Critic Reviews

Let’s hope it can maintain the joy of the pilot and not fall into broad shtick.

Black-ish, is fun, cool, and hip. It just so happens to also have a lot going on upstairs.

Black-ish is one of the best new shows of the season.

In its own sweet way, this is a landmark show.

Even in a better season, ABC's provocative and very funny Black-ish would stand out for its broad and biting satire of an uneasily post racial society seen through a very modern-family prism.

While the big set pieces are very funny, there are too many lulls between them. But odds are you'll come away believing the show will get better and hoping it does--because TV will be all the better for it.

Depending on how far it’s willing to press and poke at the issues it raises, Black-ish displays a welcoming sense of humor that might be illuminating in the present context.

Black-ish arrives as a comedy that knows what it's about, and how it wants to be about it in a very smart way.

Yes, "black-ish" can be fiercely funny, sharply observed, and unfailingly good-humored about the racial divide. But just beyond that glossy surface is a serious and even compelling undercurrent.

Black-ish has a lot packed into its oft-amusing opening half-hour. It’s both fairly daring and also endearing, sharply written but with an overdose of narrative exposition. The kids and adults are all well-cast and there’s no laugh track to gum anything up.