Grown-ish Archives

Reportedly, there are enough "concerned citizens" out there with absolutely nothing else better to do with their lives than rage at the idea of an actress of color playing a cartoon character – so much so that hiring actress Halle Bailey (Grown-ish) as Ariel for Disney's live-action/CGI adapt of The Little Mermaid has become a[...]

It will be interesting to see if this is merely a "one-off" creative disagreement between ABC and Barris or the beginnings of a divide that could convince the Black-ish creator to seek greener artistic pasture elsewhere (translation: streaming services have serious money to spend and exclusive creative contracts they want signed). Black-ish spin-off series Grown-ish recently[...]

The new Amazing Race airs at 8 PM on CBS. Meanwhile over on ABC, we get the series premiere of Grown-ish, a spinoff from Black-ish This new series focuses on Zoey Johnson (Yara Shahidi) as she begins her freshman year at college; Deon Cole (Angie Tribeca), Chris Parnell (Rick and Morty), Emily Arlook (The Good Place),[...]