TV Ratings: NCIS Rises, Tops Night; black-ish Up With Tuesday Return

In the latest TV show ratings, CBS’ NCIS delivered 9.8 million total viewers and a 0.9 demo rating, ticking up and leading Tuesday in both measures. Leading out of that, FBI (8.1 mil/0.8) enjoyed a nice bump versus its previous Tuesday tallies following Sunday’s post-NFL showcase, while FBI: Most Wanted (6.1 mil/0.6) was steady. Elsewhere: […]

black-ish Expanded to a Full Season 7

RELATED STORIES Hero pizza for everyone! TVLine has learned that just days after black-ish premiered its seventh season, ABC has ordered an extra six episodes, bringing this season’s total to 21 — with the possibility for even more to come. Once again airing on Wednesday nights following a three-season move to Tuesdays, black-ish this week […]

black-ish Season 7 Premiere: Heroic Measures — Plus, Grade It!

RELATED STORIES Remember those psuedo-inspirational ads that so many businesses put out at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic? And how suddenly, every company you’d ever patronized wanted you to know that they were with you, and we’d all get through this together? At the start of black-ish‘s Season 7 premiere, Dre considers himself an […]

black-ish Spinoff old-ish in the Works With Laurence Fishburne, Jenifer Lewis

RELATED STORIES ABC is adding another entry to the expanding black-ish franchise: Laurence Fishburne and Jenifer Lewis are set to reprise their roles in a new spinoff titled old-ish, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The series, which is currently in development at the Alphabet network, will be penned by black-ish creator Kenya Barris, who will […]

black-ish to Air Election-Themed Special Ahead of Season 7 Premiere

RELATED STORIES Before black-ish heads into its seventh season, it’s heading to the polls first. The ABC sitcom will air a one-hour, election-themed special on Sunday, Oct. 4 at 10/9c, the network announced on Tuesday. (The special will air ahead of the Season 7 premiere, which hasn’t been scheduled yet.) The back-to-back episodes will follow […]

Scrapped black-ish Season 4 Episode Criticizing President Donald Trump Finally Available on Hulu

RELATED STORIES The black-ish episode ABC originally didn’t want you to see is now available for viewing on Hulu. The network shelved the Season 4 installment, titled “Please, Baby, Please,” in 2018. The ep features Anthony Anderson’s Dre improvising a bedtime story to his then-infant son Devante. During the tale, Dre expresses many of his […]

TV Ratings: black-ish, The Conners and FBI: Most Wanted Dip With Finales

In the latest TV ratings, ABC’s yet-to-be-renewed black-ish closed out Season 6 with 2.6 million total viewers and a 0.4 rating, ticking down a tenth in the demo to mark a series low. TVLine readers gave the finale an average grade of “A,” while the season as a whole earned an “A-.” Among ABC’s other […]

black-ish Finale Recap: A Pops and Ruby Re-Do?! Plus, Laurence Fishburne Recalls His ‘Dr. Fauci Moment’

Who would’ve guessed, after season upon season of ongoing enmity between black-ish‘s Pops and Ruby, that their reunion would be the thing that throws the family into chaos? An ill-timed visit to his mom’s room at the start of the Season 6 finale leaves Dre with a visual he can’t expunge from his memory: Ruby […]

NAACP Image Awards 2020: black-ish, When They See Us, Greenleaf and Power Are Among TV Winners

RELATED STORIES The 51st NAACP Image Awards were handed out on Saturday in a ceremony hosted by Anthony Anderson (black-ish) and held live at the Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, Calif. The annual gala celebrates outstanding achievements and performances of people of color, as well as those who promote social justice through art. On the TV […]

TVLine Items: Are You Afraid of the Dark Teaser, black-ish Is Devine and More

A new Midnight Society convenes in the first teaser for Nickelodeon’s Are You Afraid of the Dark? reboot. The three-part limited series, which premieres in October, introduces a new group of kids “who tell a terrifying tale about the Carnival of Doom, only to have the events of the story come to life,” according to the […]