Black-ish (2014)

Name: Black-ish
Genre: Comedy
Rating: 7.3
Cast: Anthony Anderson, Tracee Ellis Ross, Marcus Scribner, Marsai Martin, Miles Brown

Comedy

A family man struggles to gain a sense of cultural identity while raising his kids in a predominantly white, upper-middle-class neighborhood.

IMDb rating: 7.3 (28,031 votes)
Episode average: 7.3 matches the IMDb rating
Seasons: 8
Streaming (US): Hulu · Netflix · Disney+
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 8 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (2014)

7.38 avg 24 episodes 6.9 → 7.4 22 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Pilot	6.9	768
2	The Talk	7.2	571
3	The Nod	7.7	549
4	Crazy Mom	7.2	451
5	Crime and Punishment	7.7	498
6	The Prank King	7.5	448
7	The Gift of Hunger	7.3	387
8	Oedipal Triangle	7.1	381
9	Colored Commentary	7.4	393
10	Black Santa/White Christmas	7.3	388
11	Law of Attraction	7.2	350
12	Martin Luther sKiing Day	7.2	355
13	Big Night, Big Fight	7.4	329
14	Andre from Marseille	7.2	323
15	The Dozens	7.7	368
16	Parental Guidance	7.5	338
17	30 Something	7.4	324
18	Sex, Lies and Vasectomies	7.5	328
19	The Real World	7.8	356
20	Switch Hitting	7.2	312
21	The Peer-ent Trap	7.3	306
22	Please Don't Ask, Please Don't Tell	7.6	334
23	Elephant in the Room	7.5	341
24	Pops' Pops' Pops	7.4	367

Season 2 (2015)

7.48 avg 24 episodes 8.0 → 6.7 21 min avg

Bad finale

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Word	8.0	425
2	Rock, Paper, Scissors, Gun	7.6	313
3	Dr. Hell No	7.7	313
4	Daddy's Day	7.3	368
5	Churched	7.4	315
6	Jacked o' Lantern	7.2	300
7	Charlie in Charge	7.4	296
8	Chop Shop	7.5	288
9	Man at Work	7.6	288
10	Stuff	7.4	278
11	Plus Two Isn't a Thing	7.3	279
12	Old Digger	7.6	286
13	Keeping Up with the Johnsons	7.3	274
14	Sink or Swim	7.6	298
15	Twindependence	7.2	273
16	Hope	8.4	782
17	Any Given Saturday	7.4	268
18	Black Nanny	7.6	281
19	The Leftovers	7.7	283
20	Johnson & Johnson	7.3	263
21	The Johnson Show	7.3	251
22	Super Rich Kids	7.3	245
23	Daddy Dre-Care	7.7	266
24	Good-ish Times	6.7	273

Season 3 (2016)

7.33 avg 24 episodes 7.1 → 7.8 21 min avg

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	VIP	7.1	342
2	God	7.1	328
3	40 Acres and a Vote	7.5	287
4	Who's Afraid of the Big Black Man?	7.5	278
5	The Purge	7.8	308
6	Jack of All Trades	7.4	260
7	Auntsgiving	7.1	264
8	Being Bow-Racial	7.9	317
9	Nothing But Nepotism	7.2	252
10	Just Christmas, Baby	7.1	251
11	Their Eyes Were Watching Screens	7.5	270
12	Lemons	8.1	633
13	Good Dre Hunting	7.4	264
14	The Name Game	7.4	263
15	I'm a Survivor	7.1	247
16	One Angry Man	7.7	265
17	ToysRn'tUs	7.2	245
18	Manternity	7.3	239
19	Richard Youngsta	5.9	315
20	What Lies Beneath	7.4	239
21	Sister, Sister	7.5	243
22	All Groan Up	7.2	246
23	Liberal Arts	6.7	314
24	Sprinkles	7.8	282

Season 4 (2017)

7.29 avg 24 episodes 7.6 → 8.0 21 min avg

Rebound

Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Juneteenth	7.6	475
2	Mother Nature	8.0	368
3	Elder Scam	7.4	252
4	Advance to Go (Collect $200)	7.7	280
5	Public Fool	7.3	240
6	First and Last	7.7	249
7	Please Don't Feed the Animals	7.1	224
8	Charity Case	7.0	223
9	Sugar Daddy	6.9	222
10	Working Girl	7.1	219
11	Inheritance	6.9	220
12	Bow Knows	7.4	223
13	Unkept Woman	6.8	205
14	R-E-S-P-E-C-T	7.9	252
15	White Breakfast	7.0	220
16	Things Were Different Then	7.0	221
17	North Star	7.2	234
18	Black Math	7.0	214
19	Dog Eat Dog World	7.1	211
20	Fifty-Three Percent	7.4	334
21	Blue Valentime	7.2	475
22	Collateral Damage	7.2	295
23	Dream Home	7.1	260
24	Please, Baby, Please	8.0	162

