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ABC/Image Group LA TCA SUMMER PRESS TOUR 2016 – The cast and producers of ABC’s “black-ish” at Disney | ABC Television Group’s Summer Press Tour 2016. LAURENCE FISHBURNE, JENIFER LEWIS, YARA SHAHIDI, ANTHONY ANDERSON, MARSAI MARTIN, TRACEE ELLIS ROSS, MILES BROWN, MARCUS SCRIBNER Black-ish   fans — or folks wanting to give the outstanding ABC series a try following its three Emmy nominations — you can get the show’s stellar Season 2 for free on iTunes. But only if you act fast. ABC Studios will  make all 24 episodes available  at no cost now through Wednesday, August 17. During Season 2,  black-ish  was recognized by the American Film Institute as an AFI Television Program of the Year, and received the coveted Peabody Award. In July, the show received three Emmy nominations, including a second consecutive nod for Anthony Anderson for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series, a first-time Outstanding Comedy Series nod, and a first nomination for ...

"Black-ish":  "Modern Family" gets a perfect companion in this comedy about a multigenerational upper-class black family that moves to a white neighborhood.  The dad (Anthony Anderson) starts worrying that his kids will lose their cultural identity, and they might become a little less black (hence the "ish"). Tackling race in this format is bold, but the trifecta of Anderson, Tracee Ellis Ross and Laurence Fishburne just might be able to pull it off. Wednesday, 9:30 p.m. ABC Truth! Anthony Anderson & Marcus Scribner are ready on set. Keep it real?