User Reviews

If you were a teacher you'd understand. Gags go over the top, sometimes, but they're never too far from real life.

I have to say that this is one of my favorite shows ever. Abbott Elementary is one of the best shows ( and the "revival") of the mockumentary genre. Great cast, funny storyline and a perfect representation of how modern public schools actually feel like. Overall, this is a great show and I highly recommend watching all 5 seasons (and hopefully more in the future).

Thank you to my partner for introducing me to this show! it is amazing There's a character for everything and everyone

My new favorite show, held my attention, had so many great laughs and is definitely another comfort show. It's up there with The Office.

Wow! I never would have found this ____ show if Sunny had not have made a cameo! I have never seen a more racist unfunny POS tv show. It’s like the View wrote this BS. People actually watch this garbage??? The Sunny cast made it sort of watchable because I love everything Sunny in Philly but the cast of Abott honestly ruined their cameo. Good Lord Almighty this show is insufferable.

We tried. Really we did. At the end of the day, this isn't a bad show. However it isn't "good" either. Certainly I've seen nothing from the writing and acting that justifies the near universal praise the show has received. I's grown on me. The show still isn't great but it has some really solid moments.

You would think after The Office and Parks and Recreation, there would be no live left in the mockumentory sitcom. I'm looking at you Welcome To Flatch, despite you trying your best. Then along comes Abbot Elementary. When anchoring this type of show you need a central character that you can care for, flaws and all, ala Michael Scott or Leslie Knope. Quinta Brunson (creator and star) plays the idealistic young teacher trying her best amongst the newbies, substitutes, and veterans of the teaching staff. And by the end of the first episode you will fall for her all the way. This would be a perfect 10 if it weren't for almost every character "pulling a Jim", although characters will glance at the camera with their own agenda, be it "see what I mean" to "look what I did there". Bravo to ABC for airing what networks used to do in their sleep, a FUNNY 30-minute sitcom.

Not funny enough, the jokes are very cringy we sleep. We don’t support this

Quinta Brunson created this show based on her experiences with her teacher mother and she named the show after one of her middle school teachers. It's a mockumentary staged in an underfunded Philadelphia elementary school that follows a group of teachers and the hilariously clueless principal played by Janelle James. The characters all have endearing, amusing traits, while their interactions provide much of the comedy. The writing keeps the show on its comic toes, even though the constant glances at the camera don't really add much. Although it's not a breakthrough in TV sitcoms, there's plenty of heart and fun to make it refreshing and pleasingly watchable.

I honestly haven't laughed this hard watching a TV show in a very long time. There is great chemistry among most of the cast (with one glaring exception Chris Perfetti) and the writers can both tell a good story and pull off one liners mixed in throughout.