![]() ![]() It has been suggested that this section be split out into another article titled List of Black-ish, Grown-ish, and Mixed-ish characters. ![]() In May 2019, ABC ordered a short-lived prequel series, Mixed-ish, which centers on a young Bow and her biracial family in the 1980s. The show's success prompted a spin-off titled Grown-ish, which stars Shahidi, and subsequently Scribner, as their respective characters Zoey and Junior as they leave home to attend college. The series finale aired on April 19, 2022. In May 2021, ABC renewed the series for an eighth and final season, which premiered on January 4, 2022, and consists of 13 episodes. Ahead of its seventh season premiere, an hour-long Election-themed special was aired on October 4, 2020. In May 2020, ABC renewed the series for a seventh season, which premiered on October 21, 2020. The show received Emmy and Golden Globe nominations for Outstanding Comedy Series and a TCA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Comedy, while Tracee Ellis Ross received individual praise, winning the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress for her role as Bow. Throughout its run, Black-ish received positive reviews. In later seasons, additional characters including Dre's mother Ruby Johnson ( Jenifer Lewis), his co-workers Josh Oppenhol ( Jeff Meacham) and Charlie Telphy ( Deon Cole), his boss Leslie Stevens ( Peter Mackenzie), his and Bow's youngest child Devante Johnson (August and Berlin Gross), and Junior's girlfriend Olivia Lockhart (Katlyn Nichol) are promoted to series regulars, while Dre's father (and Ruby's ex-husband), Earl Johnson ( Laurence Fishburne), is a recurring character throughout the series. The show also features confident oldest child Zoey ( Yara Shahidi), nerdy elder son Andre Jr., aka Junior ( Marcus Scribner), and twins Jack ( Miles Brown) and Diane ( Marsai Martin). The show revolves around the Johnson family as they juggle personal, familial and sociopolitical issues, particularly in trying to reconcile their desire to stay true to their Black identities with their choice to live in a wealthy, suburban white neighborhood. ![]() Black-ish follows an upper class Black family headed by Andre "Dre" Johnson, a successful advertising executive ( Anthony Anderson), and his wife Rainbow, an anaesthesiologist ( Tracee Ellis Ross). It aired on ABC from September 24, 2014, to April 19, 2022, running for eight seasons with one hundred and fifty three episodes.
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