ABC Renews 'Black-Ish' For Eighth And Final Season

Creator Kenya Barris has announced the that ABC has renewed the Emmy and Golden Globe Award-nominated comedy series “black-ish” for its eighth and final season

“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 been RENEWED by ABC for it’s EIGHTH… and FINAL SEASON,” he wrote on Instagram in part. “In this day and age it is rare to get to decide when your show should come to an end, and we are grateful along with ABC to be able to make this final season exactly what we’d hoped for – and to do it with the entire and AMAZINGLY STELLAR cast coming back to close this chapter out with us the right way!”

“black-ish” takes a fun yet bold look at one man’s determination to establish a sense of cultural identity for his family. The series continues to tell stories that shine a light on current events through the lens of the Johnson family; and during the seventh season, they addressed the global pandemic, voting, systemic racism, and the movement for social justice and equality.

“black-ish” was created by Kenya Barris and is executive produced by Barris, Courtney Lilly, Laura Gutin Peterson, Anthony Anderson, Laurence Fishburne, Helen Sugland, E. Brian Dobbins and Michael Petok. The series is produced by ABC Signature, a part of Disney Television Studios. “black-ish” is the mothership of the franchise. It has two spinoffs on the air mixed-ish on ABC and grown-ish airing on Freeform.

In the season seven finale “Urban Legend,” airing TUESDAY, MAY 18 (9/8c), Dre feels pigeonholed to the urban marketing team at Stevens & Lido and realizes he needs to make some big career changes. Boyz II Men stop by the office to help out the team with a SoFi campaign pitch. Meanwhile, Junior has to deal with the twins who are overstaying their welcome at his and Olivia’s apartment.