The following is a list of all episodes aired and upcoming from the ABC sitcom, Black-ish. There is one unaired episode, listed below.
Highest Rating: "Pilot" with 11.04 viewers.
Lowest Rating: "White Breakfast" with 2.86 viewers.
Series overview[]
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired (U.S. dates) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season Premiere | Season Finale | |||
| 1 | 24 | September 24, 2014 | May 20, 2015 | |
| 2 | 24 | September 23, 2015 | May 18, 2016 | |
| 3 | 24 | September 21, 2016 | May 10, 2017 | |
| 4 | 23 | October 3, 2017 | May 15, 2018 | |
| 5 | 23 | October 16, 2018 | May 21, 2019 | |
| 6 | 23 | September 24, 2019 | May 5, 2020 | |
| 7 | 21 | October 21, 2020 | May 18, 2021 | |
| 8 | 13 | January 4, 2022 | April 19, 2022 | |
Episodes[]
Season 1: 2014–15[]
| No. overall |
No. in season |
Title | Original air date | U.S. viewers
(millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Pilot" | September 24, 2014 | 11.04 |
| 2 | 2 | "The Talk" | October 1, 2014 | 8.29 |
| 3 | 3 | "The Nod" | October 8, 2014 | 7.93 |
| 4 | 4 | "Crazy Mom" | October 15, 2014 | 6.93 |
| 5 | 5 | "Crime and Punishment" | October 22, 2014 | 7.95 |
| 6 | 6 | "The Prank King" | October 29, 2014 | 7.67 |
| 7 | 7 | "The Gift of Hunger" | November 12, 2014 | 7.78 |
| 8 | 8 | "Oedipal Triangle" | November 19, 2014 | 7.82 |
| 9 | 9 | "Colored Commentary" | December 3, 2014 | 6.82 |
| 10 | 10 | "Black Santa/White Christmas" | December 10, 2014 | 7.28 |
| 11 | 11 | "Law of Attraction" | January 7, 2015 | 6.23 |
| 12 | 12 | "Martin Luther Skiing Day" | January 14, 2015 | 6.51 |
| 13 | 13 | "Big Night, Big Fight" | February 11, 2015 | 6.83 |
| 14 | 14 | "Andre From Marseille" | February 18, 2015 | 6.40 |
| 15 | 15 | "The Dozens" | February 25, 2015 | 6.63 |
| 16 | 16 | "Parental Guidance" | March 4, 2015 | 6.72 |
| SPE | Special | "Bloop-ish" | March 11, 2015 | 4.59 |
| 17 | 17 | "30 Something" | March 25, 2015 | 6.34 |
| 18 | 18 | "Sex, Lies and Vasectomies" | April 1, 2015 | 7.43 |
| 19 | 19 | "The Real World" | April 8, 2015 | 6.09 |
| 20 | 20 | "Switch Hitting" | April 22, 2015 | 6.57 |
| 21 | 21 | "The Peer-ent Trap" | April 29, 2015 | 5.94 |
| 22 | 22 | "Please Don't Ask, Please Don't Tell" | May 6, 2015 | 6.89 |
| 23 | 23 | "Elephant in the Room" | May 13, 2015 | 6.14 |
| 24 | 24 | "Pops' Pops' Pops" | May 20, 2015 | 5.39 |
Season 2: 2015–16[]
| No. overall |
No. in season |
Title | Original air date | U.S. viewers
(millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | 1 | "The Word" | September 23, 2015 | 7.30 |
| 26 | 2 | "Rock, Paper, Scissors, Gun" | September 30, 2015 | 5.94 |
| 27 | 3 | "Dr. Hell No" | October 7, 2015 | 5.86 |
| 28 | 4 | "Daddy's Day" | October 14, 2015 | 5.66 |
| 29 | 5 | "Churched" | October 21, 2015 | 5.79 |
| 30 | 6 | "Jacked o' Lantern" | October 28, 2015 | 6.18 |
