Yara Shahidi and Emily Arlook starrer sitcom series Grown-ish has received the green light Freedom, the show is all set for another season with Craig Doyle as the showrunner on the new season. According to Variety, a US-based news outlet, Zakiyyah Alexander and Courtney Lilly, who took over as co-showrunners of the sitcom entering its fifth and current season, are replaced as showrunners of the Black-ish spinoff by Doyle. Doyle has worked on the programme since its inception, initially as a co-executive producer and then, in Season 2, as an executive producer. Other projects he has worked on include Family Tools, The Great Indoors, Black-ish and The Great Indoors. CAA, Lit Entertainment Group, and Yorn Levine Barnes are his agents. Treason Review: Charlie Cox's Netflix Series Gets Slammed on Social Media for Bad Storyline and Disappointing Subplot; Twitterati Calls It Boring! (View Tweets).
The second half of the fifth season of Grown-ish premieres on January 18 at 10.30 p.m. ET/PT, and it will be available for streaming the following day, on Hulu. In Season 5, fellow Black-ish alum Marcus Scribner joined the show, as he returned to play Andre Johnson Jr. The show now follows him throughout his first year at Cal U. The focus had previously been on Yara Shahidi's character Zoey Johnson. The show also features Trevor Jackson, Diggy Simmons, Daniella Perkins, Shahidi, and Scribner. According to Variety, together with Larry Wilmore, Black-ish creator Kenya Barris ideated and conceptualised the show. Along with Alexander, Lilly, Doyle, Shahidi, Anthony Anderson, Laurence Fishburne, Helen Sugland, E. Brian Dobbins, and Michael Petok, Barris serves as an executive producer. CAT Review: Randeep Hooda's Netflix Series Thrills Inspite of Its Pulpy Yet Very Familiar Setting (LatestLY Exclusive).
The renewal comes after the series finale of Black-ish aired on ABC in April 2022. ABC also aired the prequel series Mixed-ish for two seasons, and it was previously reported that another spinoff titled Old-ish was in the works, focusing on the characters of Fishburne and Jenifer Lewis. However, the last project is currently considered inactive.