Grown-ish

Grown-ish (stylized as grown·ish) is an American sitcom series and a spin-off of the ABC series Black-ish. The single-camera comedy follows the Johnsons' eldest daughter Zoey (Yara Shahidi) as she goes to college, begins her journey to adulthood but quickly discovers that not everything goes her way once she leaves the nest. Deon Cole (whose own role also originated on Black-ish), Trevor Jackson, Francia Raisa, Emily Arlook, Jordan Buhat, Chloe Bailey, Halle Bailey, Luka Sabbat, and Chris Parnell also star.

Grown-ish
Genre	Sitcom Comedy-drama[1] Teen Drama[2]
Created by	Kenya Barris
Based on	Black-ish by Kenya Barris
Starring	Yara Shahidi Deon Cole Trevor Jackson Francia Raisa Emily Arlook Jordan Buhat Chris Parnell Chloe Bailey Halle Bailey Luka Sabbat Diggy Simmons
Narrated by	Yara Shahidi
Opening theme	"Grown" by Chloe x Halle
Composer(s)	Vincent Jones
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	42 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Anthony Anderson Helen Sugland Kenya Barris Julie Bean Paul Young Laurence Fishburne Peter Principato E. Brian Dobbins Jenifer Rice-Genzuk Henry Craig Doyle
Producer(s)	Yara Shahidi
Camera setup	Single-camera
Running time	20–23 minutes
Production company(s)	ABC Signature Studios Khalabo Ink Society Cinema Gypsy Productions Principato-Young Entertainment
Distributor	Disney–ABC Domestic Television
Release
Original network	Freeform
Picture format	1080p (16:9 HDTV)
Audio format	Dolby Digital 5.1 with Descriptive Video Service on SAP channel
Original release	January 3, 2018 (2018-01-03) – present (present)
External links
Official website

Created by Black-ish's Kenya Barris, the series is produced by Khalabo Ink Society, Wilmore Films, Cinema Gypsy Productions and Principato-Young Entertainment, with Anthony Anderson, Brian Dobbins, and Helen Sugland acting as executive producers. Freeform officially ordered 13 episodes of the spin-off in May 2017, and it premiered on January 3, 2018. In January 2018, Freeform renewed the series for a second season of 21 episodes and it premiered on January 2, 2019.[3] In February 2019, Freeform renewed the series for a third season, which premiered on January 16, 2020.[4][5] In January 2020, the series was renewed for a fourth season.[6]

Plot

The Johnson family's firstborn daughter Zoey leaves the family to go to college. As she attends college while befriending some people, she discovers that her journey to adulthood and her departure from the family does not go the way she hoped.

