ザ・チェア 〜私は学科長〜
The Chair was created by en:Amanda Peet and Annie Julia Wyman. Peet also served as an executive producer, alongside en:David Benioff, en:D. B. Weiss, Bernie Caulfield, Daniel Gray Longino, and Sandra Oh. Peet and Annie Julia Wyman co-wrote the pilot episode. en:Washington & Jefferson College in en:Washington, Pennsylvania, and the Shadyside campus of en:Chatham University in Pittsburgh were used to represent Pembroke University, with the Shadyside neighborhood standing in for the town of Pembroke.
The en:review aggregator website en:Rotten Tomatoes reported a 85 percent approval rating with an average rating of 6.9 out of 10, based on 60 critic reviews. The critics consensus reads, "The Chair is too short to achieve all of its ambitions, but spot-on observations about academia and a sturdy ensemble led by an empathetic—and hilarious—performance from Sandra Oh ensure it's never less than watchable." en:Metacritic gave the series a weighted average score of 73 out of 100 based on 33 critic reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
Reviewing the series for en:USA Today, Kelly Lawler gave the series a rating of three out of four stars and said, "Like most college students, The Chair is incredibly ambitious at what it will achieve in its short time and occasionally falls flat, but overall the series beats the metaphorical curve." Ben Travers of en:IndieWire gave the series a B and wrote, "If The Chair were just a collegiate-level romantic-comedy, it would be a delight, boosted further by its brevity, but the show's eagerness to cover more ground is both exciting and a bit much."