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TheAbsolution · Sep 25, 2014

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Black-ish (styled black-ish[1] or `black·ish) is an upcoming American comedy series starring Anthony Anderson and Tracee Ellis Ross, that is expected to debut on ABC during the 201415 television season. The single-camera comedy centers on a middle-class African-American family. The series is scheduled to air on Wednesdays at 9:30 p.m., starting September 24, 2014.

Cast
Anthony Anderson as Andre 'Dre' Johnson
Tracee Ellis Ross as Rainbow Johnson
Yara Shahidi as Zoey Johnson
Marcus Scribner as Andre Johnson, Jr.
Miles Brown as Jack Johnson
David Arvesen as BC
Marsai Martin as Diane Johnson

TheAbsolution · Sep 25, 2014

This is hilarious so far.

Lkr · Sep 25, 2014

The idea made me laugh but then again I enjoy Black Jesus. I want to check it out

blakep267 · Sep 25, 2014

Trace ellis ross. Man, the thickness

also lol at the feast on the other side of the table

CountBlack · Sep 25, 2014

Lawrence Fishburne looking like a porn director

will check out tho.

The Blue Jihad · Sep 25, 2014

I'm very impressed with this so far...

Mesousa · Sep 25, 2014

That anthony Anderson complexion color joke didn't really work when Anthony Anderson is nearly as light as her.

NYCmetsfan · Sep 25, 2014

Lol 'you think oj did it'

Slayven · Sep 25, 2014

Please be a hit.

blakep267 · Sep 25, 2014

its a solid show. Son's friend went into the fridge for some grape soda

TheAbsolution · Sep 25, 2014

DAT promo reel. LMAO.
Holy shit

Mariolee · Sep 25, 2014

I'm excited for this actually. Will watch for sure.

royalan · Sep 25, 2014

Damnit! forgot this was on! Catching the last 10 minutes.

Rhaknar · Sep 25, 2014

how the fuck does Lawrence Fishburne not get first billing...or any billing in fact, if not for that banner you wouldnt know he was on the show

Bgamer90 · Sep 25, 2014

I'm laughing since the points being brought up in the show are very accurate but bringing up race every 30 seconds in a 30 minute show just seems very overboard.

Mixed feelings.

DominoKid · Sep 25, 2014

dead prez on network tv. i love it.

royalan · Sep 25, 2014

"This ain't our culture. We black not African....Africans don't even like us."

That truth.

TheAbsolution · Sep 25, 2014

Bgamer90 said:
I'm laughing since the points being brought up in the show are very accurate but bringing up race every 30 seconds in a 30 minute show just seems very overboard.

Mixed feelings.

It's a comedy pilot. Its got a lot to cover.
I'm hoping they might be able to taverage it out a bit.

blakep267 · Sep 25, 2014

Bgamer90 said:
I'm laughing since the points being brought up in the show are very accurate but bringing up race every 30 seconds in a 30 minute show just seems very overboard.

Mixed feelings.

Its funny but I think after the pilot, they'll tone the frequency down.

royalan said:
"This ain't our culture. We black not African....Africans don't even like us."

That truth.

yup. I yelled

Bgamer90 · Sep 25, 2014

TheAbsolution said:
It's a comedy pilot. Its got a lot to cover.

True I guess. I also felt iffy about the name but now I get why it was called "Black-ish".

Mesousa · Sep 25, 2014

royalan said:
"This ain't our culture. We black not African....Africans don't even like us."

That truth.

Lol no it isn't.

Old black folks think it though, which is why it was a great written line.

family_guy · Sep 25, 2014

Rhaknar said:
how the fuck does Lawrence Fishburne not get first billing...or any billing in fact, if not for that banner you wouldnt know he was on the show

His daughter does porn.

Pastry · Sep 25, 2014

...bro mitzvah lol

Mesousa · Sep 25, 2014

family_guy said:
His daughter does porn.