| 31 | 7 | "Charlie in Charge" | November 11, 2015 | 5.97 |
| 32 | 8 | "Chop Shop" | November 18, 2015 | 6.08 |
| 33 | 9 | "Man at Work" | December 2, 2015 | 5.45 |
| 34 | 10 | "Stuff" | December 9, 2015 | 5.97 |
| 35 | 11 | "Plus Two Isn't a Thing" | January 6, 2016 | 6.29 |
| 36 | 12 | "Old Digger" | Janaury 13, 2016 | 6.06 |
| 37 | 13 | "Keeping Up with the Johnsons" | Janaury 20, 2016 | 5.72 |
| 38 | 14 | "Sink or Swim" | February 10, 2016 | 6.02 |
| 39 | 15 | "Twindependence" | February 17, 2016 | 5.74 |
| 40 | 16 | "Hope" | February 24, 2016 | 6.18 |
| 41 | 17 | "Any Given Saturday" | March 16, 2016 | 6.12 |
| 42 | 18 | "Black Nanny" | March 23, 2016 | 5.98 |
| 43 | 19 | "The Leftovers" | April 6, 2016 | 5.48 |
| 44 | 20 | "Johnson & Johnson" | April 13, 2016 | 5.67 |
| 45 | 21 | "The Johnson Show" | April 27, 2016 | 5.97 |
| 46 | 22 | "Super Rich Kids" | May 4, 2016 | 5.59 |
| 47 | 23 | "Daddy Dre-Care" | May 11, 2016 | 5.29 |
| 48 | 24 | "Good-ish Times" | May 18, 2016 | 5.05 |
Season 3: 2016–17[]
| No. overall |
No. in season |
Title | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 49 | 1 | "VIP" | September 21, 2016 | 6.39 |
| 50 | 2 | "God" | September 28, 2016 | 5.58 |
| 51 | 3 | "40 Acres and a Vote" | October 5, 2016 | 5.18 |
| 52 | 4 | "Who's Afraid of the Big Black Man?" | October 12, 2016 | 5.84 |
| 53 | 5 | "The Purge" | October 26, 2016 | 5.74 |
| 54 | 6 | "Jack of All Trades" | November 9, 2016 | 5.27 |
| 55 | 7 | "Auntsgiving" | November 16, 2016 | 5.56 |
| 56 | 8 | "Being Bow-racial" | November 30, 2016 | 5.37 |
| 57 | 9 | "Nothing but Nepotism" | December 7, 2016 | 4.22 |
| 58 | 10 | "Just Christmas, Baby" | December 14, 2016 | 5.46 |
| 59 | 11 | "Their Eyes Were Watching Screens" | January 4, 2017 | 5.79 |
| 60 | 12 | "Lemons" | January 11, 2017 | 5.68 |
| 61 | 13 | "Good Dre Hunting" | January 18, 2017 | 4.60 |
| 62 | 14 | "The Name Game" | February 8, 2017 | 5.31 |
| 63 | 15 | "I'm a Survivor" | February 15, 2017 | 5.27 |
| 64 | 16 | "One Angry Man" | February 22, 2017 | 5.32 |
| 65 | 17 | "ToysRn’tUs" | March 8, 2017 | 5.09 |
| 66 | 18 | "Manternity" | March 15, 2017 | 4.88 |
| 67 | 19 | "Richard Youngsta" | March 29, 2017 | 4.93 |
| 68 | 20 | "What Lies Beneath" | April 5, 2017 | 4.58 |
| 69 | 21 | "Sister, Sister" | April 26, 2017 | 4.42 |
| 70 | 22 | "All Groan Up" | April 26, 2017 | 4.22 |
| 71 | 23 | "Liberal Arts" | May 3, 2017 | 4.17 |
| 72 | 24 | "Sprinkles" | May 10, 2017 | 4.75 |
Season 4: 2017–18[]
| No. overall |
No. in
season |
Title | Original air date | U.S. viewers
(millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 73 | 1 | "Juneteenth" | October 3, 2017 | 4.71 |
| 74 | 2 | "Mother Nature" | October 10, 2017 | 4.43 |
| 75 | 3 | "Elder. Scam." | October 17, 2017 | 4.13 |
| 76 | 4 | "Advance to Go (Collect $200)" | October 24, 2017 | 3.98 |
| 77 | 5 | "Public Fool" | October 31, 2017 | 3.53 |
