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Disney/Gilles Mingasson The school year is off to a strong start: “Abbott Elementary” returned to ABC with the premiere of its sixth season on Oct. 7 and achieved its strongest viewership in a year.
After seven days of viewing, the Season 6 premiere reached a total of 6.3 million viewers and a across all platforms. Not only does that represent the show’s best seven-day audience since the third episode of Season 5 on October 15, 2025, one year ago; the episode’s 2.07 rating among adults age 18-49 was the highest in more than 18 months, outpacing all “Abbott” episodes since the 19th episode of Season 4 on March 26, 2025. Compared to the Season 5 premiere in 2025, Season 6 opened with 7% more viewers (up from 5.9 million) and a 16% higher rating (up from 1.79).
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