According to Deadline, Sheryl Lee Ralph (The Fabulous Four, Moesha) shares that she believes Abbott Elementary has chance to last for a massive number of seasons. The ABC series enters its sixth season, premiering Wednesday, October. 7 at 8:30/7:30c and Ralph imagines that the franchise can catch up to Grey’s Anatomy’s 23-season run.
“I look at it like this: If Grey’s Anatomy could be on for 20 years, why can’t we?” said Ralph to People.
Ralph said via Deadline, “I love Barbara Howard so much. I’m not going to tell you I’m tired of her because I’m not tired of her. I want to take this journey with her.”
As per Deadline, while completing five seasons of the series, Ralph said, “I love Barbara Howard so much. I’m not going to tell you I’m tired of her because I’m not tired of her. I want to take this journey with her.”
“If this show lasts for five more seasons, that would be 11 seasons now I would love to still be with her, and just as I continue to grow, I really hope Barbara Howard continues to grow, but it’s all in the hands of Quinta Brunson in the writers’ room,” she added via Deadline.
According to Deadline, before the series was renewed for a sixth instalment in March, Brunson noted that she’s “looking forward to moving away” to other projects beyond the sitcom.
“We are so fortunate and blessed to be on a network TV show for five seasons, and for people to still be fans,” Brunson told Bustle last year via Deadline. “That being said, I have cast members who would love to pursue other projects, and our show is very time-consuming. We shoot about seven months out of the year. That can stop people from being able to do a lot of other things.”
As per Deadline, Abbott Elementary follows a documentary crew recording the lives of teachers working in an underfunded, predominantly Black public school in Philadelphia.
Abbott Elementary is available to stream on Hulu.