| 78 | 6 | "First and Last" | November 7, 2017 | 3.70 |
| 79 | 7 | "Please Don't Feed the Animals" | November 14, 2017 | 3.86 |
| 80 | 8 | "Charity Case" | December 5, 2017 | 4.04 |
| 81 | 9 | "Sugar Daddy" | December 12, 2017 | 4.29 |
| 82 | 10 | "Working Girl" | January 2, 2018 | 4.02 |
| 83 | 11 | "Inheritance" | January 9, 2018 | 3.75 |
| 84 | 12 | "Bow Knows" | January 16, 2018 | 3.76 |
| 85 | 13 | "Unkept Woman" | February 6, 2018 | 3.72 |
| 86 | 14 | "R-E-S-P-E-C-T" | March 13, 2018 | 3.01 |
| 87 | 15 | "White Breakfast" | March 13, 2018 | 2.86 |
| 88 | 16 | "Things Were Different Then" | March 20, 2018 | 3.90 |
| 89 | 17 | "North Star" | March 27, 2018 | 8.58 |
| 90 | 18 | "Black Math" | April 3, 2018 | 5.27 |
| 91 | 19 | "Dog Eat Dog World" | April 10, 2018 | 4.90 |
| 92 | 20 | "Fifty-Three Percent" | April 17, 2018 | 4.04 |
| 93 | 21 | "Blue Valentime" | May 1, 2018 | 4.45 |
| 94 | 22 | "Collateral Damage" | May 8, 2018 | 4.32 |
| 95 | 23 | "Dream Home" | May 15, 2018 | 4.96 |
Season 5: 2018–19[]
| No. overall |
No. in season |
Title | Original air date | U.S. viewers
(millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 96 | 1 | "Gap Year" | October 16, 2018 | 4.10 |
| 97 | 2 | "Don't You Be My Neighbor" | October 23, 2018 | 3.72 |
| 98 | 3 | "Scarred for Life" | October 30, 2018 | 4.22 |
| 99 | 4 | "Purple Rain" | November 13, 2018 | 4.04 |
| 100 | 5 | "Good Grief" | November 20, 2018 | 3.48 |
| 101 | 6 | "Stand Up, Fall Down" | November 27, 2018 | 3.53 |
| 102 | 7 | "Friends Without Benefits" | December 4, 2018 | 3.54 |
| 103 | 8 | "Christmas in Theater Eight" | December 11, 2018 | 3.60 |
| 104 | 9 | "Wilds of Valley Glen" | January 8, 2019 | 3.43 |
| 105 | 10 | "Black Like Us" | January 15, 2019 | 3.32 |
| 106 | 11 | "Waltz in A Minor" | January 22, 2019 | 3.36 |
| 107 | 12 | "Dreamgirls and Boys" | February 12, 2019 | 3.11 |
| 108 | 13 | "Son of a Pitch" | February 19, 2019 | 2.88 |
| 109 | 14 | "Black History Month" | February 26, 2019 | 3.10 |
| 110 | 15 | "justakidfromCompton" | March 19, 2019 | 2.72 |
| 111 | 16 | "Enough is Enough" | March 26, 2019 | 2.75 |
| 112 | 17 | "Each One, Teach One" | April 2, 2019 | 2.73 |
| 113 | 18 | "Andre Johnson: Good Person" | April 9, 2019 | 2.83 |
| 114 | 19 | "Under the Influence" | April 16, 2019 | 3.49 |
| 115 | 20 | "Good in the 'Hood" | April 23, 2019 | 3.17 |
| 116 | 21 | "FriDre Night Lights" | April 30, 2019 | 2.84 |
| 117 | 22 | "Is It Desert or Dessert?" | May 14, 2019 | 2.77 |
| 118 | 23 | "Relatively Grown Man" | May 21, 2019 | 2.92 |
Season 6: 2019–20[]
| No. overall |
No. in season |
Title | Original air date | U.S. viewers
(millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 119 | 1 | "Pops the Question" | September 24, 2019 | 3.49 |
| 120 | 2 | "Every Day I'm Struggling" | October 1, 2019 | 3.13 |
| 121 | 3 | "Feminisn't" | October 8, 2019 | 3.05 |
| 122 | 4 | "When I Grow Up (To Be a Man)" | October 15, 2019 | 2.56 |
