The Black-ish spinoff Grown-ish on Freeform will end with its previously announced sixth season. The Disney-owned network revealed Wednesday that the final season will be split into two parts, with the episodes in first half airing at a date to be determined this summer and the final episodes airing sometime in 2024, via The Hollywood Reporter.
In a statement regarding the news of the show’s end, showrunner Kenya Barris (Entergalatic, You People) shared that the team has “spent nearly a decade telling our stories through the -ish series, and to say it has been an amazing journey would be an understatement.” He added, “to be able to watch Yara, Marcus and our entire Grown-ish family grow up in front of (and in many ways alongside) us over these past several years has been both a joy and an honor. From the stories we’ve told to the talent we’ve fostered and, most importantly, the memories made, I could not be more proud of everything we’ve accomplished and the -ish family I’ve been a part of.”
Grown-ish marks the conclusion of the –ish universe that started with Barris’ ABC comedy Black-ish. This Anthony Anderson (Barbershop, Me, Myself & Irene) and Tracee Ellis Ross (The High Note, Girlfriends) led series earned multiple Emmy nominations before wrapping its run last year after eight seasons. Actress Yara Shahidi’s (The Sun is Also a Star) character Zoey Johnson led to her gaining recognition in the acting world, and the character was spun off into the Grown-ish series, which Barris originally developed for ABC but skewed too young for the broadcast network and was ultimately picked up to series at the younger-focused Freeform, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Shahidi continues to star in the comedy, which added Black-ish star Marcus Scribner (The F**k-It List) to its regular cast in season five, after Black-ish wrapped its run.
A premiere date for season six has not yet been announced.