Cast and characters

Main

• Yara Shahidi as Zoey Johnson, the narrator of the series who is actually shown in the break of a scene. She meets her six core friends in Professor Telphy's class. She originally intended to become a fashion designer but has since created her own major, "The Sociology of Fashion", and turned her career goals to fashion styling. She is a freshman in Season 1, a sophomore in Season 2, and a junior in Season 3. She dated Luca until their breakup at the end of season 2.
• Deon Cole as Professor Charlie Telphy (seasons 1–2; guest season 3), a close friend of Zoey’s family and former night time adjunct professor turned dean of students at Cal U teaching a class called "Digital Marketing Strategies", which is all about drones. He becomes Dean in Season 2.
• Trevor Jackson as Aaron Jackson, a student at Cal U. He is "woke", as evident by his many buttons to various causes dealing with African Americans. He later takes up a job as an RA for Hawkins Hall in Season 2. He is a sophomore in Season 1, a junior in Season 2, and a senior in Season 3.
• Francia Raisa as Analisa "Ana" Patricia Torres – Ana is a student at Cal U. She was born to Cuban immigrants, is a devout Catholic, and a Republican. She was Zoey's roommate in Season 1. In the second season, she and Zoey move into an apartment with Nomi and she develops a romantic interest in Aaron. Ana is a freshman in Season 1, a sophomore in Season 2, and a junior in Season 3. In Season 2, Episode 19, her major is revealed as Political Science.
• Emily Arlook as Nomi Segal,[7] a Jewish American. She is bisexual, but she is not out to her family until season 2. She is a freshman in season 1 and then a sophomore in season 2 and a Junior in season 3. At the start of the third season, she is revealed to be pregnant from a one-night stand.
• Jordan Buhat as Vivek Shah, a first-generation Gujarati Indian American. His parents are devout Hindus. He is a drug dealer to support his fashion choices. He is an engineering major and has shown great intelligence throughout the series. He originally lived in the rich-kid Winthrop house but was kicked out in Season 2 and has been crashing at Hawkins Hall with Aaron and Doug. He is a freshman in Season 1, a sophomore in Season 2, and a junior in Season 3. He is best known as having a style that is highly influenced by black culture.
• Chloe Bailey as Jazlyn "Jazz" Forster and Halle Bailey as Skylar "Sky" Forster, are track athletes at Cal U. From South Los Angeles, both girls are intensely smart, sassy, but focused on the bigger picture. They are very close and support each other's goals but also argue like normal siblings. They are freshmen in Season 1. sophomores in Season 2, and juniors in Season 3. In Season 2, Episode 19, their majors are revealed to be Economics and Early Education, respectively.
• Luka Sabbat as Luca Hall, a fashion design major at Cal U and is a stoner. He is very independent and a trendsetter, as seen in his outlandish fashion choices and his relaxed attitude toward life. He also works alongside Zoey at Teen Vogue, an internship he got by chance. Zoey and Luca become an official couple starting season 2 but break up in the season 2 finale. He is a freshman in season 1, a sophomore in season 2, and a junior in Season 3.[8]
• Chris Parnell as Dean Burt Parker (season 1), the dean of students. He is also Nomi's uncle. He leaves the university for unknown reasons before the events of season 2.
• Diggy Simmons as Douglas Frederick “Doug” Edwards (season 3; recurring seasons 1–2), Jazlyn's boyfriend. He is best friends with Aaron and Vivek.[9]

Recurring

• Da'Vinchi as Cash Mooney (season 1), Zoey's first college boyfriend and star of the school's basketball team. Also her first love and the first person she had sex with.
• Katherine Moennig as Professor Paige Hewson,[10] the professor of Gender Studies class that Zoey and her friends are in who is also Nomi's love interest.
• Marcus Scribner as Andre "Junior" Johnson, Zoey's younger brother from black-ish. He becomes Sky's romantic interest in season 2.
• Ryan Destiny as Jillian (season 3), a transfer student from Spelman College and Luca's new love interest.[11][12]
• Henri Esteve as Javier / "Javi" (season 3), a gorgeous grad student whom Ana interns with at Cal U.[13]
• Andrew Liner as Rodney (season 3), a soft-spoken, baby-faced babe with a killer smile who becomes Sky's new love interest.[13]
• Raigan Harris as Rochelle (season 3), an opinionated, well-informed member of the Black Student Union who’s always down to fight for a cause.
• Phemza The Kween as Hillfiger (season 3,TBA), a 15 year old rapper who has feels for Zoey but couldn't tell her. Zoey knew how he feels about her when she heard one of Hillfiger's songs saying "Z-O-E-Y, yeah the love that heals all secrets!"

Notable guests

• Anthony Anderson as Andre "Dre" Johnson Sr., Zoey's father
• Tracee Ellis Ross as Dr. Rainbow "Bow" Johnson, Zoey's mother
• Laurence Fishburne as Earl "Pops" Johnson, Zoey's grandfather
• Miles Brown as Jack Johnson, Zoey's younger brother and Diane's twin brother
• Marsai Martin as Diane Johnson, Zoey's younger sister and Jack's twin sister
• Joey Badass as himself

Production

Development and casting

"Liberal Arts", the 23rd episode of season 3 of Black-ish, functioned as a backdoor pilot for this spin-off, featuring Yara Shahidi's character, Zoey Johnson, as she goes to college.[14] Shahidi stars in the series, with Chris Parnell, Mallory Sparks, Matt Walsh, and Trevor Jackson guest starring in the backdoor pilot.[15][16][17] The series was later titled College-ish, with Parnell and Jackson reprising their roles from the backdoor pilot, and Emily Arlook replacing Mallory Sparks in the role of Miriam.[18] In August 2017, Francia Raisa joined the cast as Ana along with Jordan Buhat as Vivek.[19] Music duo Chloe and Halle would also star as twin sisters Sky and Jazz.[20]

