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PARTING SHOT - Quinta Brunson
Newsweek US
|September 02, 2022
It was really important to me to show audiences...extreme funny, extreme heart.
THE LANDSCAPE OF TELEVISION IS SO VAST THESE DAYS, IT'S RARE FOR A network TV comedy series to succeed. But Quinta Brunson's Abbott Elementary has proven to be a surprise exception, quickly becoming a ratings and critical success. "It's very rare for first-season comedies [to be a success], especially on network." After the show's Emmy-recognized 13-episode first season, its second season (ABC, September 21) comes with a full order of 22 episodes. "I just want people to know when you come to Abbott, you get a range of things. And this season, I feel like we get to play with that range. Now we get to live in it." Brunson says the inspiration for creating the series came from watching her mom's experience as a teacher. "I was in her kindergart
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