And I think Prince represents that in so many ways - his mastery of music, of course, but his commitment to activism as well. Our homage to Prince speaks to what our show does so well, in that we're not only participating in this renaissance of Black culture, but we always tip our hat to the heritage, histories and cultures that have made shows like "black-ish" even possible. Tracee Ellis Ross (Rainbow Johnson) 'Purple Rain' (Season 5, Episode 4)
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Also, this episode was beautifully written and is another great example of our show being groundbreaking in our willingness to tackling heavier issues and shine light in areas that are often dark in the world of TV let alone comedies. Hopefully this episode sparked some much-needed conversations and let Black women who are experiencing or have experienced postpartum depression know that they are not alone. Many women in the Black community deal with postpartum mental health silently, either because they are misdiagnosed, not supported or fear losing their children if they ask for help. Yara Shahidi (Zoe Johnson) 'Mother Nature' (Season 4, Episode 2) She goes from being what I consider the grounded Johnson to suddenly being pushed into brand-new terrain and realizing how much her family protected her in many ways and the fact that she has to find her own way. I think it marked a moment in my character's history where we get to see her outside of the spaces that we're so familiar with, with her as an older sibling.
I thought she would fade into the background as the Johnson kid that comes back time and again to do laundry. "Liberal Arts" was our backdoor pilot that led me to "grown-ish," and before Kenya approached me with the idea of a spinoff, I had no clue we would ever follow Zoe's journey into college. Kenya Barris (series creator) 'Liberal Arts' (Season 3, Episode 23) That couldn't happen in any other medium. I believe the whole process was done in less than two weeks. We pivoted our storytelling in the wake of the election and wrote an episode that spoke to the disparate and weighted emotions that Americans were having at the time.
This episode resonates to me because it really clearly spoke to the power that a network television show could have because of its ability to be poignant and timely in its concept and production. Miles Brown (Jack Johnson) 'Lemons' (Season 3, Episode 12) I learned how the power of my young voice mattered as well.
“Hope” is an important "black-ish" episode to me because of how we showed the importance of accountability, peacefully protesting and standing up against police brutality. Marcus Scribner (Andre Johnson Jr.) 'Hope' (Season 2, Episode 16) It was the first episode where I felt in the groove and, "I can do this." It’s hilarious, has so many layers and important lessons and was one of my favorites to film. My first favorite episode of "black-ish" was “The Talk,". Welcome to "black-ish." - Anthony Anderson (Dre Johnson) 'The Talk' (Season 1, Episode 2) It sets us up for the journey that we are about to embark on with Dre and the Johnson family, specifically dealing with the issue of race in the workplace and society as a whole and how this family deals with it - not only from three generations but also from a biracial perspective.
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The entire series is streaming on Hulu and Disney+, so you have no excuse for not catching up. Here are their answers, ordered by number of mentions.
(My personal favorite is the extraordinary "Juneteenth," a rollicking animated/musical episode that took cues from "Schoolhouse Rock" and "Hamilton" to explore the emancipation of enslaved people in the United States.) To pay tribute to the series' mastery of the form, we asked "black-ish" cast members to tell us the episodes that were most meaningful to them. But of its generation of network comedies, none carried off the very special episode with the bold, unapologetic conviction of "black-ish."ĪBC's family sitcom, which concludes its eight-season run on Tuesday, has used the format to tackle the N-word, police violence, Black history, even - in an episode that was hidden for years before being made available on Hulu in 2020 - the presidency of Donald Trump. No sitcom amasses a 175-episode catalog without understanding the power of 22 perfectly sculpted minutes of television.
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