On May 19, 2017, Freeform (ABC's sister network) officially ordered 13 episodes of the spin-off under the final title, Grown-ish.[21][22] On January 18, 2018, Freeform renewed the series for a second season.[23] On February 5, 2019, the series was renewed for a third season.[4] On November 7, 2019, it was announced that the third season will premiere on January 16, 2020.[5] On January 17, 2020, Freeform renewed the series for a fourth season.[6]

On May 19, 2020, Freeform announced that the remaining episodes from season three will premiere in 2021 due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic in the television industry.[24][25]

Episodes

Series overview

Season		Episodes		Originally aired
				First aired	Last aired
	1	13		January 3, 2018 (2018-01-03)	March 28, 2018 (2018-03-28)
	2	21	11	January 2, 2019 (2019-01-02)	March 6, 2019 (2019-03-06)
			10	June 5, 2019 (2019-06-05)	August 7, 2019 (2019-08-07)
	3	TBA	8	January 16, 2020 (2020-01-16)	March 5, 2020 (2020-03-05)
			TBA	2021 (2021)	TBA

Season 1 (2018)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	U.S. viewers (millions)
1	1	"Late Registration"	Kevin Bray	Story by : Kenya Barris & Jenifer Rice-Genzuk Henry Teleplay by : Jenifer Rice-Genzuk Henry	January 3, 2018 (2018-01-03)	0.95[26]
2	2	"Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe"	Stella Meghie	Jordan Reddout & Gus Hickey	January 3, 2018 (2018-01-03)	0.92[26]
3	3	"If You're Reading This, It's Too Late"	Steven Caple Jr.	Hale Rothstein	January 10, 2018 (2018-01-10)	0.66[27]
4	4	"Starboy"	John Fortenberry	Elaine Welteroth & Chad Sanders	January 17, 2018 (2018-01-17)	0.90[28]
5	5	"C.R.E.A.M. (Cash Rules Everything Around Me)"	Pete Chatmon	Craig Doyle	January 24, 2018 (2018-01-24)	0.64[29]
6	6	"Cashin' Out"	Todd Biermann	Chris Spencer	January 31, 2018 (2018-01-31)	0.61[30]
7	7	"Un-Break My Heart"	Steven Tsuchida	Kara Brown	February 7, 2018 (2018-02-07)	0.54[31]
8	8	"Erase Your Social"	Amy York Rubin	Vanessa McGee	February 14, 2018 (2018-02-14)	0.48[32]
9	9	"Who Gon Stop Me"	Eric Dean Seaton	Melanie Kirschbaum & Alexandra Decas	February 28, 2018 (2018-02-28)	0.52[33]
10	10	"It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp"	Marta Cunningham	Hale Rothstein & Jenifer Rice-Genzuk Henry	March 7, 2018 (2018-03-07)	0.44[34]
11	11	"Safe and Sound"	Silver Tree	Helen Krieger & Emily Miller	March 14, 2018 (2018-03-14)	0.47[35]
12	12	"Crew Love"	Pete Chatmon	Hale Rothstein & Jenifer Rice-Genzuk Henry	March 21, 2018 (2018-03-21)	0.43[36]
13	13	"Back & Forth"	Steven Caple Jr.	Isaac Schamis & Danny Segal	March 28, 2018 (2018-03-28)	0.40[37]