Season 5 (2018)

7.15 avg 23 episodes 7.0 → 7.3 21 min avg

Mid-peak

Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Gap Year	7.0	235
2	Don't You Be My Neighbor	7.1	230
3	Scarred for Life	7.2	219
4	Purple Rain	7.7	302
5	Good Grief	7.1	194
6	Stand Up, Fall Down	7.0	196
7	Friends Without Benefits	6.9	191
8	Christmas in Theater Eight	6.9	201
9	Wilds of Valley Glen	6.9	191
10	Black Like Us	8.3	303
11	Waltz in A Minor	7.2	193
12	Dreamgirls and Boys	7.4	180
13	Son of a Pitch	6.9	176
14	Black History Month	7.5	201
15	justakidfromcompton	6.9	183
16	Enough Is Enough	7.0	172
17	Each One, Teach One	7.0	174
18	Andre Johnson: Good Person	6.9	186
19	Under the Influence	7.0	174
20	Good in the 'Hood	7.0	172
21	FriDre Night Lights	7.2	177
22	Is It Desert or Dessert?	7.0	171
23	Relatively Grown Man	7.3	170

Season 6 (2019)

7.08 avg 23 episodes 6.9 → 7.3 21 min avg

Season 6 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Pops the Question	6.9	195
2	Every Day I'm Struggling	6.8	174
3	Feminisn't	7.2	234
4	When I Grow Up (to Be a Man)	7.0	175
5	Mad and Boujee	7.2	171
6	Everybody Blames Raymond	7.1	170
7	Daughters for Dummies	7.2	167
8	O Mother Where Art Thou?	7.2	163
9	University of Dre	6.9	163
10	Father Christmas	7.3	168
11	Hair Day	7.1	217
12	Boss Daddy	7.0	146
13	Kid Life Crisis	7.0	157
14	Adventure to Ventura	7.0	150
15	The Gauntlet	7.1	142
16	Friendgame	7.0	144
17	You Don't Know Jack	6.9	147
18	Best Supporting Husband	7.1	145
19	Dad Bod-y of Work	7.2	144
20	A Game of Chicken	7.4	148
21	Earl, Interrupted	7.1	137
22	...Baby One More Time	6.9	138
23	Love, Boat	7.3	154

Season 7 (2020)

7.11 avg 21 episodes 7.2 → 7.4 21 min avg

Rebound

Season 7 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Election Special: Part 1	7.2	197
2	Election Special: Part 2	6.5	182
3	Hero Pizza	7.3	170
4	Dre at Home Order	7.1	146
5	Age Against the Machine	7.0	152
6	Our Wedding Dre	7.4	142
7	Babes in Boyland	7.4	141
8	Compton Around the Christmas Tree	7.2	137
9	black-out	7.2	137
10	What About Gary?	6.5	138
11	First Trap	6.9	126
12	High Water Mark	6.9	130
13	The Mother and Child De-Union	7.2	122
14	Things Done Changed	7.1	120
15	Jack's First Stand	6.9	118
16	100 Yards and Runnin'	7.3	118
17	Move-In Ready	7.4	122
18	My Dinner with Andre Junior	7.5	122
19	Missions & Ambitions	7.1	115
20	Snitches Get Boundaries	6.9	113
21	Urban Legend	7.4	119

Season 8 (2022)

7.34 avg 13 episodes 7.2 → 7.7 22 min avg

Season 8 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	That's What Friends Are For	7.2	171
2	The Natural	7.3	133
3	Bow-Mo	7.2	128
4	Hoop Dreams	7.4	131
5	Ashy to Classy	6.7	135
6	Mom Mentor	7.1	121
7	Sneakers by the Dozen	6.5	128
8	My Work-Friend's Wedding	7.7	132
9	And the Winner Is...	7.2	121
10	Young, Gifted and Black	7.0	117
11	The (Almost) Last Dance	7.9	120
12	If a Black Man Cries in the Woods...	8.5	187
13	Homegoing	7.7	187