History Series / BlackIsh

* BookEnds: The final episode's intro is set up like the very first episode's intro, except this time Andre's narration is reflecting on the past 8 years.

Due to its success, ''black•ish'' has also spawned a franchise of spinoffs. The first spinoff, ''Series/GrownIsh'', which follows eldest daughter Zoey (Creator/YaraShahidi) as she begins her college studies, premiered on Creator/{{Freeform}} in 2018. The second spinoff, ''Series/MixedIsh'', a Bow-centric {{prequel}} that follows her upbringing as a mixed-race child in UsefulNotes/TheEighties, premiered on ABC in 2019 and ran for two seasons. There are a few spin-offs in development/development hell; ''old-ish'', which will center on Dre's parents Pops (Creator/LaurenceFishburne) and Ruby (Creator/JeniferLewis) and ''brown-ish'', will follow a Latino family with Creator/EvaLongoria serving as a producer.

* GrandFinale: The series finale sees the Johnsons moving out of their the home for eight seasons to an affluent black neighborhood and Andre leaving Stevens & Lido, marking the CharacterDevelopment that they are no longer wanting to deal with racist microaggressions and are now secure enough to seek out closer relationships with the black community.

The show was picked up for an 8th and final season that aired throughout 2022.

The show was picked up for an 8th and final season that aired throughout 2021-2022.

Due to its success, ''black•ish'' has also spawned a franchise of spinoffs. The first spinoff, ''Series/GrownIsh'', which follows eldest daughter Zoey (Creator/YaraShahidi) as she begins her college studies, premiered on Creator/{{Freeform}} in 2018. The second spinoff, ''Series/MixedIsh'', a Bow-centric {{prequel}} that follows her upbringing as a mixed-race child in UsefulNotes/TheEighties, premiered on ABC in 2019 and ran for two seasons. The third spinoff, ''old-ish'', which will center on Dre's parents Pops (Creator/LaurenceFishburne) and Ruby (Creator/JeniferLewis), is set for a 2021 premiere on ABC. A fourth spinoff, ''brown-ish'', will follow a Latino family and is also set to debut in 2021; Creator/EvaLongoria will serve as a producer.

Bow's two doctor friends in "Hero Pizza" are played by Creator/JudyReyes and Creator/ParminderNagra, who have also played health care workers in medical shows (''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' and ''Series/{{ER}}'', respectively).
** In "Rock, Paper, Scissors, Gun," [[Film/TheMatrix Pops (fake) teaches Zoey karate]]

* ActorAllusion: Bow's two doctor friends in "Hero Pizza" are played by Creator/JudyReyes and Creator/ParminderNagra, who have also played health care workers in medical shows (''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' and ''Series/{{ER}}'', respectively).

* RealityEnsues:
** After a season and a half of outrageous ConspicuousConsumption, Dre and Bow discover their financial situation is completely screwed.
** Rainbow ends up with Post-partum depression after having D'evante.
** Dre being the standard clueless sitcom dad who overreacts to everything would have been uncommented on in other shows, but in this one it leads him and Bow to the brink of divorce.
** After episodes of Ruby being an over-critical but funny Mother in Law to Bow, things come to a head when she disrespects Bow's wishes to feed D'evante with breast milk rather than formula and (a post-partum depressed) Bow tells her that she is tired of taking her disrespect and tells her to get out of her house, with Dre backing Bow up.
** Junior's HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood isn't at all hilarious to ''him'', and he alternates between desperately wanting Dre's approval, and just plain avoiding spending time with him.
** "Dre at Home Order" shows how quarantine during COVID-19 is slowly getting to Dre, until he breaks down over a box of cookies. Meanwhile, Diane worries that she may end doing her entire high school education at home.
** "Age Against The Machine" has Dre realizing that he can no longer protest the way that he used to, because he has a family and a job to worry about now. Also, Stevens expresses concern that Junior using social media to protest could get him in trouble with people who want to work with him.
** "What About Gary?" depicts how annoying black people find white people trying to help them in order to deal with their guilt. Gary is perfectly willing to work with Dre and learn from him, but he balks at sending his kids to public school, which disappoints Dre. Later on, Dre explains that he fears that the willingness to help is temporary and that it may go away again.
** In the seventh season finale, Dre gets rejected for a possible new job because he doesn't have the necessary experience for a General VP position. He gets fed up with his current job and quits, only to scramble around making his own company while lying to Bow about being unemployed. After confessing, he goes on to do well at a presentation for a client...[[spoiler: only to be asked back by his old company, who didn't want to lose him in the first place. He goes back because while he did do well, his company is new and could end up failing in the long run, as most companies do.]]

