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.
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Update 9/16/20: The two election-themed episodes of black-ish are right around the corner, and we now how our first sneak peek at what they will look like. ABC posted preview images to all of the black-ish social media pages on Wednesday, and the whole family is there looking fierce in their animated avatars.
To be real, we were a little nervous about whether black-ish could pull off an animated episode, but these characters actually look good. We shouldn't be surprised, though, considering the
.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.
The Conners Season 3 is set to have a ton of social commentary on the hot button tops from 2020. One of those topics will be the first presidential debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden.According to Pop Culture, The Roseanne sequel series will take on the election.
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.
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
Also Read: Fall TV 2020: All the Premiere Dates for New and Returning Shows - So Far (Photos)This won’t be the first time “The Conners” has gotten political. Back in February, the John Goodman- and Sara Gilbert-led sitcom aired a live second-season episode during the New Hampshire primary, which incorporated ABC News’ real-time coverage.
Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TV“The Conners” showrunner Bruce Helford knows his titular characters “were built for disaster,” so there was never a question about whether the third season of the ABC family sitcom would tackle the real-life COVID pandemic.“It just seemed natural that we would be in the middle of this and do it,” he said on a virtual panel for the show on Wednesday.
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
quickly reversed, with Burke attributing the decision to the show’s “long-standing history of shining a light on current events and honoring Black voices through the lens of the Johnson family.”“After speaking with Kenya and our creative partners, we decided it was important to tell these meaningful stories during this moment in time, so we are adjusting our premiere schedule and are committed to doing whatever it takes to bring this series back as soon as we possibly can,” she said in a
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
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.
Black-ish star Yara Shahidi has been cast as Tinker Bell in Disney‘s upcoming live-action Peter Pan movie, Peter Pan And Wendy.According to Deadline, Shahidi, best known for her role as Zoey Johnson in the shows Black-ish and Grown-ish, has been tapped up to star as the tritagonist fairy in David Lowery’s reworking of Disney’s 1953 animated classic.Shahidi’s casting marks the first time a person of colour has filled the role that has traditionally been played by white actors.It follows the news
Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorStacey Abrams, the former Minority Leader of the Georgia House of Representatives, and Desus Nice and The Kid Mero will join the Johnson family in Black-ish‘s partially animated and election themed special next month. Abrams, and Desus and Mero will lend their voices to the special, directed by Oscar winner Matthew A.
“Black-ish” is old news and “Old-ish” is the fresh-faced comedy en route to ABC.
Joe Otterson TV ReporterA fourth installment in the “Black-ish” franchise could soon be a reality.Variety has confirmed that ABC is developing a spinoff of the critically-acclaimed comedy titled “Old-ish.” The new spinoff would focus on Earl “Pops” Johnson and Ruby Johnson, played in the mothership series by Laurence Fishburne and Jenifer Lewis.The project would Ruby and Earl as they give love a second chance.
Denise Petski, Nellie Andreeva There is another ‘Ish’ in our future. ABC has put in development Old-ish, the third spinoff from Kenya Barris’ flagship series Black-ish, with Laurence Fishburne and Jenifer Lewis reprising their Black-ish roles, Deadline has confirmed.Written by Barris, Old-ish follows Dre Johnson’s (Anthony Anderson) parents, Ruby (Lewis) and Earl (Fishburne), as they give love a second chance.