ABC’s black-ish is gearing up for the November 2020 election and is prepping two election-themed episodes directed by Oscar winner Matthew A. Cherry (Hair Love.) The back-to-back episodes are scheduled for broadcast on October 4. Additionally of notice, these “Election Particular Pt. 1” and “Election Particular Pt. 2” aren’t the present’s season premiere episodes.
The long-running comedy has by no means shied away from tough subject material, telling delicate storylines starting from the historical past of Juneteenth to Rainbow’s (Tracee Ellis Ross) post-partum despair and attempting to mom a rising household whereas balancing her demanding profession in drugs. Like all TV reveals confronted with COVID-19 challenges, black-ish solely just lately returned to manufacturing after the pandemic shut down productions everywhere in the world for the summer time. The artistic workforce needed to press to get these episodes on the air earlier than the November three election, however ABC has but to announce an official premiere date for black-ish Season 7 or any of its different scripted packages, however did announce dates for brand spanking new fall actuality programming.
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Prior to now, black-ish has made sensible use of animation, typically utilizing it to elucidate vital occasions in Black historical past, paying homage to ABC’s basic Schoolhouse Rock segments. An animated phase was additionally a key a part of the previously shelved Season 4 episode that premiered on Hulu earlier this summer time.
Deadline first reported the information.
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