Abbott Elementary Continues to Raise the Bar in Its New Season
School is back in session, and the grades are looking up; ABC’s breakout comedy Abbott Elementary continues to raise the bar and grow its audience. After only a week of the second season, Abbott’s viewing has quadrupled.
Based on the week-long delayed viewing that combines viewing from Hulu, DVR, and live viewing, the series’ critical demographic has increased by 318%. Within that week, the number of total viewers jumped from 2.9 million to 7 million viewers, making this the series’ most significant delayed-viewing increase.
Abbott Elementary’s season one series finale received 5.9 million multi-platform delayed-viewers, so social media traction and, of course, two Emmy wins had new and loyal viewers excited to tune in to the September 21 premiere.
i am sitting here begging u all to watch abbott elementary. please. pic.twitter.com/xwTbYPJ2Rg— ً (@priyalovemilfs) October 3, 2022
So far this season, we’ve seen the teachers of Abbott prepare for the upcoming school year, where they each face different obstacles, like not having the proper accommodation for disabled students and not having enough time in the year to teach the lengthy curriculum.
Thank you #AbbottElementary for mentioning that most Philly schools do not have a librarian! Only seven of 214 Philly public schools have a certified school librarian!
*also referencing the digital divide.— Kim Mento is back in the library📚 (@wordsofmento) September 30, 2022
Looking toward the rest of the 22-episode season, fans can expect to dive deeper into the teachers’ homelives as that wasn’t the main focus in season one. Writer and star of the series Quinta Brunson mentioned that she was focused on writing solid and lovable characters for the school environment, but with 14 additional episodes compared to last season, there is more room to learn more about the teachers.
I am glad they upgraded Mr.Johnson to a main cast role because that man is hilarious. #AbbottElementary pic.twitter.com/seYmpPFEVR— Uhh!!! Not A White Refrigerator! (@daoriginal17) September 30, 2022
As for the highly-anticipated relationship between Janine and Gregory, only time will tell. Tyler James Williams (Gregory Eddie) stated, “I mean I think there’s always something simmering there…I think it’s pretty clear that Gregory is interested. It’s just a matter of timing really, at this point.”
Catch Abbott Elementary Wednesday nights at 8 PM on ABC and the next day on Hulu.
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