Jalen Hurts, Jason Kelce and Brandon Graham made the funniest Abbott Elementary cameo on Season 3 premiere

The season premiere set the bar high for the hilarious comedy.

The incredible comedy Abbott Elementary returned to television on Wednesday night with an hour-long, two-part episode to kick off Season 3. They set the bar high with the premiere, setting up the new season — Janine works for the district! Josh Segarra has joined the cast! — and having a handful of big guest stars.

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“The world’s finest starting quarterback is here,” Principal Ava (Janelle James) said as she sprinted down the school hallway. Upon arrival to the classroom, it was none other than Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts on the big screen to talk to the students.

He would later be joined by Brandon Graham and Jason Kelce, and it was perfection. Everyone loved it.

See the sports-themed Abbott Elementary promo to get you pumped for the Season 3 premiere

Get pumped about the return of Abbott Elementary.

If you’re as excited about the return of Abbott Elementary as we are, then you’ll enjoy this: A promo that will run on Monday Night Football between the Philadelphia Eagles (the team mentioned the most on the Philly-centric ABC series) and Seattle Seahawks.

It’s sports-themed — with shoutouts to the Eagles and the Baltimore Ravens —  and it’s the most important thing to know is that the series is coming back on February 7, 2024 with a “supersized” episode.

Check it out and enjoy:

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2024 Golden Globes nominations: 8 snubs (including Abbott Elementary’s Sheryl Lee Ralph), according to Twitter

Justice for Barbara Howard who only does her job and goes home!

Television and entertainment fans are not happy bunch right now.

The nominees for the following year’s major awards shows are typically released near the end of each year. It’s usually a glorious time, but inevitably, something (or someone) will not be recognized.

That usually causes a lot of discourse and utter chaos on the internet. It already happened this year with the 2024 Grammy nominations; now, the Golden Globe Awards nominations are creating a frenzy.

Many fans were stoked to see someone like Taylor Swift continue her dominant year, but others were not so excited to see their favorites miss out.

Here are the eight most egregious snubs, according to Twitter:

Oscars confirm 2024 air date and announce earlier start time; new Abbott Elementary episode will follow

The Oscars will be earlier next year and follow with a new episode of Abbott Elementary.

The 96th Academy Awards will be airing a little earlier than normal this year, per a press release.

ABC announced on Thursday that the annual film awards show will broadcast at 7 p.m. ET this year, which is an hour earlier than the ceremony has traditionally taken place.

Despite the actors strikes delaying the typical awards campaigning this fall, the ceremony will still take place on Sunday, March 10.

Following a tradition typically attached to the Super Bowl, ABC will also air a new episode of the sitcom Abbott Elementary after the Oscars ceremony ends.

Those in the Pacific Time zone will get a rebroadcast of the Academy Awards ceremony in prime time since the show will start in Los Angeles at 4 p.m.

Expected nominees this year include films like Oppenheimer, Barbie, American Fiction, Poor Things and Killers of the Flower Moon.

Late night show host Jimmy Kimmel is returning to host his fourth ceremony next year.

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Succession fans noticed the set of Abbott Elementary hiding in the background during latest episode

The Warner Bros. Television Studios in Los Angeles was a filming location for both shows.

If you were watching Succession very closely last night, you might have noticed something that even the showrunners potentially missed.

During a transitionary scene around the 18-minute mark of the episode, Roman Roy (played by Kieran Culkin) was transported on a Waystar-branded golf cart as the dramatic theme music played in the background.

He is on his way to a meeting with Joy Palmer (portrayed by Annabeth Gish) at a restaurant, and it isn’t a particularly momentous or important scene.

This probably would have made a lot of sense as a good moment to check your phone. Thankfully, however, at least one person who was watching was paying particularly close attention.

Joya McCrory, a staff writer and story editor on ABC’s Abbott Elementary, shared a screenshot of something she noticed.

Take a look at the background of the shot and see if you see what she did:

You might have still missed it, so let’s offer some quick help.

If you couldn’t tell, here is a zoomed-in version of the shot with the part you should be looking at highlighted.

That, my friends, is the brick wall and mural used as the exterior set of Abbott Elementary.

Take a look at a still from this season and it is unmistakable:

(ABC/Scott Everett White)

WOW.

Take another look:

(ABC/Gilles Mingasson)

So how did this happen? Well, there is a perfectly good reason.

Even though Abbott Elementary proudly takes place in Philadelphia, sadly, it’s not actually filmed in Philly. All of the scenes from the school are actually filmed on a soundstage at Warner Bros. Television Studios in Los Angeles.

Warner Bros., meanwhile, is the distributing partner of HBO’s Succession. 

The Hollywood studio was the primary filming location for the latest episode.

I can’t think of two shows with more drastically different tones and themes than Succession and Abbott Elementary.

But if you like the idea of a mashup, you’re in luck. We found a great Twitter thread for you!

Take a look at the link above and you can see one Twitter user predicts who each character on Abbott Elementary would root for on Succession.

I personally love the thought of Abbott Elementary‘s Jacob Hill stanning for Succession‘s Siobhan Roy. That just feels right cosmically.

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Best of 2022: Why we loved these 16 shows, from Abbott Elementary to Andor

Here are some of our staff’s favorite shows from this year!

As 2022 comes to a close, we here at For The Win are taking a look back at some of our absolute favorite content from the course of the year. Our staff has chosen the movies, television, music and video games that they loved the most this year.

Each of the television shows discussed here had at least one episode released in 2022. Please note that these are not in any particular order, nor is it an exhaustive list of what shows came out this year. This is just a smattering of some of our most loved.

Everything from comedies to dramas to thrillers made the list, so let’s get to it.

2022 Emmys: Odds, favorites and critic reviews for top nominees

Who’s taking home the hardware?

Nominees for the 2022 Primetime Emmy Awards were unveiled on Tuesday morning, and while there were a fair share of snubs and surprises, there were no shortage of deserving candidates.

A lot of those candidates are pretty familiar names, too. Succession is back in the mix for Best Drama, Ted Lasso got another nod for Best Comedy and Zendaya, at just 25 years old, became the youngest woman to receive a producing nomination for her work on Euphoria (for which she also earned a Best Actress nomination).

So who’s going to win? Oddsmakers from a few different outlets have a good idea when it comes to drama, comedy, and the best actors and actresses in each genre.

Let’s run through the numbers from handicappers at GoldDerby and OddsChecker and see how well they matchup with their Metacritic ratings.

Good luck, and happy awards season.