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- 2021
- TV-PG
- ABC
- 2021
- TV-PG
- ABC
Summary The Quinta Brunson comedy centers on a group of teachers working at a Philadelphia public elementary school.
Created By: Quinta Brunson
- 2021
- TV-PG
- ABC
- 2021
- TV-PG
- ABC
Abbott Elementary
Season 1 Premiere: Dec 7, 2021
7.0
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Summary The Quinta Brunson comedy centers on a group of teachers working at a Philadelphia public elementary school.
Created By: Quinta Brunson
Where to Watch
Top Cast
Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 33 Critic Reviews
83
94% Positive
31 Reviews
31 Reviews
6% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 33 Critic Reviews
83
94% Positive
31 Reviews
31 Reviews
6% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
The first two episodes, which is what ABC sent to critics, are equally as funny and heartwarming as the best of the show’s excellent first season.
There is always a question about whether you can match the high bar set by what preceded it. Not only is this show already on track to do so, but there is also the promising potential for it to even surpass what came before.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 82 User Ratings
7.0
70% Positive
57 Ratings
57 Ratings
15% Mixed
12 Ratings
12 Ratings
16% Negative
13 Ratings
13 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 82 User Ratings
7.0
70% Positive
57 Ratings
57 Ratings
15% Mixed
12 Ratings
12 Ratings
16% Negative
13 Ratings
13 Ratings
I honestly haven't laughed this hard watching a TV show in a very long time. There is great chemistry among most of the cast (with one glaring exception Chris Perfetti) and the writers can both tell a good story and pull off one liners mixed in throughout.
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You would think after The Office and Parks and Recreation, there would be no live left in the mockumentory sitcom. I'm looking at you Welcome To Flatch, despite you trying your best. Then along comes Abbot Elementary. When anchoring this type of show you need a central character that you can care for, flaws and all, ala Michael Scott or Leslie Knope. Quinta Brunson (creator and star) plays the idealistic young teacher trying her best amongst the newbies, substitutes, and veterans of the teaching staff. And by the end of the first episode you will fall for her all the way. This would be a perfect 10 if it weren't for almost every character "pulling a Jim", although characters will glance at the camera with their own agenda, be it "see what I mean" to "look what I did there". Bravo to ABC for airing what networks used to do in their sleep, a FUNNY 30-minute sitcom.
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It feels like they used the summer to balance out how the show’s writers tune their cast, allowing every supporting player just enough time to shine in both episodes. Of course, being only 15 episodes into a run makes it way too soon to discern this show’s place in comedy history, but it’s starting to feel more and more like “Abbott Elementary” will be a part of comedy class syllabi for years to come.
Pacing aside, what Abbott Elementary Season 3 continues to prove is that a perfect cast counts for a huge portion of a comedy report card.
“Abbott Elementary” reminds us how entertaining mockumentaries can be. It helps that the show is superbly cast.
Sure, some of the characters are stereotypes – painfully woke, white teacher Jacob (Chris Perfetti); ziti-making Melissa “I know a guy” Schemmenti (Lisa Ann Walter, another scene-stealer) – but they’re all uniformly funny.
Watching it will definitely give you some painful 1960s and 1970s whiplash.
Quinta Brunson created this show based on her experiences with her teacher mother and she named the show after one of her middle school teachers. It's a mockumentary staged in an underfunded Philadelphia elementary school that follows a group of teachers and the hilariously clueless principal played by Janelle James. The characters all have endearing, amusing traits, while their interactions provide much of the comedy. The writing keeps the show on its comic toes, even though the constant glances at the camera don't really add much. Although it's not a breakthrough in TV sitcoms, there's plenty of heart and fun to make it refreshing and pleasingly watchable.
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We tried. Really we did. At the end of the day, this isn't a bad show. However it isn't "good" either. Certainly I've seen nothing from the writing and acting that justifies the near universal praise the show has received.
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Not funny enough, the jokes are very cringy we sleep. We don’t support this
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Production Company:
- Delicious Non-Sequitur Productions
- 20th Television
- Warner Bros. Television
Initial Release Date: Dec 7, 2021
Number of seasons: 4 Seasons
Rating: TV-PG
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Awards
Golden Globes, USA
• 3 Wins & 7 Nominations
Black Reel Awards for Television
• 7 Wins & 25 Nominations
Online Film & Television Association
• 7 Wins & 25 Nominations
