The Steve Harvey Show

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Mixing it up with laugh-out-loud comedy, youthful appeal and a likable namesake lead, The Steve Harvey Show crackles with high school hijinks and teacher entanglements in a hip urban setting. The series' successes as a multiple NAACP Image Award winner and as one of The WB's hit flagship series underscore its enduring longevity, immense popularity and far-reaching influence.''In the series, former R&B star Steve Hightower (Harvey) gives up his wild times for school ties, becoming an inner-city Chicago music teacher and eventually a vice principal with a ragtag bunch of classroom charges. Headlining the Hi-Tops soul group who opened for the likes of Gladys Knight and the Pips Hightower's touring career never quite hit the high note he expected. Down on his luck, and totally out of money, he decides to let go of his carefree lifestyle and pin down a "real" job. With an assist from his longtime friend and eventual roommate, the gym coach with the insatiable appetite Cedric Robinson (Cedric the Entertainer), Steve enrolls in a new type of performing and makes a classroom at Washington High School his stage. Initially grappling with the students' penchant for baggy clothes, bad attitudes and baffling slang, Steve soon realizes that a compassionate spin will help him tone down his shock and contend with the kids' problems be they hard knocks or humorous woes.''Steve's also initially stunned by his boss, no-nonsense Principal Regina Grier (Wendy Raquel Robinson). Once the overweight butt of Steve's practical jokes when they were classmates years ago, Regina has no intention of letting him forget his place now at least most of the time. But her newly-svelte persona wows Steve, and they actually dance around each other in a love/hate cha-cha-cha. Cedric has his own love subject, falling for Grier's new, overtly outspoken assistant Lovita (Terri J. Vaughn), who also takes outlandish opportunities to rattle Steve.''Office romances aside, Steve tries reining in a class headed by Romeo (Merlin Santana), a fast-talking ladies' teen who takes his name seriously; Stanley "Bullethead" Kuznocki (William Lee Scott), a street-savvy tough guy whose brawn outweighs his brain; the group's honors student Lydia (Lori Beth Denberg) who, despite knowing she's smarter than them all, gets pulled into crazy schemes hoping to cash in on some coolness; and Sophia (Tracy Vilar) and Sara (Nefta Perry) who each fall for Romeo's seemingly-indestructible charm.

During the series' six-season run, The Steve Harvey Show won 13 NAACP Image Awards for the show as well as stars Steve Harvey, Cedric the Entertainer and Terri J. Vaughn.

The Steve Harvey Show is executive produced by Bernie Brillstein and Brad Grey (Just Shoot Me, "The Larry Sanders Show"), series creator Winifred Hervey ("The Cosby Show," The Golden Girls," "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air"), director Stan Lathan ("Moesha," "Roc," "South Central") and Jeff Duteil ("Sister, Sister," "Hangin' with Mr. Cooper"). Walter Bennett, Jr. ("In The House") is co-executive producer. The series is from Brillstein-Grey Communications, Winifred Hervey Productions and Stan Lathan TV

Broadcast History The WB''1996-1997---Sundays 8:30/7:30c''1997-1998---Wednesdays 9:30/8:30c''1998-1999---Thursdays 9/8c''1999-2000---Fridays 9/8c''2000-2002---Sundays 8/7cmoreless
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S 6 :  Ep 11 Aired 1/20/02
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S 6 :  Ep 9 Aired 1/6/02
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  • steve is a washed-up singer who ends up working in a public high school as the music teacher

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    By Collegebound06, May 30, 2008 Report Abuse
    so this show follows this guy, described in the summary, and the friends he runs into and his students along the way..oh yeah..i love this show..it is so awesome and so funny..it was one of the shows i wasnt picky about watching..i didnt watch it right away when it was on but it was so awesome when i did and now ive seen almost every ep..love it..i mean he was a singer and then from there he becomes a music teacher..sometimes this thing (not this thing in particular but other things) can happen to singers..so this is a very believable circumstancemoreless

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  • Steve Hightower, a former musician from a well-known band, lands a job at an inner city school where the principal is a girl he teased/tormented from childhood.

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    By Charlotte2, Aug 19, 2007 Report Abuse
    The Steve Harvey Show is laugh out loud funny! It takes place in an inner city high school with Steve Hightower as the music teacher who has conflicts in his personal and professional life.
    In his personal life, he lives in a high rise apartment with Cedric, a gym teacher and his best friend at the school. They have typical room-mate problems that grow as the seasons progress. In his professional life, he has conflicts with his remedial music students, mainly Bullethead and Romeo, and co-workers, Lovita and Regina,who are the sassy secretary and principal respectively.
    In the various episodes, his personal and professional life often coincide. Lovita moves in with Cedric and Steve. Bullethead and Romeo turn to Steve for advice at home. Steve falls in love with the beautiful principal Regina.
    What really makes the show work is the chemistry and comic delivery among the characters! If you enjoy comedies set in
    high school, you will find yourself laughing out loud to this comedy. It deserves an A+.moreless

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  • I always liked this show since i was little.

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    By chanelissweet, Jun 03, 2007 Report Abuse
    Remember staying late at night when i was little watching this show. That was before we got cable. Then when we did get cable i only watched it from time to time but its a good show to get you in a good mood. Now about the show. Steve is an high school music teacher. His boss just happens to be some one he grew up with when he was younger. Now he sorts of has feelings for his boss and over the years they have a love hate relationship. Also steve having to deal with friends and his students.moreless

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  • I love this show. Steve and Cedric were funny on this show. This show is about Steve Hightower who took a job as a music teacher. And Cedric was the PE teacher. Regina was the principal.moreless

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    By nbafan2321, May 13, 2007 Report Abuse
    And Romeo and Bullethead were the two bad kids that kept on getting in trouble. It was a good thing that they added Lydia and Lovita to the show. I also like the theme song. I be humming it when it comes on. And I like the beats when it goes to the next scene. This show is fun to wacth. Lovita was an administrative assistant. It was sad when when Merlin Santana died. He was shot while sitting in a car. That was ad. We will always remember Merlin Santana. Him and Bullethead were funny on the show. I have volume one on dvd. I wonder why they didn`t release this show on season set. They`re probably not going to release this on season. I wish this show can have a first season.

    RIP Merlin Santana.moreless

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  • I love this show. Steve and Cedric did a good job on the show. They were funny. This show is about Steve Hightower who took a job as a music teacher because he didn`t have a job and Cedric gave him that job. Cedric was the pe teacher.moreless

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    By wrestlingfan92, Apr 15, 2007 Report Abuse
    Regina was the principal. And Romeo and Bullethead were the two bad kid that kept on getting in trouble. It was a good thing they added Lovita and Lydia to the show. And Lydia was Romeo and Bullethead`s friend. Netfa Perry and Tracy Villar left the show after season one. This show is a classic. I like the theme song also. And I like the beats when they go to the next scene. This show is fun to watch. Lovita changed her voice on the show. She was funny and annoying sometimes. She was the aministartive assistant. It was sad when Merlin Santana died. He played Romeo. He was shot while sitting in a car. That was ad. We will always remember Merlin Santana. Him and Bullethead were funny on the show. I have volume one on dvd. I wonder why they didn`t release volume two on dvd. Volume one was released 4 years ago. They`re probably not going to release that on dvd. I wish this show can have a first season.

    RIP Merlin Santana.moreless

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