ABC Renews Black-ish For a 4th Season - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

HauntedThunderman94 · 05-11-2017, 03:33 AM

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During tonights season finale of Black-ish, ABC's narrator announced it'd be back with new episodes for the 2017-2018 television season, a similar thing was said during HTGAWM's season finale. Expect a proper renewal by tomorrow.

ABC Renews Black-ish For a 4th Season

JamesG · 05-11-2017, 08:38 PM

"black-ish" Renewed for Season 4 at ABC
by Michael O'Connell
May 11, 2017

"black-ish" has earned a no-brainer renewal over at ABC. The Kenya Barris comedy will return in the fall for a fourth season.

The family sitcom isn't only one of ABC's highest-rated returning sitcoms, it has one thing that's proven especially elusive among Big Four comedies: cultural cachet. With three key Emmy nominations in 2016 and a recent Golden Globe Award for lead Tracee Ellis Ross, it heads into the next awards cycle with as much heat as ever — tackling hot-button issues of race and class with an all-star cast and an enviable creative team.

"black-ish" is still largely dependent on its Wednesday lead-in from "Modern Family" for live tune-in, but time-shifting remains significant. Season-to-date, the ABC Studios' single-camera comedy averages a 2.5 rating among adults 18-49 and 7.6 million viewers. It's all enough for the ABC Studios project to be mulling a potential spin-off around young actress Yara Shahidi.

Her character, who wraps the third season heading off to college, was originally considered for a new ABC vehicle — but since the backdoor pilot aired, it is now being considered for cable sister network Freeform.

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05-11-2017, 08:38 PM	#2
JamesG Freakshow Moderator Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 01, 2008 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 57,117	*"black-ish" Renewed for Season 4 at ABC* by Michael O'Connell May 11, 2017 "black-ish" has earned a no-brainer renewal over at ABC. The Kenya Barris comedy will return in the fall for a fourth season. The family sitcom isn't only one of ABC's highest-rated returning sitcoms, it has one thing that's proven especially elusive among Big Four comedies: cultural cachet. With three key Emmy nominations in 2016 and a recent Golden Globe Award for lead Tracee Ellis Ross, it heads into the next awards cycle with as much heat as ever — tackling hot-button issues of race and class with an all-star cast and an enviable creative team. "black-ish" is still largely dependent on its Wednesday lead-in from "Modern Family" for live tune-in, but time-shifting remains significant. Season-to-date, the ABC Studios' single-camera comedy averages a 2.5 rating among adults 18-49 and 7.6 million viewers. It's all enough for the ABC Studios project to be mulling a potential spin-off around young actress Yara Shahidi. Her character, who wraps the third season heading off to college, was originally considered for a new ABC vehicle — but since the backdoor pilot aired, it is now being considered for cable sister network Freeform. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/liv...at-abc-1002953