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black-ish

7.0IMDb344 votesWorth your time
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2014 – 20228 seasons · 175 episodes~23 min per episodeTV-14Ended
Comedy
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Who's in it

Cast

The principal ensemble across the run of the series.

Anthony Anderson

Anthony Anderson

Andre Johnson

175 eps

Yara Shahidi

Yara Shahidi

Zoey Johnson

91 eps

Marcus Scribner

Marcus Scribner

Junior Johnson

175 eps

Miles Brown

Miles Brown

Jack Johnson

175 eps

Jenifer Lewis

Jenifer Lewis

Ruby Johnson

159 eps

Deon Cole

Deon Cole

Charlie Telphy

151 eps

Peter MacKenzie

Peter MacKenzie

Leslie Stevens

167 eps

Jeff Meacham

Jeff Meacham

Josh Oppenhol

156 eps

Katlyn Nichol

Katlyn Nichol

Olivia Lockhart

35 eps

Laurence Fishburne

Laurence Fishburne

Pops Johnson

88 eps

Trevor Jackson

Trevor Jackson

Aaron

2 eps

Allen Maldonado

Allen Maldonado

Curtis

19 eps

Issac Ryan Brown

Issac Ryan Brown

Young Dre

28 eps

Beau Bridges

Beau Bridges

Paul

3 eps

Marla Gibbs

Marla Gibbs

Mabel

2 eps

Kale Culley

Kale Culley

Jar

2 eps

Daveed Diggs

Daveed Diggs

Johan Johnson

11 eps

Amanda Seales

Amanda Seales

Barbara

2 eps

Andy Daly

Andy Daly

Dr. Evan Windsor

8 eps

Monique A. Green

Monique A. Green

Niecy

3 eps

Wanda Sykes

Wanda Sykes

Daphne Lido

16 eps

Dara Reneé

Dara Reneé

Stunts

3 eps

Quvenzhané Wallis

Quvenzhané Wallis

Kyra

5 eps

Michael Strahan

Michael Strahan

June Bug

2 eps

Nelson Franklin

Nelson Franklin

Connor Stevens

40 eps

Anna Deavere Smith

Anna Deavere Smith

Alicia

9 eps

Geffri Maya

Geffri Maya

Zion

2 eps

Aiden Lewandowski

Aiden Lewandowski

Raymond Bautista

2 eps

Scott Mosenson

Scott Mosenson

Dr. Feinberg

6 eps

Mia Ronn

Savannah

2 eps

Baron Vaughn

Baron Vaughn

Doug

2 eps

Loretta Devine

Loretta Devine

Lynette

3 eps

Catherine Reitman

Catherine Reitman

Lucy

21 eps

Berlin Gross

Devante Johnson

53 eps

August Gross

Devante Johnson

53 eps

Cleo Fraser

Cleo Fraser

Sophie

2 eps

Jennie Pierson

Jennie Pierson

Ms. Davis

10 eps

Emerson Min

Emerson Min

Mason

17 eps

The Nutevio profile

TV DNA

How black-ish actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.

Signature profile

black-ish reads strongest on Humour, Character Depth and Bingeability.

HumourStrong6.5

How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.

Character DepthPresent5.3

How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.

BingeabilityPresent5.2

How hard it is to stop after one episode.

TensionPresent4.0

The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.

Emotional WeightLight3.5

How much the series is designed to affect you.

SpectacleLight3.5

Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.

World BuildingLight3.5

The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.

Cliffhanger IntensityLight3.0

How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.

SerializedLight2.5

How much each hour depends on the one before it.

The story

What it's about

A family man struggles to gain a sense of cultural identity while raising his kids in a predominantly white, upper-middle-class neighborhood.

The run

Seasons

8 seasons · 175 episodes.

