English Teacher is an American sitcom television series created by Brian Jordan Alvarez, who stars as main character Evan Marquez. The cast also includes Stephanie Koenig, Enrico Colantoni, Sean Patton, and Carmen Christopher. The series premiered on September 2, 2024, on FX. It received positive reviews from critics. In February 2025, English Teacher was renewed for a second season which premiered on September 25, 2025. In November 2025, the series was canceled after two seasons.
High school teacher Evan Marquez finds himself at the intersection of professional, political, and personal aspects of working at a high school.
In June 2022, it was announced FX had ordered the pilot, with Brian Jordan Alvarez set to serve as writer and executive producer, alongside Paul Simms. In November 2023, FX ordered the series. In February 2025, FX renewed the series for a second season. In November 2025, FX canceled the series after two seasons.
Upon the initial announcement, Alvarez was set to star. In September 2022, Stephanie Koenig, Enrico Colantoni, and Julian Sergi joined the cast as series regulars, while Carmen Christopher, Jordan Firstman, Yissendy Trinidad, and Langston Kerman were set to recur. Sean Patton later replaced Sergi in the role of Markie Hillridge.
The first season of English Teacher premiered in the United States on FX on September 2, 2024. In Canada, the series aired on the linear FX channel, with Disney announcing that the first two episodes would debut on September 2, 2024, with episodes available the next day on Disney+. The second season premiered on FX on September 25, 2025, with three new episodes.
New episodes of English Teacher were made available to stream on Hulu following their FX premiere. The first two episodes were released on Hulu on September 3, 2024. Internationally, the series was made available for streaming on Disney+. All ten episodes of the second season were released on Hulu on September 26, 2025.
The streaming aggregator Reelgood, which tracks real-time data from 20 million U.S. users for original and acquired content across SVOD and AVOD services, reported that English Teacher was the eighth most-streamed program in the U.S. from August 29 through September 4, 2024. The series ranked No. 3 on Hulu's "Top 15 Today" listâÂÂa daily updated list of the platform's most-watched titlesâÂÂon September 5. Reelgood later reported that English Teacher was the fourth most-streamed show for the week ending September 11, before moving to ninth place by the week ending September 14.
For the first season, review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 98% approval rating, based on 44 critic reviews. The website's critics consensus reads, "English Teacher makes no bones about the drudgery of faculty life while never feeling like homework, making for a biting and buoyant schoolhouse sitcom." Metacritic gave the first season a weighted average score of 83 out of 100 based on 25 critic reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".
The second season has a 91% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 11 critic reviews. On Metacritic, it has a weighted average score of 76 out of 100 based on 7 reviews, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.
English Teacher premiered on September 2, 2024, with 212,000 total viewers (P2+) and a 0.07% rating, including 80,500 viewers aged 18âÂÂ49 (0.06% rating), and 163,500 household viewers (0.13% rating). Subsequent episodes recorded 92,000 viewers on September 9 (0.03% rating), 116,000 on September 16 (0.04% rating), 137,000 on September 23 (0.04% rating), and 145,000 on September 30 (0.05% rating). In October 2024, viewership slightly declined, with 89,000 viewers on October 7 and 90,000 on October 14 (both 0.03% rating). The 18âÂÂ49 demographic ranged from 26,500 to 80,500 viewers, and household ratings varied from 63,000 to 163,500 viewers during this period.