Spotlight TELEVISION | PROFILE Chris Perfetti learns lessons from ‘Abbott Elementary’ Bruce R. Miller Lee Enterprises Jan 10, 2026 Jan 10, 2026 Updated Jul 11, 2026 0 Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Chris Perfetti plays Jacob Hill on "Abbott Elementary." Sami Drasin, Disney kAmx? C646?E J62CD[ “p33@EE t=6>6?E2CJ” 92D 366? E96 @?=J 3C@2542DE ?6EH@C< D9@H E@ 4@>A6E6 7@C q6DE r@>65J :? G2C:@FD E6=6G:D:@? 2H2C5D 4@?E6DED]k^AmkAmxE’D E96 DE2?52C5 362C6C[ :7 J@F H:==[ 7@C 3C@2542DE D6C:6D[ 2?5 E96 AC6DDFC6 :D C62=] “%96 4C@H? :D 962GJ[” D2JD r9C:D !6C76EE:[ H9@ A=2JD y24@3 w:== @? E96 pqr G6?EFC6]k^AmkAm“xE’D ?@E =@DE @? >6[” 96 4@?E:?F6D] “r6CE2:?=J[ 36:?8 E96 @?=J ?6EH@C< D9@H :D 9F>3=:?8] (6 H@C< D@ 92C5 2?5 D@ BF:4<=J @? E96D6[ 2?5 E96D6 2H2C5 D9@HD 2=H2JD <:?5 @7 =2?5 D>24< :? E96 >:55=6 @7 @FC AC@5F4E:@? 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E96 A286 7@C >6[” !6C76EE: D2JD]k^Am kAmp E62496Cn “x E9:?< x 4@F=5 36 @?6[” !6C76EE: D2JD] “x E9:?< x’5 6?;@J E92E]”k^Am Movies & TV Ranking the best movies and TV shows of 2025 | Streamed & Screened podcast BRUCE MILLER and TERRY LIPSHETZ Lee Enterprises Movies & TV The best films to get you in the New Year’s mood Morayo Ogunbayo The Atlanta Journal-Constitution "Abbott Elementary" airs Wednesdays on ABC. 0 Comments Related to this story Most Popular The ‘Guillermo Effect’ takes out a good dancer on ‘Dancing with the Stars’ Even though Guillermo Rodriguez is the weakest dancer in the bunch, he stays in, largely because he’s great television and a good sport. Tom Cruise rolls in rocky ‘Digger’ satire Because it takes so much effort to unpack, “Digger” isn’t the great satire its makers want it to be. ‘Eternally Yours’ reimagines vampires through a 500-year married couple In the comedy, a vampire couple has been married for 500 years. 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Movies & TV Ranking the best movies and TV shows of 2025 | Streamed & Screened podcast BRUCE MILLER and TERRY LIPSHETZ Lee Enterprises
Movies & TV The best films to get you in the New Year’s mood Morayo Ogunbayo The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The ‘Guillermo Effect’ takes out a good dancer on ‘Dancing with the Stars’ Even though Guillermo Rodriguez is the weakest dancer in the bunch, he stays in, largely because he’s great television and a good sport.
Tom Cruise rolls in rocky ‘Digger’ satire Because it takes so much effort to unpack, “Digger” isn’t the great satire its makers want it to be.
‘Eternally Yours’ reimagines vampires through a 500-year married couple In the comedy, a vampire couple has been married for 500 years. They’re experiencing what others call the “seven-year itch” and don’t know how…
Love and 'War': All's not fair in new HBO legal drama In “War,” a new anthology series on HBO, the biggest posturing is in the courtroom, where a tech billionaire (Dominic West) squares off with h…
‘Primetime’ strikes at the heart of reality television Determined to “cleanse the world” of evil, “To Catch a Predator” host Chris Hansen (Robert Pattinson) takes his job a little too seriously.