Season 2 (2019)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	U.S. viewers (millions)
Part 1
14	1	"Better"	Pete Chatmon	Melanie Kirschbaum & Alexandra Decas	January 2, 2019 (2019-01-02)	0.67[38]
15	2	"Nothing Was The Same"	Pete Chatmon	Vanessa McGee	January 2, 2019 (2019-01-02)	0.56[38]
16	3	"New Rules"	Sam Bailey	Lisa McQuillan	January 9, 2019 (2019-01-09)	0.39[39]
17	4	"In My Feelings"	Sam Bailey	Crystal Jenkins	January 16, 2019 (2019-01-16)	0.64[40]
18	5	"Girls Like You"	Todd Biermann	Hailey Chavez	January 23, 2019 (2019-01-23)	0.47[41]
19	6	"Love Galore"	Todd Biermann	Wade Allain-Marcus	January 30, 2019 (2019-01-30)	0.60[42]
20	7	"Messy"	Linda Mendoza	Richard Brandon Manus	February 6, 2019 (2019-02-06)	0.45[43]
21	8	"Workin' Me"	Linda Mendoza	Ritza Bloom	February 13, 2019 (2019-02-13)	0.35[44]
22	9	"Body Count"	Jude Weng	Melanie Kirschbaum & Alexandra Decas	February 20, 2019 (2019-02-20)	0.42[45]
23	10	"Wild'n Cuz I'm Young"	Jude Weng	Vanessa McGee	February 27, 2019 (2019-02-27)	0.31[46]
24	11	"Face the World"	Eric Dean Seaton	Jenifer Rice-Genzuk Henry	March 6, 2019 (2019-03-06)	0.49[47]
Part 2
25	12	"Fake Love"	Stella Meghie	Craig Doyle	June 5, 2019 (2019-06-05)	0.55[48]
26	13	"You Decide"	Pete Chatmon	Crystal Jenkins	June 12, 2019 (2019-06-12)	0.51[49]
27	14	"Can't Knock the Hustle"	Pete Chatmon	Sara Lukasiewicz & Brady Morphy	June 19, 2019 (2019-06-19)	0.57[50]
28	15	"Tweakin'"	Nick Wong	Wade Allain-Marcus	June 26, 2019 (2019-06-26)	0.40[51]
29	16	"Self Care"	Amy Coughlin	Lisa McQuillan	July 3, 2019 (2019-07-03)	0.47[52]
30	17	"Strictly 4 My..."	Amy Coughlin	Jenifer Rice-Genzuk Henry	July 10, 2019 (2019-07-10)	0.43[53]
31	18	"Nice for What"	Molly McGlynn	Emily G. Miller	July 17, 2019 (2019-07-17)	0.39[54]
32	19	"Only Human"	Molly McGlynn	Richard Brandon Manus	July 24, 2019 (2019-07-24)	0.43[55]
33	20	"Mind Playing Tricks on Me"	Kabir Akhtar	Julie Bean	July 31, 2019 (2019-07-31)	0.44[56]
34	21	"Dreams and Nightmares"	Kabir Akhtar	Jenifer Rice-Genzuk Henry	August 7, 2019 (2019-08-07)	0.42[57]

Season 3 (2020)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	U.S. viewers (millions)
Part 1
35	1	"Crunch Time"	Todd Biermann	Melanie Kirschbaum & Alexandra Decas	January 16, 2020 (2020-01-16)	0.48[58]
36	2	"Damn"	Todd Biermann	Crystal Jenkins	January 23, 2020 (2020-01-23)	0.34[59]
37	3	"Close Friends"	Linda Mendoza	Lisa McQuillan	January 30, 2020 (2020-01-30)	0.46[60]
38	4	"Thinkin Bout You"	Linda Mendoza	Wade Allain-Marcus	February 6, 2020 (2020-02-06)	0.36[61]
39	5	"Gut Feeling"	Natalia Anderson	Craig Doyle	February 13, 2020 (2020-02-13)	0.32[62]
40	6	"Real Life S**t"	Chris Robinson	Des Moran	February 20, 2020 (2020-02-20)	0.29[63]
41	7	"Doin' The Most"	Chris Robinson	Nyesha Littlejohn & Molly A.H. Mitchell	February 27, 2020 (2020-02-27)	0.25[64]
42	8	"Age Ain't Nothing But a Number"	Sam Bailey	Jenifer Rice-Genzuk Henry	March 5, 2020 (2020-03-05)	0.31[65]

