Black-ish, to premiere tonight on TV2
Race can be a touchy topic, but a new US comedy finds its funny aspects and brings them out into the light ! Black-ish is at the forefront of of a new era of populist, ethnically diverse programming. Black-ish , which premieres tonight on TV2 at 8pm in New Zealand , is the most successful new American comedy in years and is already on its way to being a bona fide cultural phenomenon. Anthony Anderson ( Transformers, The Departed ) stars as Andre Johnson, an African-American advertising executive trying to provide his three young children with a sense of cultural identity in their predominantly white environment. Tracee Ellis Ross (daughter of Diana Ross) plays his wife and Oscar nominee Laurence Fishburne (The Matrix) plays Andre's father, Pops. Addressing race and culture with a casual frankness that feels long overdue on mainstream television, Black-ish is cited, with TV2 stablemates How To Get Away With Murder (Tuesdays at 8.30pm) and meg...