Black-ish, ABC’s praised comedy, is getting new leadership. The show’s executive producer, Courtney Lilly has been named the new showrunner and he will be responsible for it in the 6th season.
The show former showrunners Kenny Smith and Jonathan Groff will remain as consulting producers and will focus on producing other projects on ABC studios.
Lilly, who is a writer on Black-ish since its beginning, is a former reporter for the Providence Journal-Bulletin, won a Nickelodeon Writing Fellowship in 2000 and became a TV writer. He wrote on Everybody Hates Chris and Arrested Development. He is also a co-executive producer on Undateable and co-producer on The Cleveland Show.
This fall, a prequel series for black-ish, mixed-ish, is scheduled to premiere on the network and a spinoff series grown-ish is entering its 3rd season.
Recently, Black-ish was nominated for two Emmy Awards: Anthony Anderson was nominated for lead actor in a comedy series and costume designer Michelle R. Cole was nominated for outstanding contemporary costumes.
