It was Rob McElhenney who first let it slip — through social media — {that a} long-rumored crossover between “Abbott Elementary” and “It’s All the time Sunny in Philadelphia” was within the works. And within the first teaser spot for that episode (scroll down to observe), “Abbott” star and creator Quinta Brunson is letting McElhenney have it.
That episode 409, directed by “Abbott” EP Randall Einhorn and written by Garrett Werner, airs Wednesday, Jan. 8 at 8:30 p.m. ET as “Abbott Elementary’s” midseason premiere. The precise logline stays below wraps.
“It seems like we’ve been conserving this secret for thus lengthy,” McElhenney says within the spot, set to air Wednesday night time on ABC. “So lengthy?” Brunson responds. “Since you.. posted a photograph spoiling our crossover episode.”
Certainly, it was McElhenney who first made it official through his social media account, posting images of him and “Abbott” star Quinta Brunson, together with Tyler James Williams and William Stanford Davis from “Abbott” and “Sunny’s” Charlie Day and Danny DeVito exterior the Warner Bros. lot studio for “Abbott.”
“Oh, was I not supposed to do this?” McElhenney sheepishly provides within the new promo.
Again in October, exec producers Justin Halpern and Patrick Schumacker spoke with Selection about a few of this season’s themes and storylines — together with the crossover with “It’s Aways Sunny in Philadelphia.”
Halpern and Schumacker confirmed that all the “It’s All the time Sunny in Philadelphia” solid will seem in episode 409, and the storyline will take up the total half hour. “We bought the entire gang, the ‘A’ story, ‘B’ story, ‘C,’ ‘D,’ it’s all them” Schumacker stated on the time. Which means Glenn Howerton (who’s was taking pictures Netflix’s “Sirens” this fall) and Kaitlin Olson, who’s starring in ABC’s “Excessive Potential,” may even make an look.
“Charlie Day’s character has a fairly important storyline in our episode,” he added. “It was sort of a joke at first, that the 2 reveals ought to cross over. On paper, it seems like they’d be an actual tonal mishmash. However then Rob and Charlie got here to our writers room and we hashed out some actual broad stroke concepts. From there, we emailed forwards and backwards beat sheets after which a top level view. They had been tremendous sport for all the things. All these issues that we had in regards to the tones of the reveals butting in opposition to one another had been alleviated the second we began filming with Charlie.”
It made sense that Einhorn would direct this episode, as he is among the frequent hyperlinks between “Abbott” and “Sunny,” having directed on each reveals.
Halpern and Schumacker credited Brunson for first developing with the crossover concept after operating into McElhenney at an occasion. The duo continued speaking (and posting!) about it till it will definitely turned actual.
In the meantime, that is really half one of many “Abbott”/”Sunny” crossover, because the “Abbott” characters may even seem on an episode of “Sunny” when that present returns in 2025. Right here’s the take a look at tonight’s promo:
