ABC's 'black-ish' ends its run as ABC looks to future

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ABC marked the end of an era as groundbreaking comedy black-ish came to its final moments on Tuesday.

, after an adventure-packed eight-year run.The episode was filled with emotional goodbyes as Dre (Anthony Anderson) and Dr. Rainbow «Bow» (Tracee Ellis Ross) Johnson decided to move out of their family home.

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SPOILER ALERT: Reading further will reveal key plot points from the series finale of “Black-ish”.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large“Black-ish” ended its eight season run on Tuesday night by going back to the beginning. Literally. The opening to the ABC comedy’s series finale began much in the same way the pilot did in 2014, with Andre Johnson (Anthony Anderson) waking up to his iPhone alarm clock and narrating a bit about his state of mind.Even the opening strains of Kanye West’s “Jesus Walks” opened the finale, just as it did the series premiere all those years ago.

SPOILER ALERT: This story contains details of Tuesday’s series finale of Black-ish on ABC.

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Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeThere’s a bit of serendipity that some of ABC’s “Black-ish” takes place at an advertising agency, where Andre Johnson (played by Anthony Anderson) works. Throughout eight seasons of “Black-ish,” viewers have seen Dre dream up with ways to capitalize and promote various brands, both fictional (“Boxable”) and not (Starbucks).As Dre was helping brands expand their footprint, so too was “Black-ish” turning into a lucrative and far-reaching franchise itself for Disney, ABC and creator Kenya Barris. The comedy concludes its eight-season run on April 19, but that doesn’t mean the end of the “-ish” universe.

Tracee Ellis Ross were the Emmy-nominated stars of ABC’s “Black-ish” for eight culture-changing seasons, Jenifer Lewis and Deon Cole were the sitcom’s secret weapons.And as they say goodbye to their characters Ruby Johnson and Charlie Telphy — the mother and co-worker, respectively, of Andre Johnson (Anderson) — when the “Black-ish” series finale airs Tuesday (April 19) at 9 p.m., Lewis and Cole are more than proud-ish of the show’s legacy in representing the African-American experience.“We made history — and I’m extremely proud of it,” Lewis, 65, told The Post. “We did an excellent job entertaining people — and we did an excellent job educating people.