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For our rather late-coming back-to-school and Emmy acknowledger episode, we cover the pinnacle of the current network sitcom landscape: The six-time 2025 Emmy nominated Abbott Elementary (which has won previously), which this week begins its fifth season.
Mark, Lawrence, Al and West-Philly-resident Sarahlyn discuss the show’s Philly-ness and how it integrates cringe humor with realistic depiction of how messed up it is for schools to be so underfunded. Is this a “black show”? How reliant are comedies like this on some form of angst, which may be related to certain kinds of struggles the audience has to relate to?
Here’s that picky article we refer to where a teacher points out “teacher stereotypes” in the show.
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