* NotSoDifferent: In "Femenisn't", Dre realizes that he's as clueless about gender politics as his white coworkers are of race.

''[[AllLowercaseLetters black•ish]]'' is an American {{dom com}} created by Kenya Barris, which premiered on Creator/{{ABC}} in 2014.

Due to its success, ''black•ish'' has also spawned a franchise of spinoffs. The first spinoff, ''Series/GrownIsh'', which follows eldest daughter Zoey (Creator/YaraShahidi) as she begins her college studies, premiered on Creator/{{Freeform}} in 2018. The second spinoff, ''Series/MixedIsh'', a Bow-centric {{prequel}} that follows her upbringing as a mixed-race child in UsefulNotes/TheEighties, premiered on ABC in 2019 and ran for two seasons. The third spinoff, ''old-ish'', which will center on Dre's parents Pops (Creator/LaurenceFishburne) and Ruby (Creator/JeniferLewis), is set for a 2021 premiere on ABC. A fourth spinoff, ''brown-ish'', will follow a Latinx family and is also set to debut in 2021; Creator/EvaLongoria will serve as a producer.

Due to its success, ''black•ish'' has also spawned a franchise of spinoffs. The first spinoff, ''Series/GrownIsh'', which follows eldest daughter Zoey (Creator/YaraShahidi) as she begins her college studies, premiered on Creator/{{Freeform}} in 2018. The second spinoff, ''Series/MixedIsh'', a Bow-centric {{prequel}} that follows her upbringing as a mixed-race child in UsefulNotes/TheEighties, premiered on ABC in 2019. The third spinoff, ''old-ish'', which will center on Dre's parents Pops (Creator/LaurenceFishburne) and Ruby (Creator/JeniferLewis), is set for a 2021 premiere on ABC. A fourth spinoff, ''brown-ish'', will follow a Latinx family and is also set to debut in 2021; Creator/EvaLongoria will serve as a producer.

Due to its success, ''black•ish'' has also spawned a franchise of spinoffs. The first spinoff, ''Series/GrownIsh'', which follows eldest daughter Zoey (Creator/YaraShahidi) as she begins her college studies, premiered on Creator/{{Freeform}} in 2018. The second spinoff, ''Series/MixedIsh'', a Bow-centric {{prequel}} that follows her upbringing as a mixed-race child in UsefulNotes/TheEighties, premiered on ABC in 2019. The third spinoff, ''old-ish'', which will center on Dre's parents Pops (Creator/LaurenceFishburne) and Ruby (Creator/JeniferLewis), is set for a 2021 premiere on ABC.

Because of its success, ''black•ish'' has also spawned a franchise of spinoffs. The first spinoff, ''Series/GrownIsh'', which follows eldest daughter Zoey (Creator/YaraShahidi) as she begins her college studies, premiered on Creator/{{Freeform}} in 2018. The second spinoff, ''Series/MixedIsh'', a Bow-centric {{prequel}} that follows her upbringing as a mixed race child in UsefulNotes/TheEighties, premiered on ABC in 2019. The third spinoff, ''old-ish'', which will center on Dre's parents Pops (Creator/LaurenceFishburne) and Ruby (Creator/JeniferLewis), is set for a 2021 premiere on ABC.