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Grown-ish Renewed for Season 5, Marcus Scribner Joins the Cast
Marcus Scribner will bring Junior to Cal U for Grown-ish Season 5
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‘Grown-ish’ Season 4 Second Half Set for January Premiere
When Freeform’s No. 1 comedy returns, the Black-ish spinoff finds Zoey and her friends finally heading toward graduation
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Exclusive Clip: Grown-ish Will Tackle Police Brutality, BLM Uprisings, Looting and White Fragility
The Freeform series will air two special episodes focusing on the various ways Cal U students respond to news of an unarmed Black man killed by police.
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Disney Launches Onyx Collective for Creators of Color; Questlove, Oprah Winfrey, Ryan Coogler, Nikole Hannah-Jones Among First Collaborators
A new content brand from Disney General Entertainment dedicated to creators of color and underrepresented voices will be headed to a screen near you soon, The Root has learned. The Onyx Collective, which is set to be housed on Hulu per a press release sent to The Root, will showcase curated projects such as films…
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Sharing Passwords Is Community Building: Here's What's Available to Watch During Black History Month 2021
Welcome to February, the Blackest month of the year! Okay, it may be the shortest month in the year (yes, even when we have a leap year, like we did last year), but there is twice the amount of Black-ass content. Of course, when you work at a Black publication such as the one you’re…
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Watch Out World, We’re in Smoakland: Freeform to Develop New Series From Yara and Keri Shahidi
Yara Shahidi and her mother Keri will soon be bringing us into the world of the cannabis industry for a new series currently in development for Freeform, Smoakland. Deadline announced today that the single-camera comedy comes from the mother-daughter duo’s 7th Sun production company with The Chi writer Jewel Coronel and Scandal writer Zahir McGhee…
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New Year, New Semester: Grown-ish Returns for Mid-Season Debut on Freeform
Somebody break out the booze! It looks like fan-favorite Freeform series Grown-ish will soon be back on our screens following that crazy cliffhanger mid-season finale back in March. (Can you believe Zoey’s dropping out? Whew, chile. Kids these days, amirite?) In a press release sent to The Root, the second half of season three will…
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Original Voice of Ariel, Jodi Benson, and Freeform Support Halle Bailey Despite Salty Racists Under the Sea
What’s a fire and why does it—what’s the word—buuuuuurn certain white people so bad that a loc’d young lady with a lovely voice has been cast as a sea creature who regularly chats it up with a thick flounder and cantankerous crustacean? Oh right, racism. Let’s back it up a bit. On Wednesday evening, I…