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Set in [[San Francisco]], the series follows its titular character Abigail "Abby" Walker ([[Sydney Tamiia Poitier]]), one of the few women working for the fictional television sports program ''West Coast Sports Report''.<ref name="Journal1">{{cite journal|date=January 27, 2003|title=Sydney Tamiia Poitier Tackles Racy Sports World and Rocky Love Life as Star of New TV Show 'Abby'|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Fr4DAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA58|volume=103|issue=5|pages=58–60, 62|journal=[[Jet (magazine)|Jet]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180709023225/https://books.google.com/books?id=Fr4DAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA58|archive-date=July 9, 2018}}</ref> Although Abby becomes the producer of ''West Coast Sports Report'',<ref name="Book2">[[Abby (TV series)#Terrace2008|Terrace (2008)]]: p. 4</ref><ref name="Source5">{{cite web|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/entertainment/advice-upn-rid-abby-article-1.667600|title=Advice for UPN: Get Rid of 'Abby'|last=Bianculli|first=David|date=January 6, 2003|work=[[New York Daily News]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180413045804/http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/entertainment/advice-upn-rid-abby-article-1.667600|archive-date=April 13, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Source8">{{cite web|url=http://old.post-gazette.com/TV/20030106owen0106fnp5.asp|title=TV Reviews: 'Abby' a trite sexcom; Travel show examines jet crashes|last=Owen|first=Rob|date=January 6, 2003|work=[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]]|access-date=May 28, 2018|archive-date=February 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200213071716/http://old.post-gazette.com/TV/20030106owen0106fnp5.asp|url-status=dead}}</ref> according to Bernadette Adams Davis of ''[[PopMatters]]'', the character does not display a particular interest in any sport.<ref name="Source11">{{cite web|url=https://www.popmatters.com/abby-030116-2496237226.html|title=Abby|last=Davis|first=Bernadette Adams|date=January 15, 2003|work=[[PopMatters]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180413045804/https://www.popmatters.com/abby-030116-2496237226.html|archive-date=April 13, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Poitier characterized Abby as a woman who "doesn't design herself to fit other people's perceptions and wants".<ref name="Journal1" /> Episodes include storylines where Abby imagines being someone else, and overshares details about her love life with her best friend, Max Ellis ([[Randy J. Goodwin]]),<ref name="Book2" /> who is also the program's anchorman.<ref name="Journal1" />
In the pilot, Abby breaks up with her boyfriend, Will Jeffries ([[Kadeem Hardison]]), but they argue over their [[Rent control in the United States|rent-controlled]] apartment and decide to share it as [[Platonic love|platonic]] roommates. A writer for [[Jet (magazine)|''Jet'']] called their relationship "antagonistic and supportive".<ref name="Journal1" /> Will, a professional photographer, still harbors feelings for Abby and attempts to rekindle their romance.<ref name="Books1">
Abby's sister, Joanne "Jo" Walker (Tangie Ambrose), and Max each support Abby.<ref name="Journal1" /> Jo encourages her to move on from her relationship with Will, while Max harbors an [[Unrequited love|unrequited crush]] on Abby over the course of the series.<ref name="Books1" /> Abby frequently clashes with her chauvinistic boss, Roger Tomkins ([[Sean O'Bryan]]),<ref name="Journal1" /> who is also close friends with Will.<ref name="Source11" /> Roger frequently attends the [[Strip club|gentlemen's club]] "The Booty Barn" with Will,<ref name="Source11" /> and advises him to reconcile with Abby.<ref name="Books1" /> The ''[[Sun-Sentinel]]''<nowiki/>'s Tom Jicha described Roger as the series' "[[Tokenism|token white]]" character.<ref name="Source7" /> Abby's mother and father, played by [[Michelle Phillips]] and [[Charlie Robinson (actor)|Charlie Robinson]], appear as [[recurring character]]s.<ref name="PostStar1">{{cite web|url=https://poststar.com/lifestyles/making-her-own-name/article_def6bd0b-7709-524a-acd4-df7c47fe2f95.html|title=Making her own name|last=Byrne|first=Bridget|date=January 2, 2003|work=[[The Post-Star]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180413045804/http://poststar.com/lifestyles/making-her-own-name/article_def6bd0b-7709-524a-acd4-df7c47fe2f95.html|archive-date=April 13, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
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