| 123 | 5 | "Mad and Boujee" | October 22, 2019 | 2.71 |
| 124 | 6 | "Everybody Blames Raymond" | October 29, 2019 | 2.92 |
| 125 | 7 | "Daughters for Dummies" | November 12, 2019 | 2.65 |
| 126 | 8 | "O Mother Where Art Thou?" | November 19, 2019 | 2.38 |
| 127 | 9 | "University of Dre" | November 26, 2019 | 2.57 |
| 128 | 10 | "Father Christmas" | December 10, 2019 | 3.00 |
| 129 | 11 | "Hair Day" | January 7, 2020 | 3.17 |
| 130 | 12 | "Boss Daddy" | January 14, 2020 | 2.43 |
| 131 | 13 | "Kid Life Crisis" | January 21, 2020 | 2.22 |
| 132 | 14 | "Adventure to Ventura" | January 28, 2020 | 2.14 |
| 133 | 15 | "The Gauntlet" | February 11, 2020 | 2.37 |
| 134 | 16 | "Friendgame" | February 18, 2020 | 2.33 |
| 135 | 17 | "You Don't Know Jack" | February 25, 2020 | 2.16 |
| 136 | 18 | "Best Supporting Husband" | March 17, 2020 | 2.67 |
| 137 | 19 | "Dad Bod-y of Work" | March 24, 2020 | 2.64 |
| 138 | 20 | "A Game of Chicken" | April 7, 2020 | 2.69 |
| 139 | 21 | "Earl, Interrupted" | April 14, 2020 | 2.23 |
| 140 | 22 | "...Baby One More Time" | April 28, 2020 | 2.53 |
| 141 | 23 | "Love, Boat" | May 5, 2020 | 2.53 |
Season 7: 2020–21[]
| No. overall |
No. in season |
Title | Original air date | U.S. viewers
(millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | SPE1[1] | "Election Special Pt. 1" | October 4, 2020 | 2.18 |
| S2 | SPE2[2] | "Election Special Pt. 2" | October 4, 2020 | 2.18 |
| 142 | 1[3] | "Hero Pizza" | October 21, 2020 | 3.09 |
| 143 | 2 | "Dre At Home Order" | October 28, 2020 | 3.02 |
| 144 | 3 | "Age Against the Machine" | November 4, 2020 | 2.39 |
| 145 | 4 | "Our Wedding Dre" | November 18, 2020 | 2.39 |
| 146 | 5 | "Babes in Boyland" | November 25, 2020 | 2.47 |
| 147 | 6 | "Compton Around the Christmas Tree" | December 2, 2020 | 2.23 |
| 148 | 7 | "black-out" | January 26, 2021 | 3.10 |
| 149 | 8 | "What About Gary?" | February 2, 2021 | 2.66 |
| 150 | 9 | "First Trap" | February 9, 2021 | 2.40 |
| 151 | 10 | "High Water Mark" | February 16, 2021 | 2.69 |
| 152 | 11 | "The Mother and Child De-Union" | February 23, 2021 | 2.54 |
| 153 | 12 | "Things Done Changed" | March 2, 2021 | 2.23 |
| 154 | 13 | "Jack's First Stand" | March 23, 2021 | 2.28 |
| 155 | 14 | "100 Yards and Runnin'" | March 30, 2021 | 2.45 |
| 156 | 15 | "Move-In Ready" | April 6, 2021 | 1.66 |
| 157 | 16 | "My Dinner with Andre Junior" | April 20, 2021 | 1.98 |
| 158 | 17 | "Missions & Ambitions" | April 27, 2021 | 2.07 |
| 159 | 18 | "Snitches Get Boundaries" | May 11, 2021 | 1.61 |
| 160 | 19 | "Urban Legend" | May 18, 2021 | 1.70 |
Season 8: 2022[]
| No. overall |
No. in season |
Title | Original air date | U.S. viewers
(millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 163 | 1 | "That's What Friends Are For" | January 4, 2022 | 2.75 |
| 164 | 2 | "The Natural" | January 11, 2022 | 1.98 |
| 165 | 3 | "Bow-Mo" | January 18, 2022 | 2.05 |
