Abbott Elementary & Always Sunny in Philadelphia Crossover Images Tease Comedy Worlds Colliding
ABC has released the first look at the highly anticipated upcoming, which will air in two weeks.
The Always Sunny gang will meet up with the Abbott Elementary teachers on January 8, 2025, in the ninth season of fourth season the series. While not too much is known about the episode, the episode’s name, “Volunteers,” hints that the crew from Paddy’s Pub will be getting to work in the school.
Check out the batch of images from the crossover episode below:
Speaking with The Hollywood Reporter earlier this year, Abbott Elementary star Quinta Brunson discussed how doing a crossover episode with Always Sunny “made sense immediately.”
“So Rob McElhenney, there was something online that he saw that someone sent him and said, ‘This would make a funny It’s Always Sunny episode,’ and he retweeted it and said, ‘I think it would be a great Abbott episode,’ and that kind of sparked us talking,” she explained. “The episode has nothing to do with what was sent to him, but it got us chatting and, honestly, I really like Rob. I think we get along because, like me, he’s a writer, creator of a show, loves comedy, he’s from Philly. We just clicked right away, and we started really talking about it and realizing we can really do this. We’re both under the Disney umbrella, we can make this work.
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“They represent a part of South Philly, and we represent a part of West Philly that is very real, and it wasn’t a long walk for these characters to interact. It just made sense immediately. And when it came to us that easy, we were like, “Yeah, we have to do this.” So we start putting things in motion at the beginning of this Abbott season because Sunny, they just started writing their season. And Charlie and Rob came into the room with us one day, they were wonderful, just excellent, excellent collaborators. I can’t say enough kind words about them. We had a ball. We’ve been having a ball on set. They’re just a delight to work with. And I can
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