ABC has set “black-ish” again on its fall program, obtaining formerly earmarked Year 7 of the comedy for midseason. The rather unparalleled shift comes a lot less than 24 hrs after ABC introduced its fall program.
The Kenya Barris-established series will air Wednesdays at nine:30/eight:30c, leading out of “The Conners.” In flip, Kyra Sedgwick’s “Call Your Mother” comedy has been pushed to midseason.
Detailing the switcheroo, ABC Entertainment president Karey Burke mentioned in a assertion, “’black-ish’ has a prolonged-standing historical past of shining a light on present-day functions and honoring Black voices as a result of the lens of the Johnson family. Following talking with Kenya and our artistic partners, we determined it was essential to convey to these meaningful stories in the course of this second in time, so we are altering our premiere program and are fully commited to performing no matter what it normally takes to carry this series again as shortly as we quite possibly can.
“Following latest monumental functions, it is vital that the dialogue proceeds and empowers viewers to raise their voices,” Burke extra, “and there is no other display that does that like ‘black-ish.’”
“We are unbelievably grateful to Karey, Dana [Walden] and Peter [Rice] for recognizing the significance of ‘black-ish’ in this second and applaud them for earning the needed shifts to carry the display again as shortly as probable,” mentioned Barris. “While the very last few months have felt too much to handle at moments, they have also underscored just how essential it is that Black voices are not only listened to but empowered and amplified as properly and our full ‘black-ish’ team is humbled to be a modest component of telling our stories and are fired up to get again to these conversations.”