‘Black-ish’ Spinoff ‘Old-ish’ In Works At ABC

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

Gwen Stefani celebrated her 2020 Academy of Country Music Awards performance with Blake Shelton in a very unique way.The No Doubt frontwoman, 50, Photoshopped Shelton, 44, into an old photo of herself with ex-husband Gavin Rossdale.“#datenight @acmawards w my boo @blakeshelton gx,” the “Make Me Like You” singer captioned the Instagram pic on Wednesday, September 16. The cute snap featured a younger version of Stefani wearing a crop top, black jacket and blue jeans.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVEXCLUSIVE: Following the success of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon mission, which marked the return of the U.S.’ capability for manned flights and the first private company to get people into orbit, a reality series wants to send a civilian into space.Space Hero Inc., a U.S.-based production company founded by Thomas Reemer and Deborah Sass and led by former News Corp Europe chief Marty Pompadur, has secured a seat on a 2023 mission to the International Space Station.

Gwen Stefani’s fans noticed something a little strange about her latest Instagram snap.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorABC has set fall premiere dates for its Wednesday night comedy block. The Goldbergs, The Conners and Black-ish will all premiere October 21 and American Housewife will join the lineup on October 28.The Goldbergs will premiere its eighth season at 8 p.m.

The Walking Dead is coming to an end, but the franchise lives on.

“Black-ish” is old news and “Old-ish” is the fresh-faced comedy en route to ABC.

Another black-ish spinoff is in the works!

of Los Angeles, they’ll meet characters who represent the old and new faces of the community as they try to make it work as a married couple. Again.”Also Read: 'Black-ish' Sets Animated Election Special to Air in OctoberThe project is in the works at ABC Signature, with Barris serving as writer and executive producer on the project.

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.

Will Thorne Staff WriterPeter Saji is staying put at Disney.The “Black-ish” producer and “Mixed-ish” co-creator has signed a new multi-year overall deal with ABC Signature, under which he will continue to create and develop TV projects for the studio.Saji signed his first overall with what was then ABC Studios in 2017 (Disney rebranded its TV units earlier this month), and he in fact began his career at Disney as part of the ABC Writers program back in 2007.

Also Read: Tyra Banks Signs First-Look Deal With ABC SignatureSaji, who was a writer on the Kenya Barris-created “Black-ish” for five seasons before going on to co-create the spinoff series last year, signed his first overall deal at ABC Studios in 2017.

black-ish is doing things a little differently this year.

The upcoming seventh season of “black-ish” has yet to set a premiere date, but the acclaimed comedy will be producing a special “standalone television event” set to air in October.