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Abbott Elementary has some news to share, and they asked Barbara Howard to do it. Therefore, they gave us her phone number so that she could instruct us that the sitcom will be back for a 6th season.

The news is not a surprise because it is still a critical darling and an award-show darling.

The show is about the teachers at a Philadelphia elementary school. It stars Quinta Brunson as Janine Teagues, Tyler James Williams as Gregory Eddie, Janelle James as Ava Coleman, Chris Perfetti as Jacob Hill, Lisa Ann Walter as Melissa Schemmenti, William Stanford Davis as Mr. Johnson, and Sheryl Lee Ralph as Barbara Howard.

This is the first series to be picked up for next season, and all of the other scripted fall shows are expected to be on the 2026-2027 season.

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ABC loves learning the ABCs from Abbott Elementary so much that they picked it up for a fifth season today.

The sitcom is the network’s most buzzed show, after 9-1-1, and one of the few that get Emmy nominations, so it makes sense.

Plus, it is getting help in the ratings from the premiere of Tim Allen’s Shifting Gears and the crossover event episode with the cast of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.

UPDATE: ABC was in a good mood today because they also picked up High Potential for a second season. The police procedural, which stars Kaitlin Olson, has been doing great since its premiere. Therefore, this decision makes a lot of sense.

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I don’t know about you, but I have been missing The Rookie and Will Trent, and I want to know when they are going to be back. Well, today, ABC announced their midseason lineup, so now we know.

ABC MIDSEASON PRIMETIME SCHEDULE PREMIERE DATES ARE AS FOLLOWS (all times listed are Eastern/Pacific).

DAY TIME SERIES

THURSDAY, JAN 2
8:00 p.m. “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” (Series Premiere)
9:00 p.m. “Only Murders in the Building” (Broadcast Season Two Premiere – two hours)

SUNDAY, JAN 5
7:00 p.m. “AFV” (Midseason Return)
8:00 p.m. The Wonderful World of Disney

TUESDAY, JAN 7
8:00 p.m. “Will Trent” (Season Three Premiere)
9:00 p.m. “High Potential” (Midseason Return)
10:00 p.m. “The Rookie” (Season Seven Premiere)

WEDNESDAY, JAN 8
8:00 p.m. “Shifting Gears” (Series Premiere)
8:30 p.m. “Abbott Elementary” (Midseason Return)
9:02 p.m. “Celebrity Jeopardy!” (Season Three Premiere)
10:02 p.m. “What Would You Do?” (Midseason Return)

FRIDAY, JAN 17
8:00 p.m. “Shark Tank” (Midseason Return)

THURSDAY, JAN 30
9:00 p.m. “Scamanda” (Series Premiere)
10:00 p.m. “Perfect Wife: The Mysterious Disappearance of Sherri Papini”

THURSDAY, MAR 6 8:00 p.m. “9-1-1” (Midseason Return)
9:00 p.m. “Doctor Odyssey” (Midseason Return)
10:00 p.m. “Grey’s Anatomy” (Midseason Return)

SUNDAY, MAR 9
8:00 p.m. “American Idol” (Season Eight Premiere – two hours)
10:00 p.m. “The $100,000 Pyramid” (Season Eight Premiere)

The anticipated episode of It’s Always Sunny in Abbott Elementary is going to debut on January 8th.

The final season of The Conners will debut sometime in March, while Celebrity Family Feud and Press Your Luck have no return date.

To read about the new shows, then click here!

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Over the summer, Quinta Brunson said that her sitcom, Abbott Elementary, is going to do a crossover with another show. However, she didn’t say which one it is.

Today, Rob McElhenney let the cat out of the bag and revealed via photos on social media that It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, the show about a bar, is going to get schooled.

How the two shows, which are based in Philly are going to come together, we do not know. But we know that McElhenney, Danny DeVito, Gleen Howerton, and Charlie Day will be attending class later this year.

I can’t wait to see the madness that ensues in this episode.

Abbott Elementary will be back with new episodes on October 9th, and that is not the only new thing we can expect from the Emmy-winning sitcom.

When the school is back in session, the teachers will be animated, as in stop motion.

One of the students’ dioramam projects will be taken over by teachers, and it will be Mr. Johnson who will try to get an A+ during Show and Tell.

Will the teachers like his story? Find out next month.

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