{"id":21089,"date":"2022-07-21T08:58:49","date_gmt":"2022-07-21T08:58:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/abbott-elementary-season-2-william-stanford-davis-upped-to-regular\/"},"modified":"2022-07-21T08:58:49","modified_gmt":"2022-07-21T08:58:49","slug":"abbott-elementary-season-2-william-stanford-davis-upped-to-regular","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/abbott-elementary-season-2-william-stanford-davis-upped-to-regular\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Abbott Elementary&#8217; Season 2: William Stanford Davis Upped to Regular"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-1234852943\">\n<p>\t<!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articlebody\" class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>the halls of <em>Abbott Elementary<\/em> are about to get much cleaner: William Stanford Davis, who plays school janitor Mr.  Johnson, has been promoted to series regular for Season 2, TVLine has learned.<span id=\"more-1234852943\"\/><\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline-floating-gallery\">\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<p>Davis recurred in all 12 episodes of the ABC comedy&#8217;s Emmy Award-nominated freshman season, often stealing scenes with Mr.  Johnson&#8217;s hilariously eccentric commentary.  The actor also recently recurred on Apple TV+&#8217;s <em>Swagger<\/em> and had arcs on <em>Snowpiercer, Ray Donovan, If Loving You Is Wrong<\/em> and <em>Lincoln Heights<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Created by and starring Quinta Brunson, <em>Abbott Elementary<\/em> follows the challenges and triumphs of a group of teachers at an underfunded Philadelphia public school.  Brunson \u2014 a TVLine Dream Emmy Nominee who did indeed get nominated!  \u2014 leads the ensemble as optimistic second grade teacher Janine Teagues.  The cast also includes fellow Emmy nominee Sheryl Lee Ralph (<em>moesha<\/em>) as wise kindergarten teacher Barbara Howard;  Lisa Ann Walter (<em>The Parent Trap<\/em>) as tough-talking second grade teach Melissa Schemmenti;  Chris Perfetti (<em>In the Dark<\/em>) as history teacher Jacob Hill;  Emmy nominee Tyler James Williams (<em>Everybody Hates Chris<\/em>) as substitute-turned-permanent teacher Gregory Eddie;  and Emmy nominee Janelle James (<em>Black Monday<\/em>) as the show&#8217;s breakout character Principal Ava Coleman.<\/p>\n<p><em>Abbott Elementary<\/em> returns for Season 2 on its new night, Wednesday, Sept.  21 at 9\/8c ten ABC.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>Are you excited for even more of Mr.  Johnson?  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Davis recurred in all 12 episodes of the ABC comedy&#8217;s Emmy Award-nominated freshman season, often stealing scenes with Mr. Johnson&#8217;s hilariously eccentric commentary. &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/abbott-elementary-season-2-william-stanford-davis-upped-to-regular\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8216;Abbott Elementary&#8217; Season 2: William Stanford Davis Upped to Regular<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":21146,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/william-stanford-davis-upped-to-series-regular-deadline\/","url_meta":{"origin":21089,"position":0},"title":"William Stanford Davis Upped To Series Regular \u2013 Deadline","date":"July 21, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Abbott Elementary is making Mr. Johnson is a full-time employee. 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