As hard as it is for any TV show to start on a strong note, it’s doubly hard for comedies, which depend so much on cast and writers’ room chemistry to truly click into gear. You wouldn&…
” makes quick work of introducing its setting , characters , and the intangible sense of history and possibility that keep any show compelling beyond its logline.
Brunson stars as Janine, an eternally optimistic second grade teacher who refuses to accept the uninspiring status quo without trying to improve it. This makes her something of a nuisance to veteran teachers like Barbara and Melissa — played by the formidable duo ofand Lisa Ann Walter — who have been at this too long to hope for much better than what they’ve got.
Centering a show on teachers isn’t exactly a new concept, even as those shows have rarely lived up to their narrative potential. Where “Abbott Elementary” succeeds, then, is by making itself a true workplace comedy in the vein of “The Office” or “Superstore.” There are hints of what the teachers’ lives are like outside the school, but only enough to inform what they’re like inside it — and for now, that’s plenty.
No doubt developed long before the pandemic disrupted schooling in a huge, irrevocable way, “Abbott Elementary” elects not to work the coronavirus into its reality, which is probably just as well. The extraordinary hardships teachers have gone through since the pandemic hit are enough to fuel an entirely different show — and as “Abbott Elementary” makes plain, the problems that have become unavoidable in recent years didn’t spring up out of nowhere.
A special preview of “Abbott Elementary” will air Tuesday, Dec. 7 at 9:30 p.m. on ABC before its Jan. 4 midseason premiere.
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