The fourth season of Black-ish aired from October 3, 2017, to May 15, 2018, on ABC in the United States. It is produced by Khalabo Ink Society, Cinema Gypsy Productions, Principato-Young Entertainment and ABC Studios, with creator Kenya Barris, who also serves as executive producer alongside Anthony Anderson, Brian Dobbins, Jonathan Groff and Helen Sugland.
The series revolves around Dre, portrayed by Anthony Anderson, a family man who struggles with finding his cultural identity while raising his kids in a white neighborhood. He lives with his wife, Bow (Tracee Ellis Ross).
From this season forward, Yara Shahidi is a recurring character, due to her character receiving her own spin-off show, Grown-ish. __TOC__
Cast
Main cast Anthony Anderson as Dre Johnson Tracee Ellis Ross as Bow Johnson Marcus Scribner as Andre ("Junior") Johnson Jr. Miles Brown as Jack Johnson Marsai Martin as Diane Johnson Peter Mackenzie as Leslie Stevens Deon Cole as Charlie Telphy Jenifer Lewis as Ruby Johnson
Recurring cast Laurence Fishburne as Earl "Pops" Johnson Yara Shahidi as Zoey Johnson Jeff Meacham as Josh Oppenhol Nicole Sullivan as Janine Wanda Sykes as Daphne Lido Nelson Franklin as Connor Stevens Allen Maldonado as Curtis Catherine Reitman as Lucy Jennie Pierson as Ms. Davis Emerson Min as Mason
Guest cast Aloe Blacc as himself Fonzworth Bentley as himself Trevor Jackson as Aaron Annelise Grace as Megan Anna Deavere Smith as Alicia Rick Fox as himself Paul F. Tompkins as Dr. Reagan Andrew Daly as Dr. Evan Windsor Rashida Jones as Santamonica Raven-Symoné as Rhonda Johnson Brittany Daniel as Blair Amy Hill as Nana Jean Amanda Seales as Barbara Cedric the Entertainer as Smokey Beau Bridges as Paul Marla Gibbs as Mabel Leslie Grossman as Gwen Rob Huebel as Gary Ted Allen as himself Daveed Diggs as Johan Dana Powell as Marla Suzy Nakamura as Dr. Ima
Episodes
Unaired episode The would-be fourteenth episode of the season, titled "Please, Baby, Please", was shot in November 2017, and originally scheduled to air on February 27, 2018. However on February 22, 2018, ABC announced that the episode would be pulled from the schedule and that a repeat of a past episode would air instead. USA Today stated that the episode "was apparently too political for the network". An ABC spokesperson said that there "were creative differences we were unable to resolve". On March 10, 2018, it was officially announced that the network had no plans to air the episode. In the episode, 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. It was added to Hulu on August 10, 2020.
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