{"id":4956,"date":"2026-08-05T18:08:49","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T18:08:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=4956"},"modified":"2026-08-05T18:08:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T18:08:49","slug":"quinta-brunson-says-fan-reaction-to-janine-and-gregorys-breakup-in-abbott-elementary-was-more-than-i-bargained-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=4956","title":{"rendered":"Quinta Brunson Says Fan Reaction to Janine and Gregory\u2019s Breakup in \u2018Abbott Elementary\u2019 Was \u201cMore Than I Bargained For\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\n\tFor five seasons, Quinta Brunson has kept her foot on the gas with <em>Abbott Elementary<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=4954\">Animated Bollywood-Focused Musical \u2018Diya\u2019 in the Works at Paramount From Producers Jonathan Goldstein, John Francis Daley (Exclusive)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tSince premiering in 2021, the ABC workplace comedy has amassed an impressive 37 Emmy nominations, seven of which are for its latest season, including best comedy series and best directing for a comedy series. Brunson also made history with her fifth nomination for lead actress in a comedy series, becoming the second most nominated Black woman in the category\u2019s history, behind only Isabel Sanford for <em>The Jeffersons<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe creator, showrunner and star talks to <em>THR<\/em> about pulling off season five, that shocking breakup between Janine (Brunson) and Gregory (Tyler James Williams) and going toe-to-toe with cable streamers as she looks toward season six. <\/p>\n<p>\n<strong>Five seasons in, what\u2019s the biggest lesson you\u2019ve learned about balancing character growth and preserving the traits that connected them with audiences in the first place?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n\tIt can be really intimidating, especially when you have a show that is considered a success, to do anything out of the box, but I think what you also learn is, with six seasons of TV or more, you have to not be afraid to take leaps and make some choices that maybe people won\u2019t love but keeping intact the integrity of who the character is. This is my first television show, so giving myself the space to learn has been really important. Understanding that even though it\u2019s at this higher grade, I still have the opportunity to learn, try, fail, succeed.<\/p>\n<p>\n<strong>What did you think of the fan reaction to Janine and Gregory\u2019s breakup this season?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=4952\">HBO, BBC Team for \u20181536\u2019 Drama From Writer Ava Pickett<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tI was fine with it. That\u2019s what I wanted to happen. I will say it was more than I bargained for. People were very mad at Gregory. That one, I wasn\u2019t prepared for. I was like, \u201cOh my God! Poor Gregory!\u201d People were tearing him up, and I also didn\u2019t expect people to take Janine\u2019s side. I felt like we had made a very even argument, but you really don\u2019t know what\u2019s going to happen once you give it to the world. That was fun, though, for me. <\/p>\n<p>\n<strong>What did it take to execute the \u201cBallgame\u201d episode?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n\tShooting at a live game is unreal to do, and I\u2019m so proud of the cast, because I remember that day, we all had to fully know our lines. We have a lot of wiggle room here and there, where you could pull up your sides real quick, but for this episode, we didn\u2019t have time for that. I needed everyone to know every line, word for word, because we only had a certain amount of time to pull it off. I\u2019m so proud of our director, Randall Einhorn, because it\u2019s not easy to do, and it\u2019s something that\u2019s not done often because of that. \u2026 And I was proud of the writer, Ava Coleman, because she had to work directly with the MLB. It was huge. <\/p>\n<p>\n<strong>How has <em>Abbott<\/em> changed you as a writer?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n\tDoing TV at 22 episodes a season and still making it as good as we possibly can, I feel super-powered. We have so many more boundaries here than other shows. We can\u2019t cuss the way other people do. Those things are fun to do, but I actually have enjoyed the boundaries of working in a network because it\u2019s made me a stronger creator. There used to be this old thing where a clean stand-up comic who can still make people laugh is the best comic, because it\u2019s not easy to do. So I\u2019m very proud of that. We can still compete with shows on HBO or FX, where they have more room to do that. <\/p>\n<p>\n<em>This story first appeared in a July stand-alone issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. To receive the magazine, click here to subscribe.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=4950\">\u2018The Green Eyes\u2019 Is a Refugee Adventure Drama for Our Time (Exclusive Trailer)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quinta Brunson talks &#039;Abbott Elementary&#039; season 5, Janine &amp; Gregory&#039;s breakup, Emmy nods, and the challenges of network TV success.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4955,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[732,245,826,827],"class_list":["post-4956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting","tag-abbott-elementary","tag-awards","tag-emmy-awards","tag-emmys-2026"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Quinta Brunson Says Fan Reaction to Janine and Gregory\u2019s Breakup in \u2018Abbott Elementary\u2019 Was \u201cMore Than I Bargained For\u201d - 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