Category Archives: Black-ish

Miles Brown talks BLACK-ISH, family bonding, and Michael Jackson

Interviewing Miles Brown is always a highlight – the charming young actor (dancer/rapper/basketball player) is as excited to talk BLACK-ISH as he is to quiz me about Michael Jackson songs; he’s quick with a story and clearly loves his TV family like they were his own.  He’s come to think of them as his home away from home, telling me “It’s just really crazy because I feel that we’re just a big family that is going through a bunch of

Miles Brown talks BLACK-ISH, dancing, and joining the NBA

It’s no surprise to anyone that’s talked to me this season that ABC’s BLACK-ISH has been a stand out comedy – I love everything about it, from top to bottom, including how well the family works together and how insanely funny the family’s four kids are.  I had the chance to talk with one of those Johnsons, Miles Brown, about what comes next on the show (can’t say much more than “laughter”), what comes next for him, and what athletic

Previewing BLACK-ISH with star Yara Shahidi

Tonight on ABC, an all new family is welcomed to Wednesday nights when BLACK-ISH premieres at 9:30/8:30c.  Anthony Anderson and Tracee Ellis Ross star as Dre and Rainbow, well-off parents of Zoey, Junior, Jack, and Diane.  When Dre realizes that his family has started to lose a grip on their family culture (as a family in general and as a family of color), he commits himself to changing things around. Yara Shahidi, who you may recognize as young Olivia Pope