Black-ish

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Season 1
  • Network: ABC
  • Series Premiere Date: Sep 24, 2014
Season #: 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
Metascore
77

Generally favorable reviews - based on 31 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 27 out of 31
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 31
  3. Negative: 0 out of 31
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Critic Reviews

  1. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: David Hinckley
    Sep 24, 2014
    60
    It’s funny. It’s also scattered, and in the first episode it doesn’t push envelopes or test edges.
  2. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Neil Genzlinger
    Sep 23, 2014
    60
    Yes, the show will be funny, in an innocuous sort of way, if it continues to stay off that pulpit. But if it becomes a little less cautious occasionally, it might rise from merely diverting to important.
  3. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
    Reviewed by: Rob Owen
    Sep 23, 2014
    60
    It’s the conversation about race and African-American culture in the pilot that gives Black-ish a little bit of edge. Whether that will be maintained in future episodes or dulled into familiar family sitcom pabulum remains to be seen.
  5. Variety
    Reviewed by: Brian Lowry
    Sep 23, 2014
    50
    In the pilot, the writing hews toward the obvious and predictable, perhaps in part because it’s racing along to establish the premise.

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#39 Best TV Season of 2014
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#54 Most Discussed TV Season of 2014
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#46 Most Shared TV Season of 2014

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User Score
6.1

Generally favorable reviews- based on 99 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 57 out of 99
  2. Mixed: 16 out of 99
  3. Negative: 26 out of 99
  1. 4eyedviking
    Sep 26, 2014
    1
    This show is a walking contradiction. What his employers are doing to him at work is the same thing he's doing to his kids at home. The onlyThis show is a walking contradiction. What his employers are doing to him at work is the same thing he's doing to his kids at home. The only people who will enjoy this show are the people who can't see the hypocrisy that the show is based. It's dressed up trash. Basically what I'm trying to say is, you can put a crack whore in $1000.00 dress, but she's still a crack whore.… Full Review »
  2. Rogerdob
    Sep 26, 2014
    1
    The lead character is one of the most annoying ones on TV...he is unhappy and a little bit mean to his family and people around him. It isThe lead character is one of the most annoying ones on TV...he is unhappy and a little bit mean to his family and people around him. It is hard to like him and to feel any need to watch him every week. I feel sorry for his family, who seem happy and have to put up with his constant negativity. The show's first episode was highly narrated which is a sure sign that there are problems in writing the show.… Full Review »
  3. JBM
    Oct 4, 2014
    0
    It is rare to find any show that so quickly makes you dislike it. I am not sure if this show was trying to "educate" us on the plight of veryIt is rare to find any show that so quickly makes you dislike it. I am not sure if this show was trying to "educate" us on the plight of very successful black families but if so, save it. The one thing this show was not doing was entertaining me. Come on people, nobody spikes every comment of everyday life with a reference to how black they are. This show tops out at boring and mixes in insulting and racist. Worst of all it is the one thing you cannot be as a sitcom and that is that it is not funny. If this show was to be the next Modern Family, it failed miserably.… Full Review »
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