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Black-ish
2014–2022
· TV Show
· 22 min episodes
· 8 seasons
B
MEANRANK
72/100
Every rating
58–92
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 58, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 92. Critics average 84, everyone else 66.
See the TV shows the platforms disagree about most →A family man struggles to gain a sense of cultural identity while raising his kids in a predominantly white, upper-middle-class neighborhood.
Details
- Created by
- Kenya Barris
- Released
- 24 September 2014
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Episode length
- 22 min
- Rated
- TV-14
- Episodes
- 175 across 8 seasons
- Awards
- 34 wins, 91 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 125 →2 major awards won · 34 wins from 125 nominations across 20 ceremonies
| Primetime Emmy Awards 2020 | Outstanding Contemporary Hairstyling | Araxi Lindsey, Robert C. Mathews III and Enoch Williams (for “Hair Day”) | Winner |
| Golden Globe Awards 2017 | Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy | Tracee Ellis Ross | Winner |
| Golden Globe Awards 2022 | Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy | Tracee Ellis Ross | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 2022 | Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy | Anthony Anderson | Nominee |
| Primetime Emmy Awards 2022 | Outstanding Contemporary Costumes | Michelle R. Cole, Stanley Vance Hudson, Suzanne M. Bantit (for "That's What Friends Are For") | Nominee |
| Primetime Emmy Awards 2022 | Outstanding Contemporary Hairstyling | Nena Ross Davis, Debra Brown, Stacey Morris, Shirlena Allen, Dominique Evans, Lionel Brown (for "That's What Friends Are For") | Nominee |
| Primetime Emmy Awards 2021 | Outstanding Contemporary Costumes | Michelle R. Cole and Juliann M. Smith DeVito (for “Our Wedding Dre”) | Nominee |
| Primetime Emmy Awards 2021 | Outstanding Contemporary Hairstyling | Nena Ross Davis, Stacey Morris, Ka'Maura Eley, Enoch Williams IV, Robert C. Mathews III, Marcia Hamilton (for “Our Wedding Dre”) | Nominee |
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Primetime Emmy Awards
27 nominations, 1 won
| Outstanding Contemporary Hairstyling | Araxi Lindsey, Robert C. Mathews III and Enoch Williams (for “Hair Day”) | Winner |
| Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance | Stacey Abrams (for “Election Special (Part 2)”) | Nominee |
| Outstanding Comedy Series | Black-ish | Nominee |
| Outstanding Comedy Series | Black-ish (for “Juneteenth,” “Mother Nature,” “First and Last,” “Advance to Go (Collect $200),” “R-E-S-P-E-C-T,” “Blue Valentine”) | Nominee |
| Outstanding Comedy Series | Black-ish (for “Being Bow-Racial,” “40 Acres and a Vote,” “God,” “Lemons,” “Name Game,” “One Angry Man”) | Nominee |
| Outstanding Comedy Series | Black-ish (for “The Word,” “Rock, Paper, Scissors Gun,” “Keeping Up with the Johnsons,” “Hope,” “Any Given Saturday,” “Daddy Dre-Care”) | Nominee |
| Outstanding Contemporary Costumes | Michelle R. Cole, Stanley Vance Hudson, Suzanne M. Bantit (for "That's What Friends Are For") | Nominee |
| Outstanding Contemporary Costumes | Michelle R. Cole and Juliann M. Smith DeVito (for “Our Wedding Dre”) | Nominee |
| Outstanding Contemporary Costumes | Michelle R. Cole and Juliann DeVito (for “Hair Day”) | Nominee |
| Outstanding Contemporary Costumes | Michelle Cole and Devon Patterson (for “Purple Rain”) | Nominee |
| Outstanding Contemporary Costumes | Michelle Cole, Delores Ybarra and Devon Patterson (for “Juneteenth”) | Nominee |
| Outstanding Contemporary Hairstyling | Nena Ross Davis, Debra Brown, Stacey Morris, Shirlena Allen, Dominique Evans, Lionel Brown (for "That's What Friends Are For") | Nominee |
| Outstanding Contemporary Hairstyling | Nena Ross Davis, Stacey Morris, Ka'Maura Eley, Enoch Williams IV, Robert C. Mathews III, Marcia Hamilton (for “Our Wedding Dre”) | Nominee |
| Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series | Wanda Sykes (for “Juneteenth”) | Nominee |
| Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series | Wanda Sykes (for “Lemons”) | Nominee |
| Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series | Anthony Anderson | Nominee |
| Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series | Anthony Anderson (for “Love, Boat”) | Nominee |
| Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series | Anthony Anderson (for “Purple Rain”) | Nominee |
| Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series | Anthony Anderson (for “Advance to Go (Collect $200)”) | Nominee |
| Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series | Anthony Anderson (for “Lemons”) | Nominee |
| Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series | Anthony Anderson (for “Hope”) | Nominee |
| Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series | Anthony Anderson (for “Sex, Lies and Vasectomies”) | Nominee |
| Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series | Tracee Ellis Ross (for “Babes in Boyland”) | Nominee |
| Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series | Tracee Ellis Ross (for “Kid Life Crisis”) | Nominee |
| Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series | Tracee Ellis Ross (“Elder. Scam.”) | Nominee |
| Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series | Tracee Ellis Ross (for “Being Bow-Racial”) | Nominee |
| Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series | Tracee Ellis Ross (for “Sink or Swim”) | Nominee |
Golden Globe Awards
7 nominations, 1 won
| Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy | Tracee Ellis Ross | Winner |
| Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy | Anthony Anderson | Nominee |
| Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy | Anthony Anderson | Nominee |
| Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy | Anthony Anderson | Nominee |
| Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy | Tracee Ellis Ross | Nominee |
| Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy | Black-ish | Nominee |
| Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy | Black-ish | Nominee |
Critics' Choice Television Awards
8 nominations
| Best Actor in a Comedy Series | Anthony Anderson | Nominee |
| Best Actor in a Comedy Series | Anthony Anderson | Nominee |
| Best Actor in a Comedy Series | Anthony Anderson | Nominee |
| Best Actress in a Comedy Series | Tracee Ellis Ross | Nominee |
| Best Comedy Series | Black-ish | Nominee |
| Best Comedy Series | Black-ish | Nominee |
| Best Guest Performer in a Comedy Series | Jenifer Lewis | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series | Jenifer Lewis | Nominee |
Screen Actors Guild Awards
4 nominations
| Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series | Anthony Anderson | Nominee |
| Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series | Anthony Anderson | Nominee |
| Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series | Anthony Anderson, Miles Brown, Deon Cole, Laurence Fishburne, Jenifer Lewis, Peter Mackenzie, Marsai Martin, Jeff Meacham, Tracee Ellis Ross, Marcus Scribner, Yara Shahidi | Nominee |
| Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series | Anthony Anderson, Miles Brown, Deon Cole, Laurence Fishburne, Jenifer Lewis, Peter Mackenzie, Marsai Martin, Jeff Meacham, Tracee Ellis Ross, Marcus Scribner, Yara Shahidi | Nominee |
Producers Guild of America Awards
1 nomination
| Episodic Television, Comedy | Producers of Black-ish | Nominee |
NAACP Image Awards
35 nominations, 21 won
| Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series | Anthony Anderson | Winner |
| Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series | Anthony Anderson | Winner |
| Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series | Anthony Anderson | Winner |
| Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series | Anthony Anderson | Winner |
| Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series | Tracee Ellis Ross | Winner |
| Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series | Tracee Ellis Ross | Winner |
| Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series | Tracee Ellis Ross | Winner |
| Outstanding Comedy Series | Black-ish | Winner |
| Outstanding Comedy Series | Black-ish | Winner |
| Outstanding Comedy Series | Black-ish | Winner |
| Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series | Anya Adams for "Hair Day" | Winner |
| Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series | Anton Cropper for "Juneteenth" | Winner |
| Outstanding Performance by a Youth | Marsai Martin | Winner |
| Outstanding Performance by a Youth (Series, Special, Television Movie or Limited Series) | Marsai Martin | Winner |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series | Deon Cole | Winner |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series | Laurence Fishburne | Winner |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series | Laurence Fishburne | Winner |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series | Marsai Martin | Winner |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series | Marsai Martin | Winner |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series | Yara Shahidi | Winner |
| Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series | Kenya Barris for "Hope" | Winner |
| Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series | Tracee Ellis Ross | Nominee |
| Outstanding Comedy Series | Black-ish | Nominee |
| Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series | Eric Dean Seaton for "Our Wedding Dre" | Nominee |
| Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series | Anton Cropper for "Good-ish Times" | Nominee |
| Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series | Anton Cropper for "God" | Nominee |
| Outstanding Performance by a Youth | Miles Brown | Nominee |
| Outstanding Performance by a Youth (Series, Special, Television Movie or Limited Series) | Marsai Martin | Nominee |
| Outstanding Performance by a Youth (Series, Special, Television Movie or Limited Series) | Miles Brown | Nominee |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series | Laurence Fishburne | Nominee |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series | Deon Cole | Nominee |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series | Miles Brown | Nominee |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series | Marcus Scribner | Nominee |
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NAACP Image Award
10 nominations, 6 won
| Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series | Anthony Anderson | Winner |
| Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series | Tracee Ellis Ross | Winner |
| Outstanding Comedy Series | Black-ish | Winner |
| Outstanding Performance by a Youth | Marcus Scribner | Winner |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series | Marsai Martin | Winner |
| Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series | Kenya Barris for "The Word" | Winner |
| Outstanding Performance by a Youth | Marsai Martin | Nominee |
| Outstanding Performance by a Youth | Miles Brown | Nominee |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series | Miles Brown | Nominee |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series | Laurence Fishburne | Nominee |
Young Artist Awards
5 nominations, 1 won
| Best Performance in a TV Series - Supporting Young Actor | Anthony LaPenna | Winner |
| Best Performance in a TV Series - Leading Teen Actor | Marcus Scribner | Nominee |
| Best Performance in a TV Series - Leading Teen Actress | Yara Shahidi | Nominee |
| Best Performance in a TV Series - Leading Young Actor | Miles Brown | Nominee |
| Best Performance in a TV Series - Leading Young Actress | Marsai Martin | Nominee |
MTV Movie & TV Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best American Story | Black-ish | Winner |
| Best Musical Moment | Cast performs "Freedom" – Black-ish | Nominee |
TCA Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Outstanding Achievement in Comedy | Black-ish | Winner |
| Outstanding Achievement in Comedy | Black-ish | Nominee |
American Film Institute
1 nomination, 1 won
| Top 10 TV Shows | Black-ish | Winner |
Peabody Award
1 nomination, 1 won
| Entertainment honoree | Black-ish | Winner |
Hollywood Critics Association TV Awards
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| Best Actor in a Broadcast Network or Cable Series, Comedy | Anthony Anderson | Nominee |
| Best Actor in a Broadcast Network or Cable Series, Comedy | Anthony Anderson | Nominee |
| Best Actress in a Broadcast Network or Cable Series, Comedy | Tracee Ellis Ross | Nominee |
| Best Actress in a Broadcast Network or Cable Series, Comedy | Tracee Ellis Ross | Nominee |
| Best Broadcast Network Series, Comedy | black-ish | Nominee |
| Best Broadcast Network Series, Comedy | black-ish | Nominee |
| Best Directing in a Broadcast Network or Cable Series, Comedy | Iona Morris Jackson (for "If a Black Man Cries in the Woods") | Nominee |
Kids' Choice Awards
5 nominations
| Favorite TV Actor – Family Show | Anthony Anderson | Nominee |
| Favorite TV Actress - Family Show | Tracee Ellis Ross | Nominee |
| Favorite TV Actress - Family Show | Yara Shahidi | Nominee |
| Favorite TV Show – Family Show | Black-ish | Nominee |
| Favorite TV Show – Family Show | Black-ish | Nominee |
Satellite Awards
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| Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy Series | Anthony Anderson | Nominee |
| Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy Series | Tracee Ellis Ross | Nominee |
| Best Musical or Comedy Series | Black-ish | Nominee |
Teen Choice Awards
3 nominations
| Choice TV Actor: Comedy | Anthony Anderson | Nominee |
| Choice TV: Breakout Show | Black-ish | Nominee |
| Choice TV: Breakout Star | Yara Shahidi | Nominee |
Cinema Audio Society Awards
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| Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Television Series – Half Hour | Tom N. Stasinis, Peter J. Nusbaum and Whitney Purple for "God" | Nominee |
GLAAD Media Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Individual Episode | "Johnson & Johnson" | Nominee |
People's Choice Awards
1 nomination
| Favorite New TV Comedy | Black-ish | Nominee |
Rockie Awards
1 nomination
| Comedy Series: English Language | Black-ish | Nominee |