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Quinta Brunson and ‘Abbott Elementary’ Have Risen as Broadcast TV’s Heroes
Quinta Brunson and ‘Abbott Elementary’ fought hard as the sole broadcast series in an Emmy race, Michael Schneider writes in his Awards Circuit column.
There aren’t any dragons, superheroes or zombies in the three seasons I’ve enjoyed so far of “Abbott Elementary.” But the ABC comedy has a tremendous following, and there’s no better place to find fans than amongst 150,000 or so people who show up in San Diego. After all, “Abbott” is already a proud outlier in another kind of event — as the Last Primetime Broadcast Live Action Scripted Show Standing at the Emmys. But as someone who has covered this business a few decades now, it’s stunning to remember how much of a novelty it was when just one cable show might sneak into what was otherwise a contest for ABC, NBC, CBS and Fox.
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