The youngsters are all grown up.
Actress Yara Shahidi made a bittersweet announcement this week in a Youtube video sharing that after six seasons, the Kenya Barris-created sitcom and black-ish spinoff was ending.
“Hey, Grown-ish fam, it’s Yara, and I needed to share the information with you guys, our day ones, that season 6 of Grown-ish will probably be our ultimate season,” the real-life Harvard graduate revealed. The 23-year-old Hollywood star advised supporters, “However don’t be unhappy,” and rapidly assured viewers, “we’re going to do it up large.”
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Shahidi additionally revealed that the ultimate season of grown-ish will probably be offered in two elements, with the primary half premiering this summer season. “The second half will probably be coming in 2024, which implies you continue to have a full 12 months with the crew at Cal U,” the actress continued.
The collection will even be hitting a big milestone because the solid, which incorporates Trevor Jackson, Diggy Simmons, and Daniella Perkins, is about to have fun its one-hundredth episode. They’re additionally welcoming a number of particular friends, together with Lil Yachty, Anderson .Paak and The Free Nationals.
Shahidi, who portrayed Zoey on the flagship collection black-ish, additionally took the trip to talk on to followers who’ve been watching the present because it premiered on Freeform on January 3, 2018, stating, “You guys have been with us since season 1, and it has been such an honor to play Zoey and develop up alongside her for the previous 9 years.”
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She continued, “Your help over the past 5 seasons has actually meant the world to us, the solid and crew, and we wanna take the time to thanks all for the love and help that has saved us going.” She added, “And like I mentioned, there’s nonetheless one other season to go, and belief me, it’s gonna be large.”
Grown-ish adopted the fashion-obsessed teen and the eldest daughter of the Johnson household as she took her first steps into the true world as a school freshman. The present coated a collection of real-life points, together with race, medication, intercourse, and rather more. Throughout season 5, Zoey’s youthful brother Junior, portrayed by actor Marcus Scribner, took the lead function after Zoey graduated, though she nonetheless appeared within the collection.
There’s nonetheless time to catch up earlier than the present’s premiere, as the primary 5 seasons are streaming on Hulu.