At THR's Emmys Nominees Night party, Lisa Ann Walter explains why having more episodes is making the next season of 'Abbott Elementary' even better. Plus, she cracks jokes with Joely Fisher on the carpet.
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00:00We're here tonight at the Hollywood Reporter and SAG's Emmys party.
00:03Who's somebody you'd love to maybe bump into at one of these parties this weekend
00:06that you haven't maybe gotten the chance to meet yet?
00:09I mean, this is it right here. This is the dynamic duo.
00:13Every party where the party's shaking our asses, to quote Chaperone.
00:17Is Chaperone here? That's who I'd like to bump into.
00:20Is she showing up?
00:22I don't know if she's on the list, but we need to get hot to go.
00:25We need to tell the DJ to play it.
00:27Exactly. We're celebrating excellence in television, which involves both of us.
00:32I'm TikTok dancing. Shut up.
00:33Okay, sorry.
00:34It's my new career.
00:36I want to be an influencer.
00:38Their life looks so fun.
00:41Makeup tutorials and cooking pasta.
00:43You have to go like this.
00:44Disgusting pasta.
00:45You have to hold it up and do that.
00:47Hey guys, here's my purse.
00:51This is my audition.
00:53So I got some swag at last year's Night Before Party.
00:57It's the Wakanda Forever lip gloss.
01:01Can you see? There's a sheen.
01:03Oh, it's deli...
01:06Oh my God, I love it.
01:09It's just the best.
01:11Nailed it. You are now the hottest new influencer.
01:13Thank you. Thank you.
01:14I don't make as much money as them, so be nice.
01:17I'd like to get a raise.
01:19For you, season four of Abbott Elementary is about to premiere next month.
01:22What are you excited for fans to see with Ms. Schimanti next season?
01:26You know, there's so much room that we have with 22 episodes to just take...
01:32What we did last season, which was a ton of story crammed into 14 because of the strike,
01:37and Quentin was pulling our hair out, and the writers killed themselves,
01:41and they made an incredibly full-packed, stacked season.
01:47And this one is just as many, if not more, laughs.
01:52Room for the relationships to kind of combine and fizz and spark.
01:59And just a lot more fun. It's a lot more fun, I think.
02:03We were all really up against it last year.
02:08I think we made great television, but we're having such a good time with each other.
02:12We can play a little bit more.
02:16I'm going to speak as if I'm not part of it.
02:19It is such a talented ensemble, I think the best on television,
02:25that having the room to play within the scenes just sparks so much more.
02:31And I think the audiences are going to see that.
02:34I know they are. They're going to love it. I'm loving it.
02:37I leave work every day and go, damn, that was good TV we just made.
02:41I love that. Well, have a fun night tonight.
02:43We lost your buddy, but you can go rejoin her.
02:46She went to another interview.
02:48I saw other people that I like.
02:50What are you saying to Tiffany? She's my new best friend.
02:54She's my influencer crew.
02:56Your hype crew, exactly.
02:58This is Los Angeles, everybody.
03:00Just in case you don't know, Thickle and Fairweather Friends.
03:03That's me. That's me.
03:05Whatever's the hot thing of the moment, Thickle Fisher here does off to the next.
03:10Hold on. Harry Hamlin's here.
03:11See? See?
03:13Lisa Rinna right behind him.
03:15Have a great rest of your night. Thank you.
03:17His wife makes really good lip gloss, by the way.
03:20Usually that's what's in my purse.
03:22Facts. Facts.