, the popular sitcom set in a fictional Philadelphia public elementary school, will wrap up its first season Tuesday at 9:30 p.m.
In just one season, the ABC show — created by and starring West Philadelphia native Quinta Brunson — has broken viewing records, introduced the whole country to Philly slang, and captured the hearts of audiences that include Philly residents and teachers who have to laugh at just how right the show gets the quirks of the public school system.
The show stars Brunson as Janine Teagues, an idealistic teacher at West Philadelphia’s titular Abbott Elementary, trying her best to fix every problem one by one, on her own. The fictional school has highlighted many of the same difficulties in the real Philadelphia public school system, running into budget restrictions and bureaucracy.Inspired by mom, named after a Philly teacher
In interviews, Brunson has said she wrote the sitcom thinking of her mother, who was a kindergarten teacher in the Philadelphia school district. But the show was named after“She was an awesome student,” Abbott said about Brunson. “Sometimes she was too hard on herself — she was so driven for excellence.”With just the season premiere released,
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