What is “Abbott Elementary”?
A: Abbott Elementary is an American sitcom television series.
Who was it created by?
A: Quinta Brunson for ABC.
It stars Brunson as a second-grade teacher at Abbott
Elementary, a what?
A: A fictional predominantly Black school in Philadelphia.
The series premiered as a midseason entry in what
television season on December 7, 2021?
A: The 2021–22 season.
The show was met with what?
A: Critical acclaim.
The first season consisted of how many episodes?
A: 13 episodes.
In March 2022, the series was renewed for what?
A: A 22-episode second season, which premiered on September 21, 2022.
The show was nominated for Outstanding Comedy Series at
what?
A: The 74th Primetime Emmy Awards.
Brunson, James, Ralph, and Williams all received what?
A: Nominations for their performances.
The show won how many Emmys for its first season?
A: Three, including Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for
Ralph and Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series for Brunson.
A documentary crew is recording the lives of teachers
working where?
A: In underfunded schools.
One of the places they have decided to document is
what?
A: Philadelphia's Willard R. Abbott Elementary School, a predominantly Black
Philadelphia public school.
Conditions at the school are harsh and most teachers do
not what?
A: Last more than two years.
Second grade teacher Janine Teagues and history teacher
Jacob Hill are two of three teachers in what?
A: A group of twenty to make it past one year.
Quinta Brunson plays Janine Teagues, an optimistic
second-grade teacher who has a mission to do what?
A: To help the lives of her students while also managing her own personal
life.
Tyler James Williams plays Gregory Eddie, a substitute,
later full-time, first-grade teacher who harbors what?
A: A crush on Janine.
Gregory originally applied to be the school's principal
and is upset with an unqualified Ava for what?
A: For taking the job he worked hard to obtain.
Janelle James plays Ava Coleman, the school's inept
principal who enjoys doing what?
A: Picking on and bullying her co-workers, specifically Janine.
She also harbors an attraction to whom?
A: Gregory, however she does not hide it well.
It is revealed that Ava obtained her job as principal
after doing what?
A: Blackmailing the superintendent.
Lisa Ann Walter plays Melissa Schemmenti, a
second-grade teacher with what?
A: Questionable connections.
Chris Perfetti plays Jacob Hill, a what?
A: An awkward history teacher who supports Janine and her mission.
Sheryl Lee Ralph plays Barbara Howard, a what?
A: An old-school kindergarten teacher whom Janine looks up to.
She is wary of new technology and prefers to teach
how?
A: The way she has for her entire career.
William Stanford Davis plays Mr. Johnson the school's
eccentric, but surprisingly talented what?
A: Custodian.