Abbott Elementary
April Fools
TV Flash files “April Fools” as hour 89 of 94 in the TV Flash guide — Abbott Elementary (2021–present) on ABC, season 5, episode 18, aired 2026-04-01, 30 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S05E18: listed hour 89 of 94 in the Abbott Elementary guide, hour 18 of 22 in season 5. It aired 2026-04-01 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “No Homework” (S05E17). Next is “Trip” (S05E19).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
It's April Fools' Day, and while the Abbott teachers suffer pranks, Gregory makes a plan to make it through the day.
Viewer FAQ
Where does April Fools sit in the Abbott Elementary guide?
S05E18 is listed hour 89 of 94 — hour 18 of 22 in season 5, season 5 episode 18.
When did Abbott Elementary S05E18 air?
April Fools aired 2026-04-01 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…