ABBOTT ELEMENTARY crossover with IT'S ALWAYS SUNNY... expands to a 2-episode event where the teachers will crush the bar

The long awaited intersection between ABCs Abbott Elementary and FXs It’s always sunny in Philadelphia has only gotten bigger.

It was already known that the Sunny characters appear Abbot this season, and now it’s been revealed that, as part of a two-episode event, the Abbot Teachers will also be present Sunny to hang out with the gang at Paddy’s Pub.

Earlier this month, Abbot creator and star Quinta Brunson And Sunny star/co-creator Rob McElhenney revealed that the two shows would come together for a very special episode of Abbott Elementary (which Brunson had previously alluded to at San Diego Comic-Con).

The mash-up made sense, as both shows are set in Philadelphia and both air on Disney-owned networks.

The Sunny cast, including McElhenney, Charlie Day, Glenn Howerton, Kaitlin Olson And Danny DeVitohave already shot their scenes Abbot episode 409, in a storyline that will take up the entire half hour. Olson revealed the crossover on the red carpet on Thursday at Variety Power of Women event.

“It was a lot of fun,” Olson said of shooting the Abbot episode, adding: “And in a few weeks they will enter our world, which is very exciting. So it was a lot of fun for both of our casts to be able to do, them a cable show and us a network show.

Since Abbot star Lisa Ann Walter (who plays tough second grade teacher Melissa Schemmenti) told Variety that she asked Brunson to write her scenes with Olson’s Dee Reynolds, Variety asked what the requests were Sunny star made.

“I was just excited to just get them down and dirty,” Olson replied. “They can’t do that at school; They can do that in the bar.”

The “Sunny-on-AbbotThe episode will air first, and executive producers Justin Halpern and Patrick Schumacker revealed that Day’s character will have a “pretty major storyline.”

Schumacker spoke about breaking the story, saying: “It was initially a joke that the two shows would cross over. On paper it feels like they are a real tonal mash-up. But then Rob and Charlie came to our writers’ room and we worked out some really broad ideas.

“From there we emailed beat sheets back and forth and then an overview. They were super game for everything. Any concerns we had about the tone of the shows clashing were put to rest once we started filming Charlie.

However, it is unclear what the Sunny team has in store for the Abbot characters on their show. Writing for season 17 of It’s always sunny in Philadelphia took place this fall, and production on the season’s eight episodes has just begun (aiming for a 2025 return).

Sunny has had to work around the busy schedules of its stars, including Olson on the new ABC breakout hit High potential and Howerton in the Netflix series Sirens.