Emmy® and Golden Globe® Award-Winning ‘Abbott Elementary’ Renewed for Season Four on ABC and Hulu

On the heels of its supersized season three premiere, ABC has renewed hit comedy series “Abbott Elementary,” from Warner Bros. Television and 20th Television, for a fourth season. It was announced today by “Abbott”’s own Mr. Johnson (William Stanford Davis) at the 2024 Winter Television Critics Association Press Tour.

Last season, “Abbott Elementary” delivered a 3.56 rating in Adults 18-49 after 35 days of viewing across platforms, marking the strongest season average for an ABC comedy since the 2019-2020 season and ranking as ABC’s No. 1 multiplatform series.

Season three is now airing WEDNESDAYS (9:00-9:32 p.m. EST) on ABC and streams next day on Hulu. In next week’s episode, “Gregory’s Garden Goofballs,” Gregory is hesitant when kids start hanging out in his classroom at lunch, looking to him for advice as the “cool teacher.” Meanwhile, Barbara is shocked to find Tariq is dating the mother of one of her students. Janine and Jacob try to hire an ASL interpreter for a student in Jacob’s classroom.

Quinta Brunson, Emmy® Award winner for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series, created the series and stars as Janine Teagues. Brunson, alongside Justin Halpern and Patrick Schumacker of Delicious Non-Sequitur Productions, Randall Einhorn and Brian Rubenstein serve as executive producers. In addition to Brunson, the cast includes Tyler James Williams as Gregory Eddie, Janelle James as Ava Coleman, Lisa Ann Walter as Melissa Schemmenti, Chris Perfetti as Jacob Hill, William Stanford Davis as Mr. Johnson, and Emmy Award winner Sheryl Lee Ralph as Barbara Howard.

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