BLACK-ISH

This is a list of various TV mandates for 2023 for streamers and networks.

Creatively ambitious, high quality, but different from the content on Amazon Prime.

Season 4, Episode 13 – As the Johnson family adjusts to their life with Bow as a stay at home mom, Junior embraces his new relationship with the “evil” twin Diane.

Season 4, Episode 12 – While Dre tries to get his colleagues to relate to him in the office, Rainbow tries to do the same with other mothers online.

Season 4, Episode 11 – In this week’s episode, everyone is at odds with their sister as Dre and Rhonda fight over their mother’s will while Bow and Santamonica fight over the Last Testament.

Season 4, Episode 10 – In this week’s episode of Black-ish, Bow has recovered from her post-partum depression, but still may not be ready to return to work.

Season 4, Episode 9 – In this week’s episode of “Black-ish”, Dre gets a tough diagnosis from his doctor and Jack gets tough love from his siblings.

Season 4, Episode 8 – Returning from its Thanksgiving break, this episode of “Black-ish” features.

Season 4, Episode 7 – With America’s mass incarceration crisis at an all-time high, it’s not surprising that Dre has a godbrother, Omar, in prison. However, when Omar is found innocent and released early, the family struggles with how to support him.

Season 4, Episode 6 – As Dre Johnson recounts the “last” times in his children’s youth, one of the Johnson’s gets one of her “firsts”.

Season 4, Episode 5 – When lovably dorky Junior is expelled from his private school, the Johnsons worry about his transition into public school.

Each show will now top out at 24 episodes this season.

Season 4, Episode 4 – Family game night takes a turn when Andre cracks under the pressure of his crumbling fictional empire.

Season 4, Episode 3 – At the Johnson house scammers get scammed, Diane has her first crush, and everyone meets a new house guest.

Season 4, Episode 2 – On this week’s episode, the normally cheery and optimistic Rainbow experiences something more intense than just Baby Blues.

This week the cast goes the full “Hamilton” as they illustrate the history behind Juneteenth, America’s forgotten holiday.

Fall television has arrived! While we’re all excited to see what new shows networks have made for us, it’s also time to look back at the past year and the shows that are competing for the golden statues at this year’s Emmy Awards.

ABC is bringing back TGIF, but not with the kinds of multi-cam sitcoms that defined it in the 90s, but with family-friendly dramas. With Once Upon a Time resetting for its seventh season, where it will have a creative reset, and will move from Sundays to Friday where it will be the lead in for Marvel’s Inhumans.

The ABC Black-ish spinoff is nearing a series order but it won’t be on the alphabet’s schedule next fall. Instead, the single-camera comedy starring Yara Shahidi is set to land at sibling network Freeform where execs view the younger-skewing series as a better fit.

Season 3, Episode 24 – Black-ish ends its third season with a dramatic tearjerker of an episode. The Johnson family gathers at the hospital as complications force Bow to give birth two months prematurely.

Season 3, Episode 23 – Black-ish aired the backdoor pilot for a proposed spinoff centering on Zoey at college, which unfortunately felt like a watered-down, inferior version of the excellent Netflix series Dear White People.

Season 3, Episode 21-22 – Black-ish aired two episodes this week, both centering on family. Bow’s sister Santa Monica (Rashida Jones) visits in the first, and Black-ish sends Zoey off to college with a clip show in the second.

Season 3, Episode 20 – Dre shows signs of maturity on an otherwise forgettable episode of Black-ish. It’s not the return to form fans might have hoped for after last week’s disaster, but it’s solid.

Season 3, Episode 19 –Black-ish tarnishes its reputation and brand by casting Chris Brown this week. This problematic decision is made all the more hypocritical by the fact that this episode is about representation in media.

Season 3, Episode 18 – This week’s episode of Black-ish felt like filler, as it focused too much on Vivian, the “Black Nanny” who’s been missing in action for months. Bow tries to hide her pregnancy in hopes of getting a promotion, while Dre considers paternity leave.

Season 3, Episode 17 – Black-ish takes on the issues of representation and colorism in an inspiring, funny episode. Bow decides to protest the fact that a store doesn’t carry a wide array of black dolls, while Dre faces his own biases while working on an ad campaign.

Season 3, Episode 16 – Dre reluctantly attends jury duty, but begins to care about the trial once he sees that the defendant is a young black man. Meanwhile, Bow lets the children swear in hopes that it will help them open up to her.

Season 3, Episode 15 – Dre attends a funeral in Compton, reconnecting with his childhood crew, but experiencing guilt over the fact that he’s the only one who made it out of the neighborhood. There’s some interesting ideas, but the episode could be more focused.

The NBA Celebrity Game announced its rosters and the pressure is now on, though it’s nothing an Avenger can’t handle.

Season 3, Episode 14 – Black-ish returns with an episode that hits all the rights notes, managing to be silly, sweet, and serious all at the same time. Bow and Dre argue over what to name their upcoming child, while Junior puts the moves on Zoey’s friend Shelly.