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After a long run and 7 seasons, the Peabody and NAACP image awarding-winning show, ‘Black-ish’ will come to an end after its 8th season.
On May 14, the creator and producer for the show Kenya Barris, took to Instagram to share a trailer and heartfelt announcement about the ending of the popular family sitcom. In part of the post Barris wrote, “To ALL the people in the world I love, honor, respect, and care for it is both exciting and bittersweet to share that black-ish has been RENEWED by ABC for its EIGHTH… and FINAL SEASON”.
‘Black-ish originally aired back in 2014 and has been following the lives of Andre Johnson (Anthony Anderson), Rainbow Johnson (Tracee Ellis Ross), Zoey Johnson (Yara Shahidi), Diane Johnson (Marsai Martin), Andre Johnson Jr (Marcus Scribner), Jack Johnson (Miles Brown), Ruby Johnson (Jennifer Lewis), and “Pops” (Laurence Fishburne), and the culture surrounding black families in America. From topics as simple as fitting in at school to identity issues, the show has covered a lot of important subjects over the years, and has continued to garner success and attention.