Blackish spins off new college series “Grownish”

Thirty years ago “The Cosby Show” shipped one of its daughters off to college, creating the spinoff “A Different World.” “Black-ish” pulls off a similar operation with “Grown-ish,” a good-ish comedy whose change of venue also represents a sign of the synergistic times.

That’s because instead of joining its sitcom parent on ABC, “Grown-ish” actually lands on Freeform, the sister cable network (both are owned by Disney) with the terrible name. The placement reflects the program’s demographic skew — catering to a younger female audience — but still feels a bit puzzling in terms of breaking up this made-for-TV family..

 

 

 

 

story by cnn.com