Black-ish Season 7: Release Date and more Updates!

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Black-ish is an American sitcom television series. Kenya Barris created the series. It premiered on 24 September 2014 and has run for six seasons on ABC.

Black-ish follows an upper-middle-class African-American family It is led by Andre ‘Dre’ Johnson (Anthony Anderson) and Rainbow Johnson (Tracee Ellis Ross). The show revolves around the family’s lives, as they juggle several personal and sociopolitical issues. Along with it, the show features the characters Zoey Johnson (Yara Shahidi), Andre Johnson, Jr. (Marcus Scribner), Jack Johnson (Miles Brown), and Diane Johnson (Marsai Martin).

In later seasons, the characters of Josh Oppenhol (Jeff Meacham), Ruby Johnson (Jenifer Lewis), Charlie Telphy (Deon Cole), and Leslie Stevens (Peter Mackenzie) promoted to series regulars, while the character of Earl Johnson (Laurence Fishburne) makes recurring appearances.

In a 2016 article, it reported that the show creator, Kenya Barris, described the series as a semi-autobiography

Peaks of Black-ish

Throughout its run, Black-ish received critical acclaim. The show received Emmy and Golden Globe nominations for Outstanding Comedy Series, and a TCA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Comedy. Meanwhile, Tracee Ellis Ross received individual praise, winning the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress. The show also ranks relatively high among shows broadcast by ABC in terms of television season ratings. It ranks among the top ten in the United States for estimated total audience size.

The show’s success has also prompted a spin-off titled Grown-ish, which stars Shahidi as her character travels to college. In May 2019, ABC ordered a prequel spin-off, Mixed-ish, centered on young Bow and her biracial family in the 1980s.

Black-ish Development

Black-ish first appeared on the development slate at ABC in October 2013, when it was reported that the project, which would star Anthony Anderson, had received a script commitment. On January 16, 2014, ABC greenlit the pilot episode. Two weeks later, Larry Wilmore joined the show as showrunner. In mid-February, Laurence Fishburne was cast as the father of Anderson’s character, and Tracee Ellis Ross signed on as the female lead.

Black-ish Filming

On May 8, 2014, ABC picked up the pilot to the series for the 2014–15 television season. A few days later, Anderson announced that Larry Wilmore would be stepping down as showrunner early in the show’s run due to his forthcoming late-night show, The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore.

On 7 May 2015, ABC renewed the series for a second season. Then on 3 March 2016, ABC renewed the series for a third season. On 10 May 2017, ABC renewed the series for a fourth season. Late on 11 May 2018, ABC renewed the series for a fifth season. On 14 December 2018, ABC picked up 2 additional episodes for the fifth season bringing the season total to 24 episodes. On 2 May 2019, ABC renewed the series for a sixth season.

ABC renewed the series for a seventh season on 21 May 2020.

Black-ish Season 7 Official Release Date

Good News for all the fans. Black-ish Season 7 will release on 16 October!

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Black-ish Season 7 Storyline

In the upcoming season, we expect that it follows through on these same concepts as it continues to show the characters trying to navigate through life while always balancing their personal beliefs with societal norms.

Season 7, here we come! 🎉 That’s right, the Johnsons are coming back! #blackish pic.twitter.com/CU9yaAvqNO

— black-ish (@blackishabc) May 21, 2020

In the previous season, Anthony Anderson stars as “Andre ‘Dre’ Johnson” who is the patriarch of the “Johnson” dynasty. He was joined by Tracee Ellis Ross, who plays the role of “Dr. Rainbow,” otherwise referred to as “Bow.” The couple appeared alongside their children with Marcus Scribner acting as “Andre ‘Junior’ Johnson Jr,” the family’s second child. Miles Brown also appears on the show as “Jackson ‘Jack’ Johnson, the clan’s third child, while Marsai Martin plays the role of Diane Johnson, Jack’s fraternal twin.

In addition to the Johnsons, other lead acts comprising Deon Cole as “Charlie Telphy” (Dre’s colleague and best friend), Jenifer Lewis as “Ruby Ruby” (Andre’s mother), Jeff Meacham as “Josh Oppenhol” (Andre’s co-worker), and Peter Mackenzie as “Leslie Stevens” (Andre’s boss) appeared in the previous season. It remains unclear whether there will be any addition to the significant characters. Still, there is optimism that the entire group of lead actors will make a return in the upcoming season.

Despite the show’s popularity among the African American community, some facts aren’t known to many. In a 2016 report by “Mental Floss,” it was reported that the show creator, Kenya Barris, described the series as a semi-autobiography. According to the report, there are a lot of similarities between the happenings in the Johnson family and Barris’s real-life family.

For instance, the matriarch of the Johnsons, Rainbow Johnson, is an anesthesiologist with a black mother and a white father. Barris’s real-life wife is also a biracial anesthesiologist – Rainbow. There’s no doubt that viewers highly anticipate the seventh season of “Black-Ish,” and with its recent renewal, fans can keep their fingers crossed about enjoying more drama from the Johnsons.

One thing's for sure, #blackish is going out with a bang on tonight's season finale. 👀 https://t.co/tglbXqE5v2

— black-ish (@blackishabc) May 5, 2020