Tonight at 9p, Anthony Anderson and his black-ish daughter Marsai Martin go head to head, I mean brain to brain, on Nat Geo’s Brain Games. Did you know there are things our brains are better at when we are kids than when we are adults and vice versa? Anderson, who does not like to lose, and Martin, find that out first hand. Only one of them will be victorious. However, it is not their ability that will help them to win. It is their age.
Above, you can watch the first challenge. Children have a faster response time than adults, as you will see when Anderson loses more than just the round. After each challenge, the show’s host Keegan-Michael Key will explain why that is.
There are other challenges on tonight’s episode. We have all heard that kids can learn languages faster than adults, so the show puts that to the test. Both stars learn new words for things they already know, and then are tested to see who soaked up the new information better.
That is a learning thing, but who is better at balancing, hearing, and not being tricked by what you read as compared to what you see? What does that mean? You will have to tune in for Anderson’s craziest moments during the episode.
There is one final round for the two. Who is a bigger risk-takers, the teenager or the man with a Peter Pan complex? Could this be the round that defies science?
On the science note, I enjoy watching the chemistry between Anderson and Martin. She seemed more like the adult of the two, which made me laugh. I am certain it will do the same for you.
Even though, it sounds like I might be knocking Anderson, I adore his youthful personality. It is why he has always stood out to me since Hang Time. Talk about taking it back old school.
Now, that I know some of the things I am better at than a child. I cannot wait to test it out on my 10-year-old niece.
When it comes to the show in general, even though it is in its 8th season, it is new to me. I plan on watching it again. I like learning new things like this. However, since I am older, I might have to watch each episode a few times to really absorb all of that information. You know, since they say the older you get, the harder it is to learn.
Yesterday, was ABC’s Summer Press Tour Day and the casts from their shows all partied together. While the adult talent all hung out with each other, Anthony Anderson decided to hang with the child stars from the network.
Anderson joined Single Parents Tyler Wladis, Mia Allan, Ella Allan, and Marlow Barkley, mixed-ish’s Mykal-Michelle Harris, and Modern Family’s Jeremy Maguire in a group dance. Proving to me, he is just as big of a kid as they are. Actually, even more so.
Once a child star, always a child star!
Seriously though, these photos of him with the kids are so cute-ish. They brought a smile to my face, and I hope they did the same for you!
ABC announced today that they picked up black-ish for a 6th season and they are giving the series its second spinoff, grown-ish airs on Freeform. mixed-ish will follow Rainbow’s life as a kid growing up as mixed race girl in the ’80s.
If ABC keeps their slate as is, then that means they will have 1 show based in the ’70s, The Kids Are Alright, 2 shows in the ’80s, this and The Goldbergs, and 2 in the ’90s, Fresh Off the Boat and Schooled. What happened to 2019? Oh, The Conners.
When it comes to ABC’s decision on giving black-ish a spinoff, I am personally surprised. The ratings for the original are pretty bad, it is not even close to being one of their top comedies. They would be better off giving Modern Family a spinoff and I don’t think anyone wants that.
Anthony Anderson is hosting the NAACP Awards again this Saturday and Extra asked him some questions about the show.
Terri Seymour first wanted to know if nominee Jussie Smollett will be there? The actor told her, “I hope he is here. I hope he wins, I hope everyone wins.” He added, “I am glad everything has worked out for him. But I hope he is here so he can celebrate with his community, with his family, and with his friends.”
Even though the charges were dropped, to me, no one is saying he is innocent. If he is guilty of staging a hate crime on himself, he hurt his community, family and friends. Therefore, would they want to celebrate with him? Even his Empire crew and cast are reportedly torn about welcoming him back to the show.
What Anderson should have said is, “I don’t know if he is coming, but I hope he does because it will be good for the ratings if he shows up.” Although, if Smollett were to go, his appearance would overshadow anything Anderson does. And is it just me, or does it seem like Anderson doesn’t like to share the spotlight with anyone ever since he started doing Black-ish.
I hope Smollett doesn’t attend. Everyone still needs time to heal. We don’t know what happened that night, but it seems like there are a lot more questions than answers. That is causing people, who never believed him, to think that he lied and we should not believe victims of a hate crime.
What Smollett needs to do, is take some time away from the spotlight and do the charitable work that appears to have helped him get the charges dropped. To me, if he tries to save his career now, it makes him look guilty. He needs to earn his way back like Robert Downey Jr. and Rob Lowe did.
Plus, can we be honest? Smollett’s career pretty much stalled during the second season of Empire. His music did not seem to break out and what else did he do besides the Fox show. The first two seasons people knew his name. However, how many people were like which one is Jussie when the news broke in January?
