
announces that for his 13th birthday he's converting to Judaism in order to have a Bar Mitzvah like all his friends.ĭre insists on giving Andre Jr.
Julian de la Celle as Andre from MarseilleĪdvertising exec Dre looks forward to a promotion that would make him the first African American senior vice president at his firm, but he worries that there is a price to pay for his success when his son Andre Jr. Laurence Fishburne as Earl "Pops" Johnson. Marcus Scribner as Andre 'Junior' Johnson Jr. Tracee Ellis Ross as Rainbow 'Bow' Johnson. Anthony Anderson as Andre 'Dre' Johnson. The pilot episode premiered to a total of 11.04 million viewers, ranking number 1 in its time slot. It was renewed for a second season on May 8, 2015. He lives with his wife, Bow ( Tracee Ellis Ross) and his kids Zoey ( Yara Shahidi), Andre Jr ( Marcus Scribner), and twins Jack ( Miles Brown) and Diane ( Marsai Martin).Īfter only airing six episodes, ABC ordered a full season of 24 episodes.
The series revolves around Dre, portrayed by Anthony Anderson, a family man who struggles with finding his cultural identity while raising his kids in a white neighborhood. It was produced by Khalabo Ink Society, Wilmore Films, Cinema Gypsy Productions and Principato-Young Entertainment, with creator Kenya Barris, who also served as executive producer alongside Anthony Anderson, Brian Dobbins, Jonathan Groff and Helen Sugland. The first season of Black-ish aired from September 24, 2014, to May 20, 2015, on ABC in the United States.