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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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Watch Out World, They're College Seniors Now—Somebody's Getting Married in Grown-ish Season 4 Teaser Trailer
"Grown-ish" Season 4 will explore the pandemic, police brutality and more.
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This Is the End-ish: Black-ish Will Conclude With Its Eighth Season, Mixed-Ish Canceled After Two Seasons
It’s upfronts season in the television industry, and I’m not going to get all jargon-y on you—let’s just say this is the time of year where audiences hear a lot about new shows, existing show season renewals and existing show cancellations! It’s a rollercoaster of emotions! Probably the biggest (and Blackest) news out of the…
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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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Mogul-ish: Kenya Barris Is in Talks With ViacomCBS to Co-Own a Whole Studio
Kenya Barris is really embodying the theme song for his latest TV show, #BlackAF, Jay Rock’s “WIN” (which is in heavy rotation in my headphones because it’s one of my favorite hype songs right now). According to Deadline, sources are saying that Barris is currently in serious negotiations with ViacomCBS to enter a new venture…
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Black Girl Movie Magic: Yara Shahidi to Star as Tinker Bell in Disney's Live-Action Peter Pan and Wendy
Yara Shahidi, star of ABC’s Grown-ish and a leader in the growing group of impressive and talented young Black women making waves in Hollywood, will be taking on the iconic role of Tinker Bell in Disney’s upcoming live-action film adaptation of Peter Pan. According to Deadline, Shahidi will be the first person of color to…
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Boss-ish: Yara Shahidi Signs Overall Deal With ABC Studios and Launches a New Production Company
Yara Shahidi has secured the bag-ish. According to Deadline, Yara has signed an overall deal with ABC Studios “to develop and produce scripted and alternative television projects for cable, streaming and broadcast.” As we all know, Yara already has an active relationship with ABC with Black-ish and its spinoff show starring the young actress, Grown-ish…
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Colorism Isn’t Real-ish, It’s Real: Kenya Barris Criticized Over Black Excellence Casting, His Response Also Raises Eyebrows
Potential audiences recently got a first look at the first television show of Kenya Barris’ big Netflix deal, Black Excellence (stylized as #blackexcellence). As Deadline announced, Genneya Walton (9-1-1, Project Mc²), Iman Benson (Suits, Alexa & Katie), Scarlet Spencer (Cousins for Life, Colony), Justin Claiborne (Marriage Story, Reverie), Ravi Cabot-Conyers (The Resident) and Richard Gardenhire…