Earlier this 12 months, sitcom followers had been handled to a particular crossover occasion between two of the funniest exhibits on Hulu: Abbott Elementary and It’s At all times Sunny In Philadelphia. Each collection are set in Philadelphia, however that’s the place the similarities finish. The primary a part of the occasion aired in January amid the 2025 TV schedule, as an Abbott episode, whereas the second half takes place on Sunny. Abbott creator Quinta Brunson simply made some extent about how the academics on her present will behave in another way whereas on Sunny, and I hadn’t thought of this.
The creators of Abbott Elementary, together with Quinta Brunson, lately attended a panel for IndieWire’s “Move The Distant” collection in partnership with Disney. Throughout the Might twentieth panel Q&A dialog, the show-runners had been requested in regards to the second crossover between the 2 Philly based mostly exhibits throughout It’s At all times Sunny’s upcoming Season 17. In a clip posted to TikTok, Brunson teased that Abbott followers ought to count on the surprising from their favourite on-screen elementary academics:
[You have to] notice our academics act a sure manner in entrance of our documentary, everybody does. You wanna be seen as your finest if you’re in entrance of the digital camera. And, once they’re not in entrance of their documentary crew, you get to see a really totally different shade of each single one that’s at Abbott.
In case you’re a fan like me, then forward of the TV occasion, you most likely puzzled how the crossover would steadiness the household pleasant tone of Abbott Elementary with It’s At all times Sunny’s NSFW content material. Two episodes, one for every present however each containing all of the characters collectively, is an effective choice. Nonetheless, it didn’t actually happen to me that the Abbott crew may act utterly in another way with out a documentary crew pointing a digital camera at them. It seems like we’d get the reply a query some children have: what do academics do outdoors of faculty?
All through Abbott’s 4 seasons, we’ve caught glimpses of a few of the academics’ various conduct. I’m most interested in Melissa, who clearly has some shady connections and a no-BS perspective. Followers know she may have had an analogous background to the Sunny characters up to now and, in actual fact, she was the one to acknowledge them and expose their true intentions on the college. I can’t assist however marvel if different Abbott characters ever crossed paths with Sunny characters.
Nonetheless, these background particulars appear to be utterly within the arms of the Sunny creators. Quinta Brunson talked about that in the course of the writing course of, there have been virtually no edits between scripts. The Abbott Elementary staff didn’t contact the It is At all times Sunny script and vice versa. So Brunson and co. will need to have been in for a shock once they bought their traces and route. The Massive Mouth actress teased the expertise, and I truthfully can’t wait to see it after seeing this response:
I feel it’s actually enjoyable. I used to be in it, I acted in it, after which once I noticed it, I used to be like, ‘Oh my God, woman.’ So it’s actually enjoyable.
To go away my comedic queen considerably speechless isn’t any small feat however, if anybody can do it, it’s the Paddy’s Pub gang. Now, I’m actually trying ahead to seeing the Sunny crew and Abbott academics work together, no holds barred. It is At all times Sunny in Philadelphia co-creators and present leads Rob McElhenney, Charlie Day, and Glenn Howerton have been mercilessly ruining the lives of Sunny characters for almost 17 Seasons, and I’ve little question they’ve some chaos in retailer for the employees of Abbott Elementary.
It’s At all times Sunny In Philadelphia Season 17 will premiere with the second a part of the Abbott Elementary crossover on Wednesday, July 9 at 9 p.m. ET on FXX. You may additionally be capable to use a Hulu subscription to stream the episode the subsequent day.