Series synopsis
Vice Principals is an American comedy television series that premiered on HBO on July 17, 2016. It ended on November 12, 2017. It was created by Danny McBride, Jody Hill. It stars Danny McBride, Walton Goggins, Dale Dickey and Kimberly Hébert Gregory.
After North Jackson High's long-time principal steps down to tend to his ailing wife, Neal Gamby and Lee Russell, the school's vice principals, are forced to put their mutual disdain aside and form an unholy alliance in order to sabotage the newly appointed principal, Dr. Belinda Brown.
Premise
After North Jackson High's long-time principal steps down to tend to his ailing wife, Neal Gamby and Lee Russell, the school's vice principals, are forced to put their mutual disdain aside and form an unholy alliance in order to sabotage the newly appointed principal, Dr. Belinda Brown.
Premise: Someone's got to teach this school a lesson.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Danny McBride as Neal Gamby
- Walton Goggins as Lee Russell
- Dale Dickey as Nash
- Kimberly Hébert Gregory as Dr. Belinda Brown
- Georgia King as Amanda Snodgrass
- Busy Philipps as Gale Liptrapp
- Sheaun McKinney as Dayshawn
- Shea Whigham as Ray Liptrapp
Supporting cast
- Edi Patterson as Jen Abbott
Guest cast
- Blayze Hippensteel as Todd Frechette
- Mike O'Gorman as Bill Hayden
- Ryan Paynter as Patrick Cole
- Amy Farrington as Principal Cavanaugh
- Maya Gabrielle Love as Janelle Gamby
- RJ Cyler as Luke Brown
- Susan Park as Christine Russell
- James M. Connor as Martin Seychelles
- June Kyoto Lu as Mi-Cha
- Owen Harn as Jackie
- Brian Howe as Jeremy Haas
- Robin Bartlett as Octavia LeBlanc
Episodes
This series spans 2 seasons with 18 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 9 | July 17, 2016 | September 18, 2016 |
| Season 2 | 9 | September 17, 2017 | November 12, 2017 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Principal When the principal of a high school retires, his two vice principals go to extremes to land the vacant job. |
July 17, 2016 |
| 2 |
A Trusty Steed Gamby and Russell end up invading Dr. Brown's private space and the vice principals are surprised by a school evaluator. |
July 24, 2016 |
| 3 |
The Field Trip Gamby looks to impress Amanda on a field trip organized by Mr. Hayden, a good-guy history teacher. |
July 31, 2016 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Tiger Town Recovering from his wounds, Gamby returns to a dramatically changed North Jackson High. |
September 17, 2017 |
| 2 |
Slaughter Gamby fingers a suspect, with Dayshawn’s help. Russell tests out a kindness strategy at school. |
September 24, 2017 |
| 3 |
The King Gamby’s search for his shooter leads him into a novelist’s graduate-school class. Russell’s ire is fueled by an unflattering caricature. |
October 1, 2017 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | HBO |
|---|---|
| First aired | July 17, 2016 |
| Last aired | November 12, 2017 |
| Status | ended |
| Schedule | Sunday at 22:30:00 |