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TV Show Reviews
Review of "Grown-ish" 1/4/17 by
Eva Diaz
airs Wednesdays on Freeform.
I waited to watch this show because its a spin-off of
"Black-ish," in which Zoey Johnson (Yara Shahidi) goes to
college and starts learning how to live on her own for the
first time. The show is similar to "Black-ish" in that Zoey
narrates the episode in the same style that her father Andre
(Anthony Anderson) narrates "Black-ish." Also, takes on
tough topics, much like "Black-ish." However, since it's on
Freeform, it has a bit more leeway to use bad language, than
it would be if it were on ABC.
Zoey, once the most popular girl in high school, finds it
hard to fit in at college, so she bonds with a group of
misfits that are in one of her night classes. As she
narrates, they gradually become her best friends in the
world. Freeform had a two-episode premiere. I was most
impacted by the second episode, which dealt with Zoey using
the drug Adderal, a drug used to treat attention deficit
disorder. She used it to get all her work done, since
she had to turn in a paper the next day. The episode showed
how the drug affected her, and since she didn't like the way
it made her feel, she decided not to use it anymore (after
having used it twice).
I think this show is very
imprtant for parents to watch with their children,
especially if you have children 13 and older because it
deals with very adult topics. I think this show could help
parents start to talk with their children about these very
important topics. I think the show will do very well for
FreeForm and be a big hit for them. It is very well-written
and funny, although the first episode where Zoey meets her
new group of friends, was a little boring. However, I
think that most first episodes of new shows are boring. I
give this show 5 out of 5 stars and will keep watching
sporadically to see Zoey grow up.
MORE INFORMATION:
“GROWN-ISH”
Premieres
January 3, 2018
From “black-ish” executive producer Kenya Barris comes a
contemporary take on the current issues facing both students
and administrators in the world of higher education. Yara
Shahidi portrays Zoey – Dre (Anthony Anderson) and Rainbow’s
(Tracee Ellis Ross) popular, entitled, stylish and socially
active 17-year-old daughter — as she heads off to college
and quickly discovers that not everything goes her way once
she leaves the nest.
The series stars Yara Shahidi (“black-ish”) as Zoey
Johnson, Trevor Jackson (“Burning Sands,” “American Crime”)
as Aaron Jackson, Jordan Buhat (“Summer of ‘84”) as Vivek
Shah, Emily Arlook (“The Good Place,” “Hand of God”) as Nomi
Segal, Francia Raisa (“The Secret Life of the American
Teenager”) as Ana Torres, Chris Parnell (“SNL”) as Dean
Parker and Deon Cole (“black-ish”) as Charlie Telphy. Chloe
Bailey, Halle Bailey and Luka Sabbat also recur in the
series.
Kenya Barris, Anthony Anderson, Laurence Fishburne, Helen
Sugland, E. Brian Dobbins and Julie Bean are executive
producers of the series; “grown-ish” is produced by ABC
Signature Studios.
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