Quinta Brunson is right about Abbott Elementary season 4's finale approach to the sitcom's central couple Janine and ...

But sitting with Amy Poehler on her new “Good Hang” podcast, the Emmy winner shared that her own Janine Teagues was met with criticism from Black women because she was not perfectly put together.

second-grade teacher Janine Teagues. “I’ll be real with you, [Janine is] a Black character,” Brunson told Poehler during their conversation. “Black audiences have so few — still ...

The hit ABC sitcom 'Abbott Elementary' will go back to school for season 5! Here's everything we know about the new season, ...

Quinta Brunson knows that Janine Teagues isn't perfect because that's the way she wrote her. During a visit to friend Amy Poehler's Good Hang podcast, the Abbott Elementary star and creator opened ...

Brunson told Insider in a January interview that her "Abbott Elementary" character, second-grade teacher Janine Teagues, "is at the forefront of telling this story," unlike Pam of "The Office." ...

Quinta Brunson is speaking about the “tough” criticism she’s faced from Black women regarding her Abbott Elementary character.

The sitcom follows elementary school teacher Janine Teagues (Brunson) and her colleagues who work at an underfunded public school in Philadelphia. Despite facing setbacks, Janine is determined to ...

"I think it's important for us to have characters who are more realistic than they are the absolute best representation of us," Brunson told "Good Hang" host Amy Poehler.