We are getting close to the networks announcing their schedule for next season, so that means we are finding out what shows will be back and what shows will not.
The good news is that Black-ish is returning for an 8th season. The bad news is that Executive Producer Kenya Barris announced today it will be its final one.
#BLACKISH ANNOUNCEMENT!!! -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 has been RENEWED by ABC for it’s EIGHTH… and FINAL SEASON. 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!
This show has changed my life in so many ways and I am so proud of the conversations we’ve started along the way. None of this would have been possible without our audience and supporters, who have championed the show every step of the journey; allowing us to change not just the narrative of Black Families, but of Family, Culture, and the World in general. All the while allowing us to talk about things that people were not supposed to talk about period… especially on a network television comedy.
Thank you to everyone who made it possible to get to this point! The cast, crew, writers, directors, executives, and especially my family, who allowed me to mine so many deeply personal moments from them (many times forgetting to give them the heads up) and show them to the world. Tears fill my eyes and a smile brightens my face as I say thank you to ALL of my blackish family for all you have given of yourselves. ✊🏽👊🏽 #blackish #seasoneight #dreamingawake
Black-ish helped to bring back sitcoms about African American families to broadcast television, and it also took on controversial issues throughout its run. That and it launched two spinoffs, Freeform’s Grown-ish based on the oldest child going away to college and Mixed-ish, the prequel about Rainbow’s childhood.
Having said that, the news is not a surprise because the ratings have been declining rapidly over the last few years.
Will Smith has started a revolution. He is getting dads to join his 12-week challenge to get the figures back. Several of them have let themselves go when they put on the quarantine fifteen, and now they want to get in shape again.
The latest DILF to sign up is Anthony Anderson. He showed off his before body, and it doesn’t look like he needs to the challenge.
He also has something that Will Smith does, and that is his penis-ish. Don’t tell me you didn’t look. You know you did.
When it comes to celebrity names, Kelly Clarkson’s is pretty easy to spell. However, people like Jake Gyllenhaal are much harder. Can the daytime talk show host get it right along with a few others like Zach Galifianakis? Nope!
Clarkson is not the only one who can’t spell their names. Anthony Anderson also couldn’t do it. The two of them tried their best on her show and failed. Poor Matthew McConhey, whoever that is.
In their defense, that is why I don’t post about certain celebrities. Their names are way too hard to type.
To see Clarkson and Anderson try and fail at spelling, then click here!
ABC announced today when their unscripted shows will be back in 2021.
They are going to start it off on January 4th with their first African-American Bachelor Matt James. Then their Thursdays will include a celebrity version of Wheel of Fortune and two new game shows. Finally, on Valentine’s Day, they are giving American Idol fans some loving with American Idol.
MONDAY, JAN. 4
8:00-10:00 p.m. “The Bachelor” (season premiere)
THURSDAY, JAN. 7
8:00-9:00 p.m. “Celebrity Wheel of Fortune” (series premiere)
9:00-10:00 p.m. “The Chase” (series premiere)
10:00-11:00 p.m. “The Hustler” (series premiere)
Anthony Anderson likes to steal every scene he is in and turns out he just likes to steal.
Today when the black-ish star was on The Real, they asked him if it is true that he brought home some linen towels from the White House. He came clean and admitted that he did. However, he took them for his co-star Deon Cole, who wanted his boss to bring something back for him.
Anderson not only stole for Cole, but he also took stuff for himself. Not from 1600 Penn, but from Air Force Two. When he was traveling with Michelle Obama with the USO, he noticed that they had some grape Kool-Aid on the plane. Therefore, he took two packs of that and a deck of cards with her face on it.
Hey, Secret Service, go get him! Joking.
The big takeaway from this story is that the Obamas and Donald Trump have something in common. They both want you to drink the Kool-Aid. However, only the Donald wants you to drink it with cyanide in it.
