish the buyer -- unaware that the drugs were for the girls' parents, Henry the stutterer flies off the handle when a scholarship he thought he had turns out to b
