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To observe Abbott Elementary's TV Scoop Award for Favorite Comedy Series, Sheryl Lee Ralph exclusively chatted with E! News astir the show's occurrence and wherefore she hopes it lasts forever.
Abbott Elementary Cast Teases EXCITING Season 2
Sheryl Lee Ralph knew this infinitesimal would come—and she's not readying connected letting it gaffe distant anytime soon.
The prima of ABC's Abbott Elementary, which won the TV Scoop Award for Favorite Comedy Series Aug. 29, not lone hopes her amusement follows successful the footsteps of a beloved web compatriot—but Sheryl wants to beryllium determination each measurement of the way.
"Listen, I americium truly hoping that we are conscionable similar Grey's Anatomy," Sheryl exclusively told E! News. "On Grey's Anatomy, the characters might change, but the amusement volition spell on! Some enactment forever. I'm hoping to enactment determination arsenic agelong arsenic God and [creator] Quinta [Brunson] volition person me."
Abbott Elementary, which premieres its 2nd play Sept. 21, has a agelong mode to spell to lucifer Grey's Anatomy, which enters its 19th play successful a necktie with Lassie and NCIS arsenic the sixth longest-running scripted American primetime tv bid successful history.
But hey, we're much than acceptable to spot Miss Barbara Howard mold Philadelphia's impressionable minds for different mates of decades.
While Abbott Elementary's success—it besides earned 7 Emmy nominations, including Outstanding Comedy Series and a motion for Ralph for Supporting Actress successful a Comedy Series—has been a enactment of caller air, the seasoned histrion saw it coming astir immediately.
"I person to archer you, I knew the amusement was going to beryllium a success," Sheryl said. "Tyler [James Williams] and I had a infinitesimal unneurotic erstwhile we were shooting the aviator wherever we some knew we were doing thing precise special. We had conscionable finished a country and were conscionable lasting determination unneurotic connected the set, we looked astatine each different and I said, 'Uhhh...,' and helium said, 'Yeah, you consciousness it don't you?' I said, 'Absolutely I consciousness it.' I could consciousness that this was thing precise special. We some knew it."
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Despite her knack for predicting the show's vitality, don't deliberation for a infinitesimal that Sheryl takes immoderate of it for granted.
"This is my time. Just similar anybody other retired there, don't ever springiness up connected your dream," Sheryl proclaimed. "Don't ever springiness up connected yourself. Hang successful there, due to the fact that what is for you volition never, ever, ever miss you. It conscionable cannot."
Spoken similar a existent educator.
The 2nd play of Abbott Elementary premieres Sept. 21 astatine 9 p.m. connected ABC. To cheque retired the remainder of the 2022 TV Scoop Award winners, click here.
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