Education blogger Mr. Teacher floats some new-show ideas in hopes of ending the writer's strike.

I particularly like "The Straight-A Team":

10 hours ago, a crack academic team was sent to detention for a violation they didn't commit. These students promptly escaped from the minimum-security detention hall to the high school underground. Today, still wanted by the vice principal, they survive as mathletes of fortune. If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find them, maybe you can hire... the Straight A-Team.

Bah ha ha ha ha ha. I'm guessing it's made up of a suave, mature senior student, a good-looking ladies'-man varsity track guy, a kid who keeps getting "referrals" because of the crazy stuff he draws in his notebook, and a large African-American student wearing chains made out of paperclips....