The 'Abbott Elementary' Season 3 Release Date, Trailer and Everything We Know So Far

Season 3 of Abbott Elementary will premiere with a special hour-long premiere episode on February 7 at 9 P.M. EST via ABC.

We already know that there will be endless amounts of wisecracks, teaching conflicts regarding the students, disagreements amongst the faculty, and perhaps some more disagreements between the parents and teachers (which we really saw in-depth in season 2). Other than that, we really don't know too much other than the slight preview Quinta Brunson gave to Deadline in an October 2023 interview when she confirmed to the publication that season 3 will be shorter than season 2 because of the strikes. The vague red carpet answers from the other cast members have given us much of anything either, so we'll just simply have to wait and see.

All of the main cast members will be returning for season 3 of Abbott Elementary. This includes: Quinta Brunson (Janine Teagues), Tyler James Williams (Gregory Eddie), Lisa Ann Walter (Melissa Schemmenti), Janelle James (Ava Coleman), Sheryl Lee Ralph (Barbara Howard), and Chris Perfetti (Jacob Hill). At the time of this writing we don't have any information on the guest stars for season 3, but last year we got the introduction of Janine's mother (Taraji P. Henson), and her sister (Ayo Edebiri). We were also introduced to Melissa's tumultuous relationship with her sister Kristin Marie (Lauren Weedman). The guest stars will probably be revealed on a weekly basis (or closer to their actual run dates) if we had to guess.

As mentioned earlier, season 3 will be shortened due to last year's strikes. That means this season will only have 14 episodes compared to Season 2's 22 episode order.

Season 2 began exploring the depth of the feelings Janine and Gregory had for one another, with both having those back and forth moments as far as accepting the relationship. However, in an April 2023 interview with TV Line, Brunson made it clear that the relationship dynamics between Janine and Gregory would never be the focus of the show saying: " Our show isn’t about dating. It’s about this school, it’s about the kids, etc. So Janine and Gregory are not the No. 1 storyline of Abbott. It’s the school and the kids. So it feels good to kind of have them be a mess in the background, because it’s very often how dating goes."

Expanding upon that notion Brunson told the publication: "Any person who’s under the age of 35 can attest that dating in this climate, especially when it comes to the apps and all this other stuff, it’s not easy at all. And it doesn’t mean the tension goes away. It doesn’t mean the hope goes away either. I think that was a cool balance we found. We can keep hope, disappointment and tension"

Fair enough.