‘Black-ish’ Cast on Convincing ABC to Move Up the Show From Midseason: ‘We Were Hopeful and We Were Vocal’

Amanda N'Duka pmc-editorial-managerSpin Master Corp, Nickelodeon Movies, and Paramount Pictures have assembled a star-studded cast for the upcoming feature adaptation to popular animated show, PAW Patrol.

When ABC decided the Johnsons of “black-ish” were due a portrait, it sought an artist who understood the family’s perspective.

Donald Trump. Shelved by ABC, it saw the light of day when Disney corporate sibling Hulu released it earlier this year.ABC said Nelson was “the first artist on the list” for the family portrait, citing his contribution to “Please, Baby, Please” and his recent works for The New Yorker and Rolling Stone.

You don’t have to be a fan of rom-coms (and this writer is definitely not a fan) to enjoy “The Proposal.” The film, which stars Ryan Reynolds and Sandra Bullock, has the two performers at the top of their charismatic games in a silly, but genuinely funny rom-com.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVEXCLUSIVE: Andrew Richardson (The Last O.G.) has been cast as a series regular opposite Parisa Fitz-Henley in Triage, ABC’s second cycle medical drama pilot from Erica Messer, Jon M. Chu and David Cornue.Your Complete Guide to Pilots and Straight-to-Series ordersCreated by Cornue, Triage is a character-driven medical drama that follows pioneering surgeon Finley Briar (Fitz-Henley) over three distinct decades at the same hospital.

family is getting the animated treatment. Ahead of their season 7 premiere, ABC will air a one-hour special which includes an animated episode titled «Election Special Pt.

Deaf U next week Friday. The reality series (which is a highly addicting watch) follows a group of deaf students who attend Gallaudet University in Washington D.C., which is a very-big-deal private college for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVJhené Aiko has recorded a new, original song for the “Black-ish” election special, Variety has learned exclusively.The song is entitled “Vote” and will be released for streaming at midnight EST on Saturday, Oct. 3 before being featured in the first episode of the two-part, hourlong event airing Sunday, Oct.

Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorCBS’ reality staple Big Brother was Thursday’s highest-rated show in primetime, scoring a 1.1 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic and 4.19 million viewers.

Demi Moore is one of the celebrity stars of Rihanna's Savage x Fenty Vol. 2 show, and she absolutely kills it.

Nellie Andreeva, Alexandra Del Rosario EXCLUSIVE: Bex Taylor-Klaus (13 Reasons Why and Dumplin) has been cast as a series regular opposite Parisa Fitz-Henley in Triage, ABC’s second cycle medical drama pilot from Erica Messer, Jon M. Chu and David Cornue.Created by Cornue, Triage is a character-driven medical drama that follows pioneering surgeon Finley Briar (Fitz-Henley) over three distinct decades at the same hospital.

Matt Grobar Assistant Editor, AwardslineIn the year of the coronavirus pandemic, many TV producers have had to get creative, to figure out how to keep their shows on the air, even as production across the world was shut down.During the last seven months of lockdown, the visionaries behind two-live action sitcoms—ABC’s Black-ish and Sony Pictures Television’s One Day at a Time—wound up taking the same tack to do just that, presenting animated episodes of their beloved shows for the first time.For

Peter White Television EditorEXCLUSIVE: Marsai Martin, who plays Diane Johnson in the hit ABC comedy Black-ish, has teamed with Walden Media to adapt Ingrid Law’s children’s fantasy novel Savvy as a TV series.Martin’s Genius Entertainment, which has a first-look film deal with Universal Pictures, is developing the adaptation with The Chronicles of Narnia producer Walden Media.The book, which was published in 2008 by Penguin Random House and Walden Media, tells the story of Mibs Beaumont, who is

black-ish is returning to the ABC schedule this fall at a crucial time.

Matt Grobar Assistant Editor, AwardslineOn Day 1 of ABC’s Virtu-Fall Presentations, Black-ish stars Anthony Anderson, Tracee Ellis Ross and Laurence Fishburne joined creator Kenya Barris and showrunner Courtney Lilly to tease an upcoming, hour-long special, which will air ahead of the show’s Season 7 premiere.At the beginning of the panel, the cast and EPs addressed the fact that Black-ish Season 7 was initially scheduled to air mid-season, before being bumped up to Wednesday, October

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVKenya Barris has a lot on his plate already with three comedies in the “ish” universe already airing, as well as #BlackAF on Netflix (not to mention his overall deal to create new content with the streamer in general) — so what made him want to deliver a fourth “ish” series in “Old-ish,” starring “Black-ish’s” Laurence Fishburne and Jenifer Lewis?“Everyone’s been wanting to see Pop and Ruby together because they’re basically together anyway,” Barris

Jason Alexander has had quite a career.

Will Thorne Staff WriterWelcome back to Tune In: our weekly newsletter offering a guide to the best of the week’s TV.Each week, Variety’s TV team combs through the week’s schedule, selecting our picks of what to watch and when/how to watch them.