How to Watch Abbott Elementary Seasons 1 and 2

Sweet baby Jesus and the adult one too! ABC’s freshman comedy Abbott Elementary School competed with television veterans at the 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards, leaving with three well-deserved atom-wielding gold statues that engraved it in the history books.

Internet prodigy and television personality Quinta Brunson became the second black woman to win the Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series award for a pilot episode full of teacher trauma bonds and a hilarious fight over school supplies at the Willard R. Abbott Elementary School in Philadelphia . Sheryl Lee Ralph took home a long overdue Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series after 44 years on television for her role as the stern and seasoned teacher Barbara Howard. The show as a whole took the honor of Outstanding Casting for a Comedy Series, because that’s what happens when you fill a school with a delinquent teacher with a heart of gold, a principal who knows TikTok marketing better than that Running a school, and a bunch of kids who can (and will) say anything that comes to their mind.

Directed as a documentary about the lives of teachers, the show created by Brunson follows the ever-optimistic teacher Janine Teagues (Brunson) as she tries to navigate the bureaucratic landmines in order to give her mostly black student body a decent education. Touted as a comedy Abbott Elementary School is a light-hearted look into a rather grim reality for teachers, where usually everything that can go wrong does go wrong. Teachers have to staple President Barack Obama into outdated history textbooks that haven’t been updated since the Bush administration. Unqualified principal Ava Coleman (Janelle James) treats a program for gifted students as a vanity project so she’ll be seen as “Charles Xavier with legs and hundreds of smart kids I didn’t bare.” And after each episode, they find ways to make their broken school like a home that millions of viewers eagerly return to every week.

While Abbott Elementary School didn’t win an Outstanding Comedy Series thanks to the comedic goliath Jason Sudeikis built with Apple TV+ Teddy Lasso, the 13-episode first season, is one of those laughter sprees that often require you to pause to catch your breath. With the highly-anticipated Season 2 premiere scheduled for September 21, there’s no better time to take a tour of the chaotic halls of Abbott Elementary School.

how can i watch Abbott Elementary School on Hulu?

Brunson’s first foray into television was a four-year labor of love that eventually ended up at ABC. But during its first season, Hulu was home to many. Abbott Elementary SchoolViewership of was primarily due to delayed television, including a 200 percent increase in ratings for the season finale seven days after it aired on television. To catch up on the award-winning first season, you need one of the tiers of Hulu subscriptions. Going forward, you can catch every new episode of Season 2 on ABC the day after it airs.

how can i watch Abbott Elementary School on HBO Max?

In a rare twist, Hulu has been sharing the show’s co-streaming rights with HBO Max since Aug. 20, so as long as you have an HBO Max subscription, you can enjoy the entire first season of Brunson’s comedic take on the poor state of education in America. But unfortunately, HBO Max won’t be streaming any future episodes on its platform until the entire season has aired on ABC.