Even though the holidays are barely over, ABC is ready to get back to class with a new teaser Abbott ElementaryCrossover coming with It's always sunny Villadelphia.
In a new promo for the two-episode event, which begins January 8 on ABC with a new episode of Abbottteachers and staff meet the dysfunctional crew of the Philly-set FXX series before chaos inevitably erupts in the halls of the elementary school.
“Welcome to Abbott Elementary, the best elementary school in the universe,” Quinta Bronson’s Janine Teague excitedly tells them, while Kaitlin Olson’s Dee Reynolds answers, “Is that it?”
Rob McElhenney's Mac appears to be flirting with Janelle James' manager Ava Coleman and tells her off. “Let me know if there's anything you need, and I mean… anything,” he told her with a suggestive look, despite coming out as gay in season 12.
“You're trash, you know that?” “Coming from the trash mayor,” says doorman Mr. Johnson (William Stanford Davis) to Danny DeVito's Frank Reynolds, who replies.
With the fourth season of Abbott Largely focused on the gentrification of the school's Philadelphia neighborhood, and season 17 of It's always sunny It premiered on FXX in 2025, and plot details of the crossover are still unknown. The second episode of the crossover series will be broadcast Always sunny.
Bronson previously explained how the “really sexy” crossover looked the way it did Jimmy Kimmel Live.
“I was inspired by watching a lot of shows about the pandemic,” she explained. “I was feeling gluttonous Family affairs and Full house And things like that, and I was shocked at how shocked I was when Steve Urkel showed up on Full house hiring. “I was screaming at the TV.”
The Golden Globe winner made it clear she related Always sunny star and creator Rob McElhenney after social media comparisons to their show, which is set in Philadelphia.
“Something came up online, and it was like, 'Someone said this looks like it.' sunny Episode, this looks like Abbott “Bronson recalls. “Then we kind of communicated about it. And then we connected personally, and I got along so well with him and his team, that we felt like we could actually do this.”
