Abbott Elementary
Ava vs. Superintendent
TV Flash files “Ava vs. Superintendent” as a desk essential hour — Abbott Elementary (2021–present) on ABC, season 1, episode 12, aired 2022-04-05, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E12: listed hour 12 of 94 in the Abbott Elementary guide, hour 12 of 13 in season 1. It aired 2022-04-05 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Desking” (S01E11). Next is “Zoo Balloon” (S01E13).
Essential hour: “Ava vs. Superintendent”. Ava stops being a bit and becomes a franchise. Principal chaos as star-making stills.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
With the school board threatening to pull their funds, Janine and Gregory decide to help Ava out with her presentation; their plan is derailed when a curveball is thrown at Ava; Barbara offends Melissa when she doesn't agree with her blackmail idea.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Ava vs. Superintendent sit in the Abbott Elementary guide?
S01E12 is listed hour 12 of 94 — hour 12 of 13 in season 1, season 1 episode 12.
When did Abbott Elementary S01E12 air?
Ava vs. Superintendent aired 2022-04-05 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Where should I start Abbott Elementary?
The Pilot. It is a mockumentary, not a clip show: you want Janine, Gregory, Ava, Barbara, and the building introduced the way Brunson meant.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Watch it for the lounge-as-premiere energy: Quinta Brunson’s network hit that made a Philadelphia public school into awards-season soft power, with an ensemble that photographs like a family and gossips like a staff group chat.
The flash was a teachers’ lounge that photographed like a premiere. Quinta Brunson in a bright something, Sheryl Lee Ralph already dressed for the hymn and the camera, Janelle James smiling like she had dirt on the superintendent and the photographer. Abbott Elementary premiered on ABC in December 2021 as if network comedy had remembered how to throw a party without being cruel about it — and then the after-party never ended. Emmys. Golden Globes. A cast that cannot go to a junket without someone calling them…
Filed against
- Quinta Brunson as Janine Teagues
Quinta Brunson created and stars in Abbott Elementary as Janine Teagues — mockumentary warmth in a Philadelphia public school, funny without cruelty, a teachers’ lounge that photographed like a premiere. Network comedy renaissance with…
- Tyler James Williams as Gregory Eddie
Tyler James Williams’s Gregory Eddie is Abbott Elementary’s new-teacher stare — Quinta Brunson’s ABC mockumentary, a Philadelphia public school as awards-season soft power, lounge-as-premiere energy. On TV Flash he is the intern of the…
- Janelle James as Ava Coleman
Janelle James’s Ava Coleman is Abbott Elementary as the principal who photographs like she has dirt on the superintendent and the photographer. Quinta Brunson’s ABC mockumentary made public school look like a hit without cruelty. On TV…
- Lisa Ann Walter as Melissa Schemmenti
Lisa Ann Walter’s Melissa Schemmenti is the hallway-tough heart of Abbott Elementary — a Philadelphia teacher who treats Quinta Brunson’s ABC lounge like a neighborhood and the mockumentary camera like a cousin already in on the gossip.…
- Chris Perfetti as Jacob Hill
Chris Perfetti’s Jacob Hill brings earnest history-teacher energy to Abbott Elementary — mockumentary warmth in a Philadelphia public school, funny without cruelty. Quinta Brunson’s network hit photographs like a family and gossips like a…
- Sheryl Lee Ralph as Barbara Howard
Sheryl Lee Ralph’s Barbara Howard is Abbott Elementary’s veteran steel — Quinta Brunson’s ABC mockumentary, a Philadelphia public school as awards-season soft power, and a teachers’ lounge that photographs like a family. On TV Flash she…