Black-ish Spin-off Officially Ordered to Series by Freeform, Title Revealed
19 May 2017
Black-ish Grown-ish Pilot ShowsFreeform has officially ordered the Black-ish spin-off starring Yara Shahidi to series, SpoilerTV has learned. 13 episodes of the show have been ordered under the title "college-ish" The pilot initially eyed for ABC, was moved to Freeform as it was deemed too young skewing for the alphabet network.
College-ish follows Zoey, The eldest of the Johnson children, who leaves home for college and arrives at University where she quickly discovers that not everything goes her way once she leaves the nest. She is joined by Charlie (Deon Cole), who moonlights as an adjunct professor as well as funny new characters both in administration and student body who all reflect the complex and hilarious points currently populating college campuses.
It is not known if the rest of the cast from the back-door pilot, which aired on ABC earlier this month, will be joining Shahidi and Cole on the spin-off on Freeform.