Not very good porn at that. She had more bumps on that ass than the surface of the moon

blakep267 · Sep 25, 2014

Mesousa said:
Lol no it isn't.

Old black folks think it though, which is why it was a great written line.

Im not gonna single out africans only. I see a lot of not hatred per se, but looking down upon african americans from from foreigners in general Ill say, who come to the US

Laughing Black · Sep 25, 2014

royalan said:
"This ain't our culture. We black not African....Africans don't even like us."

That truth.

Uh...can you imagine Shango in that living room? I think there's a difference.

I agree

TheAbsolution · Sep 25, 2014

That was a decent pilot as I've said before. Hopefully it gets better at balancing the tone.

Tamanon · Sep 25, 2014

Pretty good, although not a fan of the youngest kids.

Slayven · Sep 25, 2014

So Larry Fishborne is that crazy uncle at the family reunion?

studyguy · Sep 25, 2014

That little kid is from the city where my parents live now apparently.

Rhaknar · Sep 25, 2014

family_guy said:
His daughter does porn.

wait...what?

dr3upmushroom · Sep 25, 2014

CountBlackule said:
Lawrence Fishburne looking like a porn director

will check out tho.

hmmmmmm....

family_guy · Sep 25, 2014

Rhaknar said:
wait...what?

This was a year or two ago. Maybe she quit.

Phanta · Sep 25, 2014

Not a bad first ep at all. Was skeptical but will definitely give this a chance.

The Last Wizard · Sep 25, 2014

Was ok, anthony sounds like Patrice oneal at times

D1renegade · Sep 25, 2014

An ok pilot. This has potential

DominoKid · Sep 25, 2014

i can already tell Pops is gonna be my favorite character. old black people have no chill.

PhineBuyM3 · Sep 25, 2014

Rhaknar said:
wait...what?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyI_dtly990

Mariolee · Sep 25, 2014

I was dead at how they subverted that grape juice joke. Dead.

Catalix · Sep 25, 2014

Really solid pilot. The characters/actors were likable, I laughed plenty of times throughout, and the message was handled fairly well toward the end.

Just need to see how they juggle this kind of material on a weekly basis. Definitely seeing the potential, though.

jWILL253 · Sep 25, 2014

It's a pretty good pilot...

Cooter · Sep 26, 2014

I laughed many times. Can't go wrong with Morpheus! DVR'd

DominoKid · Sep 26, 2014

hope the ratings hold up well.

Black-ish had 10.8 million viewers and a 3.3 rating among adults 18-49 at 9:30 p.m. The big mitigating factor here is the size of its lead-in from Modern Family (10.9 million and a 3.7) last years Super Fun Night, for instance, opened to a 3.2 in this slot and quickly faded. Yet ABC points out Black-ish had the highest retention of Modern Family viewers for a regular comedy debut in this slot ever.

WarrenMax007 · Sep 26, 2014

It was okay-ish. But they have to tone it down on mentioning race every second. Laurence Fishburne was the best. Kids were meh.

rrc1594 · Sep 26, 2014

I enjoyed it

Caddywompus · Sep 26, 2014

I liked it, I'd watch it again. Hopefully it finds a market. Though its pilot targeted a very specific black audience in upper class white america.

Not that only this group can appreciate the humor over the course of a season but judging by the comments so far its hook of being kinda black sounds like that style of racial jokes will get old fast, episode after episode.

TripOpt55 · Sep 30, 2014

Just checked this out and really liked it. Some great lines in there.

Dereck · Sep 30, 2014

I really need to see more of this.

TheAbsolution · Oct 1, 2014

New episode tonight:

The Talk

Dre, disappointed that Bow has already given Andre Jr. the talk because she thinks hes too big of a prude to do it, decides to rectify matters by giving his son HIS version of the talk. But Dre soon finds himself wishing hed left well enough alone when Andre Jr. starts to drive him crazy with non-stop questions about sex

Bgamer90 · Oct 2, 2014

Liking this episode more than the first.

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