ABC Studios welcomes back Larry Wilmore. He rejoins the network three months after Comedy Central canceled his late night show.

Last night, ABC's hit comedy 'black-ish,' starring Anthony Anderson and Tracee Ellis-Ross, took on the very serious topic of police brutality in an episode titled "Hope."

Black-ish is coming back in just a couple of weeks, and we couldn’t be more excited! And the ABC sitcom is already starting with a bang. In the second season premiere called “The Word” – yes, that word – precocious, little Jack (played by Miles Brown) raps Kanye West‘s “Gold Digger” at his school talent show. Let […]

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If you’ve been tuned in, you know that we’ve just wrapped up a pretty busy season on the small screen. Mad Men ended its acclaimed run, and the Breaking Bad saga continued with Better Call Saul. On network television, “diversity” was the word.  New shows like How To Get Away With Murder and Black-ish — shows with predominantly African-American casts — became critical and commercial successes. Empire broke every record […]

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While the 2014 White House Correspondents’ Dinner featured a few Hip Hop references, including an opening song by DJ Khaled, the undertone of this year’s edition was set by the theme song “I Love It” by Icona Pop. “Welcome to the fourth quarter of my presidency,” President Obama announced before taking aim at conservatives, media outlets, and others […]

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  Black-ish stars Tracee Ellis Ross, Laurence Fishburne, and Anthony Anderson visited Jimmy Kimmel Live! last night. Naturally, hilarity ensued. From the trio’s entrance waving a red ribbon baton, to Fishburne’s “Disney princess” voices, to Tracee explaining her alter egos (and the infamous T-Murda), it was a segment full of laughs and foolery. Scandal favorite […]

Black-ish has been one of the few positives in ABC’s sitcom programming this year. While initial criticism seemed to feel the shoe was stereotypical in…

Golden Brooks has whipped up speculation that a “Girlfriends” movie is in the works! “Black-ish” star Tracee Ellis Ross told “The Breakfast Club” that she’d…

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Comedian and actor Anthony Anderson is making TV history by being a black man with a sitcom on primetime television! The star talks with “The D.L. Hughley Show” about how the idea to create the show came about, plus a rousing game of “This Or That!” Click on the audio player to hear the exclusive interview! Like TheUrbanDaily.com on […]

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James Fortune talks with Laurence Fishburne about his new show, “Black-Ish,” and on what he thought about Samuel L. Jackson being mistaken for Lawrence Fishburne on television! Click on the audio player to hear the exclusive interview.   Like TheUrbanDaily.com on Facebook! MORE LINKS ON THE URBAN DAILY Whoopi + Rosie O’Donnell Get Into A […]

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When I found out about Black-ish, a new comedy focused on an upper-middle class Black father worried about his family losing its Black identity in the midst of his come up, I was not beaming with excitement. With that sort of premise, you can easily predict what you’re going to get: jokes themed around Black […]

ABC’s new family sitcom “Black-ish,” starring and executive produced by Anthony Anderson and created by Kenya Barris, has a lot going for it even before its premiere on ABC next week. It’s the first show on the network in a long while to focus entirely around a black family and offers the cultural perspectives of three different generations of […]