‘black-ish’ to End With Season 8

Another long-running TV family is calling it quits. Ground-breaking ABC comedy black-ish has been renewed for an eighth and final season, per TVLine.

The series focuses on the Johnsons as they navigate life in America for a successful Black family. Stars Anthony Anderson, Tracee Ellis Ross, and Marsai Martin. have won multiple NAACP Image Awards for their performances.

black-ish spawned two spinoffs. grown-ish, which follows Yara Shahidi’s Zoey to college, and mixed-ish, the story of young Rainbow learning to fit in at a regular school in the 1980s.

black-ish creator Kenya Barris announced the decision on Instagram.

“In this day and age it is rare to get to decide when your show should come to an end, and we are grateful along with ABC to be able to make this final season exactly what we’d hoped for – and to do it with the entire and AMAZINGLY STELLAR cast coming back to close this chapter out with us the right way!” said Barris.

This season the series has averaged 2.4 million viewers, ranking sixth among ABC comedies.

“This show has changed my life in so many ways and I am so proud of the conversations we’ve started along the way,” Barris continued. “None of this would have been possible without our audience and supporters, who have championed the show every step of the journey; allowing us to change not just the narrative of Black Families, but of Family, Culture, and the World in general. All the while allowing us to talk about things that people were not supposed to talk about period… especially on a network television comedy.”

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black-ish airs Tuesdays at 9/8c on ABC.

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