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The strike may have delayed and abbreviated the third season of Abbott Elementary but Quinta Brunson went into it feeling pretty confident that her comedy wasn’t going anywhere: she was told that ABC had picked up the series for a fourth season. While appearing at Deadline’s Contenders TV on Sunday…

As the Hollywood writers' and actors' strike continues, the latest star to go public with a small residual check is actor William Stanford Davis. The 71-year-old star of Abbott Elementary, who was upped to a series regular last year, took to social media at the weekend to reveal he had received a…

Abbott Elementary is making Mr. Johnson a full-time employee. Veteran character actor William Stanford Davis, who recurred heavily on the first season of Abbott Elementary, has been promoted to a series regular on the upcoming second season of the breakout ABC workplace comedy from Warner Bros. TV. He will continue as…

EXCLUSIVE: William Stanford Davis has joined the cast of ABC’s upcoming workplace comedy Abbot Elementary opposite stars Quinta Brunson, Tyler James Williams and Janelle James. In Abbott Elementary, a group of dedicated, passionate teachers — and a slightly tone-deaf principal — are brought together in a Philadelphia…