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{{Infobox television episode
| series       = [[Abbott Elementary]]
| season       = 1
| episode      = 6
| airdate      = {{Start date|2022|2|1}}
| production   = T12.17156
| writer       = {{Plainlist|
* Jordan Temple
}}
| director     = Matt Sohn
| photographer   =
| editor         = 
| episode_list = <!-- List of Abbott Elementary episodes -->
| season_article = Abbott Elementary (season 1)
| image        = 
| caption      =
| guests       = 
* [[William Stanford Davis]] as Mr. Johnson
* Bruno Amato as Gary
* [[Richard Brooks]] as Gerald Howard
| prev         = [[Student Transfer (Abbott Elementary)|Student Transfer]]
| next         = [[Art Teacher (Abbott Elementary)|Art Teacher]]
}}
"'''Gifted Program'''"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/abbott_elementary/s01/e06|work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|access-date=May 30, 2023|title='Abbott Elementary' – "Gifted Program"|archive-date=March 14, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230314065337/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/abbott_elementary/s01/e06|url-status=live}}</ref> is the sixth episode of the American sitcom television series ''[[Abbott Elementary]]''. It was written by Jordan Temple, and was directed by Matt Sohn, and the first of which not to be directed by [[Randall Einhorn]]. It premiered on the [[American Broadcasting Company]] (ABC) in the United States on February 1, 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Abbott Elementary – WGA Directory |url=https://directories.wga.org/project/1213612/abbott-elementary/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220815035031/https://directories.wga.org/project/1213612/abbott-elementary/ |archive-date=August 15, 2022 |access-date=August 14, 2022 |website=[[Writers Guild of America West]]}}</ref><ref name="EIDR">{{Cite journal |date=August 7, 2022 |title=EIDR Record: Abbott Elementary: Season 1 |url=https://ui.eidr.org/view/content?id=10.5240/F640-D6FC-3C6E-B655-97A9-R |url-status=live |journal=Entertainment Identifier Registry |doi=10.5240/F640-D6FC-3C6E-B655-97A9-R |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220816042013/https://ui.eidr.org/view/content?id=10.5240/F640-D6FC-3C6E-B655-97A9-R |archive-date=August 16, 2022 |access-date=August 14, 2022}}</ref>

== Plot ==
After noticing that a smart new student has transferred to Abbott, Janine ([[Quinta Brunson]]) is inspired to start a "gifted program" at their school full of academically excelling students. Janine asks Jacob ([[Chris Perfetti]]) to teach. However, many of the other students not in the gifted program start to feel left out. This causes Janine to try to replicate the gifted program's lessons in her own class, only to end up accidentally releasing snakes in the school. With advice from Gregory ([[Tyler James Williams]]), Janine dismantles the gifted program in favor of creating a rotational enrichment program for all the students of the school. Meanwhile, Barbara ([[Sheryl Lee Ralph]]) encourages a stubborn Melissa ([[Lisa Ann Walter]]) into going out with the vending machine owner, Gary, who resupplies snacks in the teacher's breakroom.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://alexusrenee.com/abbott-elementary-season-1-episode-6-recap/|title=Abbott Elementary Season 1 Episode 6 Recap "Gifted Program"|date=February 1, 2022|access-date=January 27, 2023|author=Halla Warner|work=Celebrity Myxer|archive-date=January 27, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230127034659/https://alexusrenee.com/abbott-elementary-season-1-episode-6-recap/|url-status=live}}</ref>
== Reception ==
Upon its initial broadcast on ABC, "Gifted Program" was viewed by 2.77 million viewers, slightly less than the previous episode. This rating earned the episode a 0.58 in the 18-49 rating demographics on the Nielson ratings scale.<ref name="1.06">{{cite web|url=https://showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-tuesday-2-1-2022-top-150-cable-originals-network-finals.html|title=SHOWBUZZDAILY'S Tuesday 2.1.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals Updated|last=Metcalf|first=Mitch|date=February 2, 2022|work=[[Showbuzz Daily]]|access-date=January 19, 2024|archive-date=February 3, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220203112648/https://showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-tuesday-2-1-2022-top-150-cable-originals-network-finals.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

The episode airs following its [[Mid-season replacement|midseason]] entry in the [[2021–22 United States network television schedule|2021–22 television season]]. Filming for the sixth episode took place between August 16, and November 5, 2021, in [[Los Angeles, California]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 26, 2021 |title=issue one thousand two hundred sixty-one |url=https://www.productionweekly.com/082621gp.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211010072602/https://www.productionweekly.com/082621gp.pdf |archive-date=October 10, 2021 |access-date=December 2, 2021 |website=Production Weekly}}</ref><ref name="VarietyInsight">{{Cite web |title=Film and TV Projects Going Into Production – ''Abbott Elementary'' |url=https://www.varietyinsight.com/production_restart_full_view.php?track_id=191103 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518185454/https://www.varietyinsight.com/production_restart_full_view.php?track_id=191103 |archive-date=May 18, 2021 |access-date=May 18, 2021 |website=[[Variety Insight]]}}</ref> Like other episodes, interior scenes are filmed at  [[Warner Bros. Studios, Burbank]] in [[Burbank, California]], with exterior shots of the series being filmed in front of Vermont Elementary School in [[Los Angeles]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stephanie Harper |date=April 19, 2022 |title='Abbott Elementary' Is Supposed to Take Place in Philadelphia — Where Is It Filmed? |url=https://www.distractify.com/p/where-is-abbott-elementary-filmed |access-date=January 11, 2023 |website=Distractify |archive-date=January 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230111195327/https://www.distractify.com/p/where-is-abbott-elementary-filmed |url-status=live }}</ref>
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