Miss Guided
Miss Guided is an American sitcom that ran from March 18, 2008 to April 3, 2008 as a mid-season replacement on ABC. The series follows the life of Becky Freeley, a guidance counselor at a high school that she attended when she was a teenager. The pilot was directed by Todd Holland. The series was not renewed for a second season. Cast and characters. The show has featured a number of guest stars, most notably Executive Producer Ashton Kutcher guest starred in the second episode as substitute teacher Beaux alongside "Zoey 101" star Jamie Lynn Spears as  a student, and Rumer Willis as a rebellious student. Production. Caroline Williams penned the script for the show, originally called Miss/Guided, which was then developed by Katalyst Films, Ashton Kutcher's Studio at 20th Century Fox Television. The ABC network then ordered the pilot to be made in August 2006. After the pilot was shot ABC ordered the show to series on 13 May 2007 ordering an additional six episodes two days before its formal upfront presentation for the fall television season. At the upfronts the show wasn't given any formal timeslot, instead being held by the network  for a mid-season debut. The show completed all of its original 7 episode order prior to the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike. Prior to its first airing the shows title was changed to Miss Guided, losing the '/' from its original title. Casting. In October 2006, Judy Greer was cast in the lead role of Becky. This was soon followed by Brooke Burns as Lisa, Kristoffer Polaha as Tim, Earl Billings as Principal Huffy and Jonathan Sadowski as Gary, the school's male nurse. Following the changes to the show runners, Chris Parnell was cast as a regular in  the show as Bruce, originally planned to be a rival Guidance Counselor to Becky. The character was then changed to the Vice Principal of the school, while Jonathan Sadowski was let go from his role of Gary. Crew. Gabrielle Allen ("Scrubs") was hired as the original show runner with Todd Holland committed to direct the pilot. Kutcher, Jason Goldberg and Karey Burke would serve as the shows executive producers alongside Holland and Allen. Creator Caroline Williams would serve as Co-Executive Producer. In June 2007, Gabrielle Allen left her production role and Rob Thomas was announced as the new Show  Runner of the series but left the show after only a few weeks due to creative differences over the show's tone. He was replaced by Mark Hudis, who previously worked as the show runner on "That '70s Show". Hudis is credited as Executive Producer from the second episode onward. Crew members included: Broadcasting. The show debuted Tuesday March 18, 2008 at 10:30PM EST following an extended Dancing With the Stars. The show subsequently moved to its regular time slot of Thursday 8PM EST on March 20, 2008, where back to back episodes air for the whole hour. Reception. Critical  response. The show received a 63 out of 100 on Metacritic, indicating "generally favorable reviews", with the most positive review coming from "Entertainment Weekly" saying ""MG" is wonderfully absurd and the supporting cast is satisfyingly straight-faced" [21 Mar 2008, p. 53] while the most negative review from "Variety" said "Beyond Greer's latter-day Mary Tyler Moore shtick, there's not a note or character that doesn't feel warmed over."