The veteran comedy will continue in 2019-2020.
May 2, 2019
ABC announced today that Black-ish has been picked up for a sixth season. The early renewal is no surprise, as the veteran comedy has remained a solid performer in the network's Tuesday night lineup.
Known to incorporate storylines related to real-world issues based on current events pertaining to African-Americans, the half-hour series continues to draw critical acclaim - including picking up multiple awards from the NAACP Image Awards. Now at over 100 episodes, the show is ABC's third-longest running comedy on the air.
Black-ish follows patriarch Andre 'Dre' Johnson, who has a beautiful wife, a job he loves, and four kids. They all live in a nice colonial home in the suburbs, but Dre wonders if success has brought too much assimilation to his African-American family.
Today's renewal also included the announcement of another spin-off to add to the family. Mixed-ish will premiere next season, following Rainbow Johnson's early years growing up in a mixed-race family during the 1980s. The first spin-off, Grown-ish, already has two seasons under its belt on Freeform.
Look for Season 6 of Black-ish this fall as part of the 2019-2020 season.
Dan
05/06/19 at 09:29am
Yay! That's fantastic news! This show is considerably better than those animated sitcoms they have on Fox.
goeze
05/03/19 at 03:55pm
I still enjoy this show and am happy it got renewed.
Parker
05/03/19 at 11:16am
I’m surprised nobody is mentioning the Trump episode where Lucy is revealed to have voted for Trump but is still portrayed sympathetically. Series is more nuanced than a lot of people give it credit for.
jon
05/03/19 at 10:03am
Decent Show, a little left leaning but it is what it is. It didn't change into this. I like it, and actually learn stuff.
But Wow the snowflakes already started to have a meltdown because a show go renewed. You can't find one Oba ma thing in the latest football related episode, unless you make everything Left wing / right wing. In which case I just feel sorry for you.
Kim
05/03/19 at 05:37am
@Tim - or at Kapernick. Can't wait to see how they incorporate Jussie in the mix.
OU812
05/03/19 at 02:06am
It's okay for the occasional watch.. I do get tired of the "follow the Goldbergs set up" shows - Blackish, Schooled, American Housewife, Kinds Are Alright, et al -- where there's narration to explain the content. To me, narration in a video, movie or tv, is always a shortcut because they can't write scenes which adequately tell a story. Sometimes that's due to time constraints, others it's due to lazy writing. Lately.. it all just seems lazy after season 1 or 2.
Parker
05/02/19 at 10:21pm
Hell yes! Love this show! Glad it’ll be sticking around though I do wonder how the Junior situation with college will be resolved.
Mike
05/02/19 at 10:20pm
It’s clearly watchable for enough Americans to get renewed for a season 6!
Tim
05/02/19 at 07:55pm
That's a shame. This show is nothing but a 30 minute love fest to Obama. UNWATCHABLE.