VIDEO: First Look - The SCHOOL OF ROCK Band Jams Out in New Nickelodeon Adaptation

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Not to be outdone by Andrew Lloyd Webber's hit stage adaptation of the 2003 film SCHOOL OF ROCK, Nickelodeon will premiere a small screen version of the film on Saturday, March 12 at 9:30 p.m. (ET/PT.) Following the debut, the show will move to its regular time slot on Saturdays at 8:30 p.m. (ET/PT).

In the MTV exclusive clip below from the premiere episode, kids Zack (Lance Lim), Lawrence (Aidan Miner), Freddy (Ricardo Hurtado), Summer (Jade Pettyjohn), Tomika (Breanna Yde) and their substitute teacher Dewey Finn (Tony Cavalero) rock out to The Romantics classic, "What I Like About You"!

Inspired by the hit movie, School of Rock follows a unique group of prep school students who are in for the change of a lifetime when a down-on-his-luck musician poses as their substitute teacher. At first, the overachieving and rule-following kids are rather unimpressed, but their new teacher, Dewey, uses rock n' roll to ignite their inner expression.

Tony Cavalero plays "Dewey," a down-on-his-luck musician posing as a substitute teacher, who ultimately becomes the most unique and well-liked teacher the kids have ever had. Although he has an alternative approach to teaching and could probably learn more from his students about history or math, Dewey uses the language of rock n' roll to elevate and inspire his class of kids to reach new heights as the band called "School of Rock."

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