Abbott Elementary to film its 100th episode at Disneyland
ABC's Abbott Elementary will film its milestone 100th episode inside Disneyland this month, per Deadline's sources. It is due to air in December as the Season 6 fall finale.
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Centre · 1Abbott Elementary will film its milestone 100th episode inside Disneyland this month, Deadline reported, citing sources. DeadlineN “Abbott Elementary will film its milestone 100th episode inside the park this month, Deadline has learned.” Read at Deadline ↗ Centre · 1According to Deadline's sources, the episode will air in December and serve as the Season 6 fall finale. DeadlineN “Sources tell us that the episode will air in December and serve as the Season 6 fall finale.” Read at Deadline ↗ Centre · 1Screen Rant, relaying the Deadline report, says the episode will air before the midseason finale and winter hiatus, that plot details are not yet known, and that it is titled "One Hundred." Screen RantN “Plot details are not yet known, but sitcoms go big to celebrate a 100th episode.”“appropriately titled “One Hundred.”” Read at Screen Rant ↗
Centre · 2The show has increasingly taken its characters out of the school: Season 5 moved much of the story to an abandoned mall, and the show previously filmed at a live Phillies game. DeadlineN “In Season 5, the story took everyone to an abandoned mall for several weeks due to maintenance issues at the school” Read at Deadline ↗ Screen RantN “Previously, Abbott Elementary filmed an episode during a Phillies game” Read at Screen Rant ↗ Centre · 2Both outlets place the episode in a long tradition of Disney-owned network sitcoms visiting the company's parks, citing shows such as Modern Family, Full House, Family Matters and Roseanne. DeadlineN “It’s quite common for Disney series, and ABC comedies in particular, to film inside the park.” Read at Deadline ↗ Screen RantN “The tradition goes back to the 1993 Full House special” Read at Screen Rant ↗ Centre · 1Screen Rant adds that reaching 100 episodes has historically signalled a sitcom was likely headed for syndication. Screen RantN “reaching 100 episodes was an achievement for sitcoms because that number meant a show was likely to go into syndication” Read at Screen Rant ↗
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- Framing
- Deadline broke the news as an exclusive; Screen Rant followed with a feature placing it in ABC's history of theme-park sitcom episodes.
- Emphasis
- The milestone, Disney/ABC synergy, and the show's growing habit of filming outside the school.
- Leaves out or plays down
- Neither gives plot details, cast involvement or confirmation from ABC or the producers.
- Charged language
- “top of the class”“corporate synergy”
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“They’re going to Disneyland!” — Deadline
“ABC/Disney has always been great at corporate synergy” — Screen Rant
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What every side reports
- The 100th episode will be filmed at Disneyland this month
- It will air in December
- Plot details have not been disclosed
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Centre2 articles
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‘Abbott Elementary’ To Film 100th Episode At Disneyland
Celebratory Exclusive report on the Disneyland shoot, with context on past Disney-park sitcom episodes.
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Abbott Elementary’s Landmark Season 6 Episode Continues ABC’s 33-Year Tradition
Sympathetic Praises the show and frames the episode as continuing ABC's decades-old Disney park tradition.
Right0 articles
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- 7 Oct 01:16 First DeadlineN ‘Abbott Elementary’ To Film 100th Episode At Disneyland
- 9 Oct 12:30 +59h 14m Screen RantN Abbott Elementary’s Landmark Season 6 Episode Continues ABC’s 33-Year Tradition
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