Hang Time
Series, 1995, TNBC, Set in Deering High
Hang Time is #16 of 16 in release order and #16 of 16 in chronological order in the NBC Saturday Morning Cartoons.
The story
New transfer student Julie Connor tries out for and wins a position on the Deering Tornadoes, her high school’s boys basketball team, much to the dismay of team captain Chris and snooty head cheerleader Mary Beth.
Hang Time recap
Hang Time (1995) follows Julie Connor, the first girl on the boys' basketball team at Deering High School in Indiana. It aired on NBC's TNBC block. Julie (Daniella Deutscher), a transfer from Chicago, impresses Coach Bill Fuller (Reggie Theus), a former NBA player, and joins the Deering Tornados. The first season also features Mary Beth Pepperton (Megan Parlen), Danny Mellon (Chad Gabriel), Chris Atwater (David Hanson) and Samantha Morgan (Hillary Tuck), along with teammates Michael Maxwell and Earl Hatfield. Half the main cast is replaced for season 2, which adds Josh Sanders, Vince D'Amata and Teddy Brodis (Anthony Anderson), while Deutscher, Parlen, Gabriel and Theus stay. Season 3 brings Michael Manning (Adam Frost) and the new head cheerleader, Kristy Ford (Amber Barretto). In season 4 the former NFL player Dick Butkus arrives as the new head coach, Mike Katowinski. Stories follow games, rivalries, dating and school trouble as players graduate and new ones join. The series ran six seasons and 104 episodes, 13, 13, 26, 26, 14 and 12, from September 9, 1995, to December 16, 2000.
Hang Time ending explained
Hang Time ends with "Graduation On Three", aired December 16, 2000. The remaining students graduate and head to different colleges, except Eugene, who is offered a job while his college plans stay unclear. Coach Katowinski keeps coaching at Deering, where the team has gone back to an all-boys roster, though his own future is left open. NBC's teen block ended in 2002, and Hang Time has not been revived.
Ratings
IMDb 7.0/10
Where it fits
- Release order: after California Dreams, the latest.
- Chronological order: after California Dreams, the last.
Cast
- Daniella Deutscher as Julie Connor
- Megan Parlen as Mary-Beth Pepperton
- Adam Frost as Michael Manning
- Amber Barretto as Kristy Ford
- Chad Gabriel as Danny Mellon
- Danso Gordon as Kenny 'Silk' Hayes
- Reggie Theus as Bill Fuller
- Dick Butkus as Mike Katowinski
- Anthony Anderson as Teddy Broadis
- Michael Sullivan as Vince D'Amata
- Jay Hernandez
- Mark Famiglietti as Nick Hammer
Created by Mark Fink.