Abbott Elementary

2021

Quinta Brunson created and stars in this ABC mockumentary about teachers at an underfunded public elementary school in Philadelphia, led by her relentlessly optimistic second-grade teacher Janine Teagues. Sheryl Lee Ralph won an Emmy as the veteran kindergarten teacher Barbara Howard, Janelle James plays the self-interested principal Ava, and Tyler James Williams, Lisa Ann Walter, and Chris Perfetti round out the staff. It was the first network comedy in years to break through with both critics and a broad audience and streams on both Hulu and HBO Max under an unusual shared deal.