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Quinta Brunson
John Mulaney and Fisher Stevens at the IndieWire Honors at Citizen News on June 6, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.
The event, held at Citizen News in Hollywood on June 6, honored Carol Burnett, Quinta Brunson, John Mulaney, and many other luminaries of the TV season.
Justin Halpern, Quinta Brunson and Patrick Schumacker attend the 2023 Critics Choice Awards.
IndieWire Honors
"If you are among those surprised that Quinta Brunson helped save network comedy, you simply have never met Quinta Brunson," say the executive producers of our IndieWire Honors Visionary Award winner.
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IndieWire Honors
Brunson, who will receive the Visionary Award at IndieWire Honors, shares that one of the keys to her ABC sitcom's success has been making sure to "follow the characters' hearts."
Mel Brooks; Quinta Brunson
Awards
On June 9, Brooks will receive the Peabody Career Achievement Award and "Abbott Elementary" creator/star Quinta Brunson will receive the Peabody Trailblazer Award.
ABBOTT ELEMENTARY - ÒEgg DropÓ Ð When the eighth-grade science class participates in an egg drop activity, Janine insists her second-grade class joins in. Even when the science teacher and Gregory tell her that her students arenÕt ready for physics lessons, Janine is determined to prove them wrong. Then, when Barbara is shocked at the clothing one of her studentÕs parents wears, she learns to not judge someone solely based on their appearance on ÒAbbott Elementary,Ó WEDNESDAY, NOV. 16 (9:00-9:31 p.m. EST), on ABC. (ABC/Gilles Mingasson)
QUINTA BRUNSON
Emmys
The creator-star of the beloved ABC sitcom became the second Black woman in history to win the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series.
ABBOTT ELEMENTARY - ÒTeacher ConferenceÓ - The Abbott staff heads to the Pennsylvania Educational Conference. Gregory reluctantly attends after a disagreement with Amber and bonds with Janine over their similarities. Jacob finds himself charmed by the Addington teachers. WEDNESDAY, FEB. 22 (9:00-9:31 p.m. EST), on ABC. (ABC/Gilles Mingasson) QUINTA BRUNSON
Too often women who create and star in their own shows are not recognized by the Emmys in the same way as their male counterparts.
ABBOTT ELEMENTARY - ÒTeacher ConferenceÓ - The Abbott staff heads to the Pennsylvania Educational Conference. Gregory reluctantly attends after a disagreement with Amber and bonds with Janine over their similarities. Jacob finds himself charmed by the Addington teachers. WEDNESDAY, FEB. 22 (9:00-9:31 p.m. EST), on ABC. (ABC/Gilles Mingasson) QUINTA BRUNSON
The ABC sitcom's makeup department head Alisha L. Baijounas shares how color theory impacts our' burning Janine-Gregory theories.
Quinta Brunson on "Saturday Night Live"
The "Abbott Elementary" hyphenate brought her brand of wholesome comedy to Studio 8H.
Three women confer over a bright orange reception desk in a school hallway, one of them holding a clip board; still from "Abbott Elementary"
A major plot point in the ABC comedy's second season is that Draemond (Leslie Odom Jr.) is trying to turn Abbott into a charter, but the teachers are vehemently against it.
A woman in a long black and teal dress stands on top of an elementary school desk; still from "Abbott Elementary."
It's great timing for Quinta Brunson's beloved sitcom, which triumphed at last night's Golden Globes.
Quinta Brunson
Awards haven't changed Brunson's plans for her ABC hit: "I really just want to make a good TV show."
ABBOTT ELEMENTARY - ABCÕs ÒAbbott ElementaryÓ stars Quinta Brunson as Janine.  (ABC/Matt Sayles)
By expanding the world in Season 2 viewers get to learn more about their favorite fictional educators.
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