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EXCLUSIVE: Courtney Lilly, executive producer/showrunner of ABC’s comedy series black-ish, is pulling double duty as EP/showrunner of both black-ish, now in its seventh season, and spinoff mixed-ish, headed to its second season. He is shepherding both shows as part of a new overall deal with the studio behind the black…

When Tika Sumpter sat in the virtual guest seat for Deadline’s New Hollywood Podcast, the news had just dropped that ABC renewed Mixed-ish for a second season so she was definitely in good spirits as we celebrated the news. Prior to Mixed-ish, Sumpter starred in multiple TV series including One Life to Live, Gossip Gir…

For the past couple of years, ABC has had the largest comedy contingent on the schedule with three blocks, 8-10 PM on Tuesday and Wednesday and 8-9 PM on Friday, for a 10 half-hour series total. That will likely no longer be the case next season. Of the 10 comedy series that aired on ABC this past season, five will…

ABC has renewed 13 more series for 2020-21, eight of them scripted, including freshmen Stumptown and mixed-ish. The broadcast network has picked up American Housewife, black-ish, The Conners, The Goldbergs, A Million Little Things, mixed-ish, The Rookie, Stumptown; reality stalwarts The Bachelor, Dancing with the Stars…

Mixed-ish showrunner Karin Gist has re-upped her overall deal with 20th Century Fox TV. As part of the new pact, she has launched a production banner, The Gist Of It, with Claire Brown as her EVP of Production and Development, and will create and supervise/develop new projects with the studio, part of Disney…

ABC, the last network to make pickup decisions on its new fall series, has given back orders to comedy Mixed-ish and drama Stumptown. Additionally, the network has ordered additional episodes of sophomore drama The Rookie, which had a 13-episode pickup. I hear the Black-ish prequel has received an order for nine…

Snapshot: New series Week 2: Mixed-ish (ABC, 0.7 rating in 18-49 Live+Same Day, -22%; 3.5 million viewers), Emergence (ABC, 0.6, -25%; 3.6 million). Things are starting to settle in Week 2 of the broadcast season as most Tuesday series were on par or slightly off their premiere deliveries. Logging the biggest Week 2…

We have the first Live+3 adults 18-49 lift of more than a ratings point this broadcast season. It was posted by the Season 4 premiere of NBC’s This Is Us. The family drama cemented its status as the highest-rated scripted series on broadcast TV in 18-49 with a +1.1 ratings increase after three days of playback, bring…

Snapshot: New series premieres: Mixed-ish (ABC, 0.9 rating in 18-49, 4.0 million viewers), Emergence (ABC, 0.8, 4.1 million). UPDATED with finals: Viewers are starting to get the memo that the broadcast season is underway, with more shows on Tuesday popping in the Live+Same Day ratings than on Premiere Monday. Kicking…

The new NFL season is well underway and the 71st Primetime Emmy Awards have come and gone. Now comes the kickoff of the fall TV season beginning tonight. With more than a dozen new shows on CBS, ABC, NBC and Fox over the next couple of weeks plus more on cable and streaming, panning for gold in the river of content…

Mariah Carey is serving up some serious “Daydream”/”Butterfly”-era jams with her theme song for Mixed-ish. Appropriately titled “In The Mix”, the song made its debut at ABC’s “Embrace Your Ish” premiere event on Tuesday night. The video for the song (which can be watched above) features clips from…

As it was revealed earlier Monday, Mariah Carey will sing the theme song of Mixed-ish, the latest spinoff of Black-ish, or, as the show’s executive producer Tracee Ellis Ross calls it, “The -Ish” universe. Being biracial herself, it is appropriate that Carey would sing and write the theme song, but her involvement in…