Abbott Elementary, a single-camera comedy that debuted quietly in the dead of winter 2021 on ABC, quickly became the broadcast hit of the past two years, and it’s now available to stream in its entirety on Max and Hulu. Also, ABC will be airing reruns of Abbott Elementary in the fall of 2023, billed as “encores,” on Wednesdays. No new episodes are being produced due to the ongoing WGA/SAG-AFTRA writers’ strike.
The series, created by and starring Quinta Brunson, follows the daily struggles of a group of teachers at a broke Philadelphia school and borrows heavily from the mockumentary style of The Office—in the best way. Abbott Elementary also made several kinds of history at the 2022 Emmy Awards:
- Abbott Elementary was the only broadcast TV series nominated in multiple (seven) Outstanding Emmy categories.
- Quinta Brunson (32) was the youngest Black woman ever nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy, as well as the first Black woman to receive three comedy noms in one year.
- Veteran Sheryl Lee Ralph (66) won her first Emmy, Outstanding Supporting Actress, with her first-ever nomination.
- Abbott Elementary was the highest-trending show on Emmys night Twitter—even hotter than cable and streaming heavyweights Succession and Ted Lasso.
You’re probably thinking, “Hey, maybe I should check this show out,” and you’d be right. Here’s how to catch up.
Watch Abbott Elementary on Max
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Watch Abbott Elementary on Hulu
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Hulu gives you a few more options with its plans, including a 30-day free trial with its on-demand-only (no live TV) services. Abbott Elementary‘s two seasons are available to stream on Hulu.
Watch Abbott Elementary on-demand
ABC is available on most every cable, satellite, and live TV streaming service, and so is series on-demand capability. On the downside, full seasons of shows like Abbott Elementary aren’t always available through live TV services’ on-demand libraries, so Max or Hulu might be the safer bet.
But we do have recs for the best in cable, satellite, and live TV streaming:
Get caught up on Abbott Elementary with Max or Hulu, or watch it in rerun form on ABC this fall—thanks to the ongoing writers’ strike, it’ll be the only non-reality show on the network this year.
Bill Frost has been a journalist and TV reviewer since the 4:3-aspect-ratio ’90s. His pulse-pounding prose has been featured in The Salt Lake Tribune, Inlander, Coachella Valley Independent, Las Vegas Weekly, and many other dead-tree publications (see BillFrost.tv). In addition to being a Senior Staff Writer at CableTV.com, Bill is a syndicated streaming TV columnist forSalt Lake City Weekly and other alternative weeklies, and host/producer of TV Tan Podcast. By night, Bill cranks a Flying V with his band at the bar.
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