Black-ish Gets Full Season Order At ABC

[comedyfreak]

http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/201...at-abc/312767/
Take that to all the haters out there!!!

[HauntedThunderman94]

I'm not a fan of this show. Completely unfunny.

[Mr. Television]

The show's gotten better since the pilot.

[TMC]

http://www.thewrap.com/5-reasons-why...e-seen-coming/

1. Timing Is Everything
ABC's family comedy “Black-ish” couldn't ask for a better timeslot than 9:30 p.m. Wednesdays. It's lead-in is “Modern Family,” which happens to be the night's top primetime offering.

On Wednesday “Modern Family” scored a 3.4 rating in the advertiser-coveted 18-49 demographic. The show also earned 10.1 million viewers. And, oh, it wins the Emmy every single year.

Even with a slightly down (8 percent) “Modern Family” lead-in, “Black-ish” (2.8, 8 million viewers) had a slightly up (8 percent the other way) performance this Wednesday. What's that old cliche about pizza and sex: even when it's bad, it's good? The same can be said for “Modern Family” ratings.

2. This Is Larry Wilmore's Time
Executive producer Larry Wilmore was originally slated to be the showrunner on “Black-ish,” but he had to reduce his role because of another opportunity.

In May, Comedy Central announced the comedian would take the “Colbert Report” reins from Stephen Colbert, who's poised to take over “Late Night” from David Letterman soon. “The Minority Report with Larry Wilmore” is set to premiere Jan. 2015.

3. Critical Darling
TheWrap's own Mekeisha Madden Toby says “Black-ish” is “extremely intelligent and funny” and many other critics agree. The show has generally favorable reviews on Metacritic, scoring a 77 out of 100.

4. Drama, Drama, Drama
None of the other broadcast networks are offering up Wednesday night comedies, so “Black-ish” essentially has the market cornered. Fox's “Red Band Society” or the NBC's “The Mysteries of Laura” are both comedy-dramas, but neither one of them do half as well in the demo numbers as “Black-ish.” (“Red Band” didn't even do a third of “Black-ish” numbers this week.)

5. Diversity Does It
This season is all about diversity. From ABC's “Cristela” to the CW's “Jane the Virgin,” this Fall's new offerings are as diverse as ever. And, as potential viewers can probably tell just by looking at it's title, “Black-ish” isn't afraid to put race and ethnicity front and center.

[Blackout]

haven't watched but the previews look pretty lame to me

[isiahthomas]

LOL@Blackout. I stopped watching it because it's not good. I'm surprised ABC network gave the show a full year because I thought it would've been cancelled by now LOL. Anthony Anderson and Larry Fishburne need to move on and do movies if they still wanna act because this show won't last past one year.

[TMC]

http://www.buzzfeed.com/kelleylcarte...o-1-new-comedy

The Anthony Anderson-led sitcom pokes fun at cultural, racial, and generational nuances, scoring mainstream success in the process.

[Mace Dolex]

I thought the Halloween episode was funny but the rest of episodes haven't sold me on staying with the show, in reality the only reason for the full season pick up is because of Modern Family's lead-in.

Even that garbage Cristela is being helped by it's equally bad lead-in Last Man Standing.

Also have noticed lately that Laurence Fishburne isnt on as much.

[isiahthomas]

I don't even know why Larry Fishburne is on the show because he's not in that many scenes. He needs to leave the show and do movies. He still does straight to video movies sometimes. Last movie I saw him in at the theaters was the wack movie Ride Along with Ice Cube and Kevin Hart. I can't believe that movie is gonna get a sequel because it doesn't need one.