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ABC Can't Get Enough Black-ish, Renewing Hit Show and Adding Spinoff, Mixed-ish

Take Rainbow, Tracee Ellis Ross’ eclectic character from Black-ish, but make her a teenage. Suggested Reading Sole Survivor Explains How He’s Alive After Air India Crash The Very Short List of Black Celebs Speaking Out Against Trump’s ICE Raids White George Floyd Advocate and Husband ‘Target of Political Assasination’ but It Gets Worse Video will…

Take Rainbow, Tracee Ellis Ross’ eclectic character from Black-ish, but make her a teenage.

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That’s the concept behind the popular ABC sitcom’s spinoff prequel, Mixed-ish, which the network just handed out an early series order for, according to The Hollywood Reporter. ABC also confirmed it’s renewing the hit comedy for a sixth season.

Here’s what we know about Mixed-ish so far:

It’s slated to take place in the ’80s, revolving around a teenage Bow (Arica Himmell) as she and her (duh) mixed-race family adjust from living in a hippie commune to life in the suburbs. Tika Sumpter will play Bow’s mother, with Christina Anthony, Mykal-Michelle Harris and Ethan Childress also slated to join the cast.

This effectively completes a Black-ish trifecta, with Grown-ish, the spinoff starring Yara Shahidi, now on its second season on ABC’s cable network, Freeform.

Now is also a good time to revisit what The Root’s beloved Tonja Renée Stidhum wrote back in February, when a possible spin-off was first announced.

Because I love guessing games, I predict the title to be either:

1. Teen-ish

2. Bow-ish

3. Mixed-ish

We’ll check back to see if I called it. Deal? Deal.

Is it only a matter of time before we get a Marsai Martin-centered spinoff—especially after her delightful performance in Little? You know the saying, once you go Black-ish, you...order every conceivable spinoff you can-ish.

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