"Abbott Elementary" Season 5 Preview

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Fall TV Preview 2025: Abbott Elementary
Wednesday, Oct. 1 at 8:30/7:30c (ABC)


Attention, class: There will be some big changes on ABC’s schoolhouse comedy in Season 5, with a group of new teachers joining the faculty.

That spurs an identity crisis in Janine, executive producer Patrick Schumacker tells TVLine: “She starts to kind of question, when younger teachers come in, what her role is, now that she is not the spring chicken she once was.”



She’s still happy with Gregory, though, and their relationship gives them both a chance to grow as people this season.

“I think a relationship is also a good way for them to learn about themselves,” EP Justin Halpern says:.



Ava will explore a surprisingly sweet romance with IT guy O’Shon as well, but don’t expect it to turn her into a big softie, Halpern says with a laugh.

“We always like to keep Ava as Ava, and Ava is a bit of an agent of chaos.”



Plus, Barbara will be “reinvigorated” by running the school’s music class.

“We wanted to find something to kind of give her a new lease on life,” Schumacker says, “or at least a new lease on her career. And yeah, she’s found that in the music class, for sure.”




BONUS SPOILER!:

We’re getting another Christmas episode this season, and it’s a big one, Schumacker hints, calling it “a very consequential episode for our school, and for the daily lives of the people at Abbott.”

https://tvline.com/lists/2025-fall-t.../911-season-9/