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Posted: 2024-02-10T18:06:38Z | Updated: 2024-02-10T18:06:38Z Hit ABC Sitcom 'Abbott Elementary' To Return For Season 4 | HuffPost

Hit ABC Sitcom 'Abbott Elementary' To Return For Season 4

The celebrated workplace comedy, developed by and starring Quinta Brunson, is set to continue its award-winning run.
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"Abbott Elementary" creator and star Quinta Brunson appears in a scene from Season 3 of the hit ABC sitcom. The show was renewed for a fourth season, announced Saturday.
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PASADENA, Calif. Class will continue to be in session at Abbott Elementary, as ABC renewed the hit workplace sitcom for a fourth season, the network said Saturday.

Fresh off of the shows Season 3 premiere earlier this week, cast member William Stanford Davis, who plays janitor Mr. Johnson on the Emmy- and Golden Globe-winning mockumentary series, announced the shows renewal during ABCs session at the Television Critics Associations winter press tour.

Created by and starring Quinta Brunson , the ensemble sitcom, set at a fictional elementary school in Philadelphia, has received numerous awards and praise for revitalizing network television and spotlighting the work of Black and brown educators .

Brunson who previously produced popular videos at HuffPosts parent company, BuzzFeed developed the show, drawing inspiration from her mothers background as a longtime public school teacher in Philadelphia.

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Brunson, who won an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series, appears at the awards ceremony in Los Angeles on Jan. 15.
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Since its first season debuted in 2021, the series has been the rare network show to become appointment viewing for multiple generations of TV audiences.

I think most millennials take their stories to streaming because you get to be more raunchy there, but I enjoy making a show for families to watch around the TV, how I watched TV when I was younger, Brunson told HuffPost in 2022 . Going to ABC felt like the natural choice. It was something about the team at ABC. I was like Theyre gonna let me cook.

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