| 166 | 4 | "Hoop Dreams" | January 25, 2022 | 2.14 |
| 167 | 5 | "Ashy to Classy" | February 1, 2022 | 1.97 |
| 168 | 6 | "Mom Mentor" | February 8, 2022 | 1.84 |
| 169 | 7 | "Sneakers by the Dozen" | February 15, 2022 | 1.64 |
| 170 | 8 | "My Work-Friend's Wedding" | February 22, 2022 | 2.03 |
| 171 | 9 | "And the Winner Is..." | March 22, 2022 | |
| 172 | 10 | "Young, Gifted and Black" | March 29, 2022 | |
| 173 | 11 | "The (Almost) Last Dance" | April 5, 2022 | |
| 175 | 13 | "Homegoing" | April 19, 2022 |
Unaired Episode[]
| “ | One of the things that has always made ‘Black-ish’ so special is how it deftly examines delicate social issues in a way that simultaneously entertains and educates. However, on this episode, there were creative differences we were unable to resolve. | ” |
— A Spokesperson for ABC
| ||
| “ | Given our creative differences, neither ABC nor I were happy with the direction of the episode and mutually agreed not to air it.... 'Black-ish’ is a show that has spoken to all different types of people and brought them closer as a community and I’m so proud of the series. | ” |
— Kenya Barris to 'Variety'
| ||
"Please, Baby, Please" is an episode that wasn't aired, for creative reasons[4]. It was filmed in November 2017, and was scheduled to air February 27, 2018[5]. However this episode was pulled 5 days before[5], it was replaced by a repeat of an episode. The episode was claimed "too political" for the network to run. A spokesperson for ABC stated that there were creative differences that couldn't be resolved. The network has no plan to air the episode or make it available through other forms of distribution. There is an opinion of possibility that because of the falling ratings people were getting tired of the political episodes and wanted more comedic value in the episodes, or just wanted comedy. This has not been confirmed, this is rumor and matter of opinion.
Plot[]
The episode description was: "Dre tries to read a bedtime story to Devante during a thunderstorm, but instead improvises a new story based on recent social and political issues in the United States". One of the scenes included a debate over the right of athletes to kneel during the national anthem[6][7].
References[]
- ↑ ABC Press site: “ELECTION SPECIAL PT. 1”. Retrieved October 19, 2020.
- ↑ ABC Press site: “ELECTION SPECIAL PT. 2”. Retrieved October 19, 2020.
- ↑ ABC Press site: “HERO PIZZA”. Retrieved October 19, 2020.
- ↑ ABC Pulls ‘black-ish’ Episode Over ‘Creative Differences’ - The New York Times
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 ABC Shelved ‘Black-ish’ Political Episode Over ‘Creative Differences’ (EXCLUSIVE) - Variety
- ↑ Why are athletes kneeling during the national anthem? Here's what you need to know. - Mic
- ↑ What Does It Mean When Athletes Kneel During the National Anthem in the Age of Trump? | The New Yorker