Sweet baby Jesus! Sheryl Lee Ralph has received critical acclaim for her portrayal of Barbara Howard on ABC’s Abbott Elementary — but that wasn’t always the role she wanted to play.
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Clapback class is in session! Quinta Brunson swiftly shut down an Abbott Elementary critic who questioned the show’s take on charter schools.
Center of Education Reform’s CEO Jeanne Allen called out the 33-year-old creator and star of the ABC series in a since-deleted tweet that brought up Brunson’s own educational background. “I’ll share it again. The creator, lead writer and co-producer of @AbbottElemABC @quintabrunson is from West Philly and attended charter schools her entire education,” Allen claimed. “She reportedly loved it at the time, heaped praise on it. Once upon a time. Guess money talks.”
The Emmy winner didn’t mince words when she responded on Thursday, March 16. “You’re wrong and bad at research,” Brunson tweeted. “I only attended a charter for high school. My public elementary school was transitioned to charter over a decade after I left. I did love my high school. That school is now defunct- which happens to charters often.”
She ended her fiery message on a lighthearted note, adding, “Loving something doesn’t mean it can’t be critiqued. Thanks for watching the show :).”
Brunson stars as Janine Teagues on the mockumentary-style series, which premiered in December 2021. The sitcom follows the teachers and students of Abbott Elementary, an underfunded public school in Philadelphia which faces the looming threat of being taken over by a popular charter school network.
The Miracle Workers alum has been outspoken about the inspiration behind her critically acclaimed show, telling Insider in March 2022 that she was “very interested” in exploring the dynamic between public and charter education. “It’s like, why can’t we give public schools more though? Why do they have to change into a charter school in order to be
Sweet baby Jesus! Sheryl Lee Ralph has received critical acclaim for her portrayal of Barbara Howard on ABC’s Abbott Elementary — but that wasn’t always the role she wanted to play.
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Taraji P. Henson is joining the family and finally putting a face to Janine Teague's mommy issues. Per, the actress will guest star as Quinta Brunson's TV mom, Vanetta, in the season's penultimate episode aptly titled «Mom.» The news was announced on Saturday, during the show's panel at the Paley Center for Media's annual PaleyFest L.A.
Quinta Brunson had a real-life “pinch me” moment on April 1. The “Abbott Elementary” creator and star made her “Saturday Night Live” debut as the night’s guest, and according to her monologue, it was a long time coming.
, just made her hosting debut. Obviously, it was as hilarious as you would expect.On April 1, kicked off the night with a monologue that highlighted the differences between her award-winning comedy series and the hit '90s sitcom .
Quinta Brunson had a real-life «pinch me» moment on April 1. The creator and star made her debut as the night's guest, and according to her monologue, it was a long time coming. Brunson shared that she had always dreamed of being on when she was a kid, but the audition process «seemed long,» so she took the simple route when she «created my own TV show, made sure it became really popular, won a bunch of Emmys and then got asked to host and it was so much easier!»The 33-year-old went on about the network sitcom's success, at one point comparing it to .
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Katie Reul editor Class is back in session with “Abbott Elementary” creator and star Quinta Brunson, whose April 1 hosting debut on “Saturday Night Live” featured a comedic lesson on why she and her character, Janine Teagues, are actually nothing alike. “I love that people are enjoying ‘Abbott,’ but I wish that they didn’t expect me to be exactly like my character all the time in public. Janine Teagues is a second grade teacher who is caring and wholesome, but I’m the opposite. I mean, I’m not a filthy whore but I like to have fun,” Brunson joked. For viewers not familiar with Brunson, the actor provided a biting description of her acclaimed mockumentary series that caused an eruption of laughter among the crowd: “It’s a network sitcom, like ‘Friends,’ but instead of being about a group of friends it’s about a group of teachers, instead of New York it’s Philadelphia and instead of not having Black people, it does.”
Sheryl Lee Ralph, Lisa Ann Walter and Tyler James Williams attended a session on their hit show Abbott Elementary during PaleyFest LA 2023 at the Dolby Theatre on Saturday (April 1) in Hollywood, Calif.
Quinta Brunson took the Saturday Night Live stage as host to deliver a monologue where she took a swipe at Friends and made a plea in the name of teachers.
Quinta Brunson kicked off Saturday Night Live by revealing exactly how she landed her hosting gig, and it sounds like a lot of work!
Angelique Jackson It’s Monday afternoon and Quinta Brunson, creator, writer and star of “Abbott Elementary,” is about an hour away from walking into 30 Rockefeller Plaza for her first meeting with the writers of “Saturday Night Live.” She’s been a fan of “SNL” since childhood, watching the series with her family growing up in Philadelphia. Now, on Saturday night, she’ll make her Studio 8H debut with some of those friends and family — many of whom are based on the east coast — in the audience to cheer her on. “It’s surreal. I’m just taking it day by day — like I normally do because everything is so surreal nowadays — but this one’s really exciting,” Brunson tells Variety, calling from New York City. “‘SNL’ is the reason I even started pursuing comedy as a career, to be asked to host is just unreal. I can’t believe that I’m here and that it’s actually happening. It’s one of those ‘pinch yourself’ moments, for sure.”
EXCLUSIVE: Oscar winning co-director/co-scribe/producer of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Rodney Rothman, and former MGM exec Adam Rosenberg, have inked a first look deal with Sony Pictures to develop, produce, write, and direct feature films through their company, Modern Magic.
Maybe Quinta Brunson learned about April Fool’s Day “pranks” from some confused kids at Abbott Elementary.
April is going to be a star-packed month on Global’s “Saturday Night Live”.
Quinta Brunson is setting the record straight on her academic history.
@AbbottElemABC @quintabrunson is from West Philly and attended charter schools her entire education,” Allen wrote on Twitter. “She reportedly loved it at the time, heaped praise on it. Once upon a time.
Quinta Brunson is headed to Saturday Night Live to host the April 1 episode of the popular late night show.
Katie Reul editor Quinta Brunson, the Emmy award-winning creator and star of “Abbott Elementary,” will transition from a classroom to a live studio audience with her hosting debut on “Saturday Night Live” on April 1. Lil Yachty has been named as the episode’s musical guest. Brunson’s first appearance on the show could coincide with the a potential strike set by the show’s post-production editors. The strike comes after calls for NBCUniversal to pay editors industry standard rates and provide appropriate health benefits. The editing crew organized with the Motion Picture Editors Guild, which is part of IATSE Local 700, in order to negotiate a contract with NBCUniversal in October of last year. An agreement has yet to be reached. Now, the post-production team of “SNL” has set a deadline of April 1 for an agreement to be reached, at which point they will boycott working on the show.
They have arrived! The brightest and most brilliant stars in TV, film, music and more came together to celebrate the Essence Black Women in Hollywood Awards on Thursday, March 9.