Mr. Novak

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Mr. Novak
Genre	Drama
Written by	John D. F. Black Joseph Calvelli Richard De Roy Meyer Dolinsky Mel Goldberg Sidney Marshall James Menzies E. Jack Neuman Milt Rosen Carol Sobieski Betty Ulius Roland Wolpert Preston Wood
Directed by	Abner Biberman Richard Donner Alvin Ganzer Ida Lupino Michael O'Herlihy Allen Reisner Boris Sagal Joseph Sargent Paul Wendkos
Starring	James Franciscus Dean Jagger Burgess Meredith
Country of origin	United States
Language(s)	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	60
Production
Executive producer(s)	E. Jack Neuman
Producer(s)	Joseph Calvelli
Running time	60 mins.
Broadcast
Original channel	NBC
Original run	September 24, 1963 – August 31, 1965

Mr. Novak is a one-hour dramatic series starring James Franciscus (1934-1991) in the title role, which aired on NBC for two seasons, 1963-1965.

[edit] Overview

The series followed John Novak, an idealistic first-year English teacher at Jefferson High School in Los Angeles who often got involved in the lives of his students and fellow teachers. Ironically, Franciscus himself held a bachelor of arts degree in English from Yale University. Principal Albert Vane was played by Dean Jagger (1903-1991), who was nominated for an Emmy Award in 1964 and 1965 for his performance. When Jagger left the series in 1964, Burgess Meredith played new principal Martin Woodridge.

The show, produced by MGM Television, was broadcast on Tuesday evenings from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. (Eastern time). In its first season, Mr. Novak's principal competition was the ABC war series Combat! starring Rick Jason and Vic Morrow, and the second half of the hour-long The Red Skelton Show on CBS. In the second season, the competition was still Combat!, the World War Two series on CBS. Skelton was moved a half-hour later in 1964.

During the first season of Mr. Novak, ABC ran a 26-week series about life on a college campus. Channing starred Jason Evers as English Professor Joseph Howe and Henry Jones as Fred Baker, the dean of fictitious Channing College.

[edit] External links

• Mr. Novak at the Internet Movie Database
• Mr. Novak at TV.com