  • Official poster for Specials

    Season 0 · Complete

    Specials

    20154 episodes

    Best episode · S00E03 Becoming Bow

  • Official poster for Season 1

    Season 1 · Complete

    Season 1

    201424 episodes

    4.8IMDb

    Best episode · S01E04 Crazy Mom

  • Official poster for Season 2

    Season 2 · Complete

    Season 2

    201524 episodes

    4.7IMDb

    Best episode · S02E16 Hope

  • Official poster for Season 3

    Season 3 · Complete

    Season 3

    201624 episodes

    3.8IMDb

    Best episode · S03E11 Their Eyes Were Watching Screens

  • Official poster for Season 4

    Season 4 · Complete

    Season 4

    201723 episodes

    3.3IMDb

    Best episode · S04E08 Charity Case

  • Official poster for Season 5

    Season 5 · Complete

    Season 5

    201823 episodes

    2.9IMDb

    Best episode · S05E23 Relatively Grown Man

  • Official poster for Season 6

    Season 6 · Complete

    Season 6

    201923 episodes

    1.8IMDb

    Best episode · S06E03 Feminisn't

  • Official poster for Season 7

    Season 7 · Complete

    Season 7

    202021 episodes

    1.0IMDb

    Best episode · S07E12 High Water Mark

  • Official poster for Season 8

    Season 8 · Complete

    Season 8

    202213 episodes

    1.1IMDb

    Best episode · S08E05 Ashy to Classy

Where the series peaks

Best Episodes

The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.

Still from Crazy Mom

S01E04

Crazy Mom

5.7IMDb13 votes

When Dre takes over "mom'' duties, the praise he gets from everyone at the school goes to his head.

15 Oct 201423 min
Still from Pilot

S01E01

Pilot

5.6IMDb16 votes

Advertising executive Dre happily anticipates a promotion; Andre Jr. wants to covert to Judaism and have a bar mitzvah like his friends.

24 Sept 201423 min
Still from Hope

S02E16

Hope

5.6IMDb13 votes

When the kids ask some tough questions in the midst of a highly publicized court case involving alleged police brutality and an African-American teenager, Dre and Bow are conflicted on how best to field them. Dre, along with Pops and Ruby, feel the kids need to know what kind of world they're living in, while Bow would like to give them a more hopeful view about life. When the verdict is announced, the family handles the news in different ways while watching the community react.

24 Feb 201623 min
Still from The Word

S02E01

The Word

5.6IMDb12 votes

Jack performs the song “Gold Digger” at a school talent show and when he sings a lyric that includes THE word, it leads to his possible expulsion from school. Dre and Bow work together to get him reinstated, and along the way, examine the evolution of THE word through the generations and just who, if anyone, has the right to use it.

23 Sept 201523 min
Still from Big Night, Big Fight

S01E13

Big Night, Big Fight

5.6IMDb12 votes

Dre is determined to keep the peace on Valentine's Day. Diane's siblings try to help her be nice.

11 Feb 201523 min
Still from The Dozens

S01E15

The Dozens

5.5IMDb11 votes

Dre teaches Andre Jr. how to trash-talk a school bully, Diane is afraid of the dark.

25 Feb 201523 min

Recently aired

Latest Episodes

Still from Homegoing

S08E13

Homegoing

1.0IMDb5 votes
19 Apr 202223 min
Still unavailable

S00E04

black-ish: A Celebration

1.0IMDb2 votes
19 Apr 202230 min
Still from If a Black Man Cries in the Woods...

S08E12

If a Black Man Cries in the Woods...

1.0IMDb5 votes
12 Apr 202223 min
Still from The (Almost) Last Dance

S08E11

The (Almost) Last Dance

1.0IMDb4 votes
5 Apr 202223 min
Still from Young, Gifted and Black

S08E10

Young, Gifted and Black

1.0IMDb5 votes
29 Mar 202223 min
Still from And the Winner Is...

S08E09

And the Winner Is...

1.0IMDb4 votes
22 Mar 202223 min

Behind the series

Created by

Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.

The craft

Key Crew

Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.

Executive production

Writing

Direction

Cinematography

Where to watch

Streaming

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