Reception

Critical response

On review aggregation Rotten Tomatoes, the series has an approval rating of 94% based on 34 reviews, with an average rating of 7.66/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "grown-ish quickly works through its growing pains to establish itself as its own socially aware show with a fresh perspective on the college experience, driven by the charming and capable Yara Shahidi."[66] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 71 out of 100, based on 15 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[67]

Ratings

Viewership and ratings per season of Grown-ish

Season	Timeslot (ET)	Episodes	First aired		Last aired		TV season	Avg. viewers (millions)	18–49 rank	Avg. 18–49 rating
			Date	Viewers (millions)	Date	Viewers (millions)
1	Wednesday 8 p.m. (1, 3-13) Wednesday 8:31 p.m. (2)	13	January 3, 2018 (2018-01-03)	0.95[26]	March 28, 2018 (2018-03-28)	0.40[37]	2017-18	0.61	TBD	0.27
2	Wednesday 8 p.m. (1, 3-21) Wednesday 8:31 p.m. (2)	21	January 2, 2019 (2019-01-02)	0.67[38]	August 7, 2019 (2019-08-07)	0.42[57]	2018-19	TBD	TBD	TBD
3	Thursday 8 p.m.[68]	TBA	January 16, 2020 (2020-01-16)	TBD	TBA	TBD	2019-20	TBD	TBD	TBD

Season 1

Viewership and ratings per episode of Grown-ish

No.	Title	Air date	Rating (18–49)	Viewers (millions)	DVR (18–49)	DVR viewers (millions)	Total (18–49)	Total viewers (millions)
1	"Late Registration"	January 3, 2018	0.4	0.95[26]	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2	"Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe"	January 3, 2018	0.4	0.92[26]	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
3	"If You're Reading This, It's Too Late"	January 10, 2018	0.3	0.66[27]	0.4	0.66	0.7	1.33[69]
4	"Starboy"	January 17, 2018	0.4	0.90[28]	0.3	N/A	0.7[70]	N/A
5	"C.R.E.A.M. (Cash Rules Everything Around Me)"	January 24, 2018	0.3	0.64[29]	0.3	0.64	0.6	1.29[71]
6	"Cashin' Out"	January 31, 2018	0.3	0.61[30]	0.3	N/A	0.6[72]	N/A
7	"Un-Break My Heart"	February 7, 2018	0.3	0.54[31]	0.3	0.68	0.6	1.22[73]
8	"Erase Your Social"	February 14, 2018	0.2	0.48[32]	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
9	"Who Gon Stop Me"	February 28, 2018	0.2	0.52[33]	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
10	"It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp"	March 7, 2018	0.2	0.44[34]	0.3	0.53	0.5	0.97[74]
11	"Safe and Sound"	March 14, 2018	0.2	0.47[35]	0.3	0.55	0.5	1.02[75]
12	"Crew Love"	March 21, 2018	0.2	0.43[36]	N/A	0.53	N/A	0.96[76]
13	"Back & Fourth"	March 28, 2018	0.2	0.40[37]	N/A	0.53	N/A	0.93[77]

