Quinta Brunson

HE LANDSCAPE OF TELEVISION IS SO VAST THESE DAYS, IT’S RARE FOR A network TV comedy series to succeed. But Quinta Brunson’s has proven to be a surprise exception, quickly becoming a ratings and critical success. “It’s very rare for first-season comedies [to you get a range of things. And this season, I feel like we get to play with that range. Now we get to live in it.” Brunson says the inspiration for creating the series came from watching her mom’s experience as a teacher. “I was in her kindergarten class years ago. I spent so much time with her [as a kid], both during, before and after school.” Years later, as an adult, Brunson says “the whole world looked different” after she visited her mom at work shortly before she was about to retire. “I was sitting at my mom’s desk, watching her in her classroom. And I was like, ‘This is it.’”