With a title like “Black-ish”, ABC’s newest family sitcom surrounding a successful black family was bound to garner a lot of buzz.
Before its pilot episode in September, tongues had already been wagging, and understandably so. When TV is looked at in totality, there has only been a handful of successful black sitcoms, such as “The Cosby Show”, “Family Matters”, “The Fresh Prince of Bel Air” and “My Wife and Kids”. More recently, Tyler Perry has been making a name for himself in this area. However, most of these shows are unappealing (“House of Payne”) or not exactly for the entire family (“Black Jesus”).
Hence, critics and sitcom lovers alike had been hoping for a bit of colour in their TV lineup,