Season 2

Viewership and ratings per episode of Grown-ish

No.	Title	Air date	Rating (18–49)	Viewers (millions)	DVR (18–49)	DVR viewers (millions)	Total (18–49)	Total viewers (millions)
1	"Better"	January 2, 2019	0.3	0.67[38]	0.2	0.45	0.5	1.12[78]
2	"Nothing Was The Same"	January 2, 2019	0.2	0.56[38]	0.3	0.44	0.5	0.99[78]
3	"New Rules"	January 9, 2019	0.2	0.39[39]	0.2	0.39	0.4	0.78[79]
4	"In My Feelings"	January 16, 2019	0.3	0.64[40]	0.2	0.40	0.5	1.04[80]
5	"Girls Like You"	January 23, 2019	0.2	0.47[41]	0.2	0.31	0.4	0.79[81]
6	"Love Galore"	January 30, 2019	0.3	0.60[42]	0.1	0.22	0.4	0.84[82]
7	"Messy"	February 6, 2019	0.2	0.45[43]	0.1	0.34	0.3	0.78[83]
8	"Workin' Me"	February 13, 2019	0.1	0.35[44]	0.1	0.23	0.2	0.57[84]
9	"Body Count"	February 20, 2019	0.2	0.42[45]	0.1	0.24	0.3	0.66[85]
10	"Wild'n Cuz I'm Young"	February 27, 2019	0.1	0.31[46]	0.1	0.21	0.2	0.51[86]
11	"Face the World"	March 6, 2019	0.2	0.49[47]	0.2	0.31	0.4	0.80[87]
12	"Fake Love"	June 5, 2019	0.2	0.55[48]	0.2	0.35	0.4	0.90[88]
13	"You Decide"	June 12, 2019	0.2	0.51[49]	0.1	0.27	0.3	0.78[89]
14	"Can't Knock the Hustle"	June 19, 2019	0.2	0.57[50]	0.2	0.27	0.4	0.85[90]
15	"Tweakin'"	June 26, 2019	0.2	0.40[51]	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
16	"Self Care"	July 3, 2019	0.2	0.47[52]	0.1	0.30	0.3	0.77[91]
17	"Strictly 4 My..."	July 10, 2019	0.2	0.43[53]	0.1	0.27	0.3	0.70[92]
18	"Nice for What"	July 17, 2019	0.2	0.39[54]	0.1	0.31	0.3	0.70[93]
19	"Only Human"	July 24, 2019	0.2	0.43[55]	0.1	0.32	0.3	0.74[94]
20	"Mind Playing Tricks on Me"	July 31, 2019	0.2	0.44[56]	0.1	0.25	0.3	0.69[95]
21	"Dreams and Nightmares"	August 7, 2019	0.2	0.42[57]	0.1	0.18	0.3	0.60[96]

Season 3

Viewership and ratings per episode of Grown-ish

No.	Title	Air date	Rating (18–49)	Viewers (millions)	DVR (18–49)	DVR viewers (millions)	Total (18–49)	Total viewers (millions)
1	"Crunch Time"	January 16, 2020	0.2	0.48[58]	0.1	0.27	0.3	0.75[97]
2	"Damn"	January 23, 2020	0.1	0.34[59]	0.2	0.33	0.3	0.67[98]
3	"Close Friends"	January 30, 2020	0.2	0.46[60]	0.1	0.25	0.3	0.71[99]
4	"Thinkin Bout You"	February 6, 2020	0.1	0.36[61]	0.1	0.24	0.2	0.59[100]
5	"Gut Feeling"	February 13, 2020	0.1	0.32[62]	0.2	0.26	0.3	0.58[101]
6	"Real Life S**t"	February 20, 2020	0.1	0.29[63]	0.1	0.23	0.2	0.53[102]
7	"Doin' The Most"	February 27, 2020	0.1	0.25[64]	0.2	0.32	0.3	0.57[103]
8	"Age Ain't Nothing But a Number"	March 5, 2020	0.1	0.31[65]	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD

Accolades

Year	Award	Category	Nominee	Result	Ref.
2018	MTV Movie & TV Awards	Best Show	Grown-ish	Nominated	[104]
	Black Reel Awards	Outstanding Comedy Series		Nominated
		Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series	Yara Shahidi	Nominated
	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Comedy TV Actress	Yara Shahidi	Nominated	[105]
		Choice Breakout TV Star	Luka Sabbat	Nominated	[105]
	Imagen Awards	Best Supporting Actress – Television	Francia Raisa	Nominated
2019	NAACP Image Awards	Outstanding Comedy Series	Grown-ish	Nominated
		Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series	Yara Shahidi	Nominated
	Black Reel Awards	Outstanding Comedy Series	Grown-ish	Nominated
	Teen Choice Awards	Choice TV Comedy Actress	Yara Shahidi	Nominated	[106]
		Choice Summer TV Actress	Yara Shahidi	Nominated	[106]
		Choice Summer TV Actor	Luka Sabbat	Nominated	[106]
2020	NAACP Image Awards	Outstanding Comedy Series	Grown-ish	Nominated
		Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series	Yara Shahidi	Nominated
		Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series	Halle Bailey	Nominated

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External links

• Official website
• Grown-ish on IMDb