Thursday, October 22, 2026
Abbott Elementary Returns Big After 7 Day Viewing; BET Renews ComicView: Rooftop Series
Abbott Elementary returned for Season 6 with 6.34 million Total Viewers and a 2.07 rating among Adults 18-49 after seven days of multiplatform viewing, with the show's largest overall audience in a year and its best performance among the key Adult demo in a year and a half - since 10/15/25 and 3/26/25, respectively. The premiere episode scored the show's best streaming performance since Season 4, based on views over seven days on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+ - since 1/8/25.
Abbott Elementary rose by triple digits over its initial Live+Same Day audience in both Total Viewers (+183% - 6.34 million vs. 2.24 million) and Adults 18-49 (+527% - 2.07 rating vs. 0.33 rating). And as teachers and staff settled in for a new school year, the Season 6 debut jumped over the show's Season 5 average in both Total Viewers (+7% - 6.34 million vs. 5.91 million) and Adults 18-49 (16% - 2.07 rating vs. 1.79 rating).
On this past week's Abbott Elementary ("Tryouts," aired yesterday Wednesday, October 21, on ABC at 8:30 p.m. EDT/PDT, and today on Hulu), the step team tries out for a major competition, Melissa and Barbara take a special ed certification course, while Janine, Gregory and Jacob welcome a new substitute.
BET announced a second season of ComicView: Rooftop Series, with Chris "CP" Powell returning as host. The revival of the landmark franchise behind some of Black comedy's biggest careers builds on a debut season that ranked as cable's No. 1 new unscripted series among Black viewers this summer. The 20-episode order puts 60 comedians on the Hollywood rooftop and cements the series as an anchor of the network's Comedy Fun Night.
Veteran comics Affion Crockett, Cocoa Brown, Lavell Crawford, and Luenell will join the lineup alongside rising talent. Powell comes back fresh off a breakout run that included his BET special Sunday After Six, a spot among the 10 comedians selected for Netflix's The Shortlist at the 2026 Netflix Is a Joke Festival, and his work as a writer and guest star across multiple episodes as "Mac" on the Paramount+ Original series Diarra From Detroit, from BET Studios and Khalabo Ink Society.
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Sitcoms Airing Tonight / Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows
Friday, October 23
Happy's Place - "Office/Space" (NBC, 8:00PM ET/PT)
Bobbie surprises Isabella with her own office upstairs and reassures her that they'll still see each other plenty; Steve and Takoda try to convince Emmett to stop giving Bobbie so much space after their relationship has moved into the friend zone.
Newlyweds - "Pilot" (NBC, 8:30PM ET/PT)
Over six weeks and two continents, total opposites Jeanie and James go from blind date to wedded bliss.
Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of October 19)
Friday, October 23
- Dakota Johnson (Ben and Kate) - Watch Dakota on a repeat of Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
- Doug Benson (You're the Worst) - Doug is a guest on a repeat of Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen at 11:35pm on CBS.
- Natasha Leggero (Broke/Dice/Another Period/Free Agents) and Tommy Davidson (The Varnell Hill Show/The Proud Family/Malcolm & Eddie/Between Brothers) - Natasha and Tommy will be on a repeat of Funny You Should Ask at 12:37am on CBS.
- Adam Brody (Nobody Wants This/Burning Love) - Adam talks about Nobody Wants This on Live with Kelly and Mark, so check your local listings.
- Téa Leoni (Newlyweds/The Naked Truth/Flying Blind) - Téa talks about Newlyweds on Live with Kelly and Mark, so check your local listings.
- Jenna Ortega (Stuck in the Middle/Richie Rich) - Jenna, Taika Waititi and Amy Adams and dish on their new movie Klara and the Sun on The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings.
- Constance Wu (Fresh Off the Boat) - NBC's Today catches up with Constance in the 9am hour.
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