ABC Orders “black-ish” Prequel Spin-off “mix-ish”

ABC has greenlit a prequel spin-off from sitcom “black-ish” called “mix-ish” about Rainbow Johnson’s (Tracee Ellis Ross) experience growing up in a mixed-race family in the 1980s. The logline: Bow’s parents Paul and Alicia decide to move from a hippie commune to the suburbs to better provide for their family. As her parents struggle with the challenges of their new life, Bow and her siblings navigate a mainstream school in which they’re perceived as neither black nor white. This family’s experiences illuminate the challenges of finding one’s own identity when the rest of the world can’t decide where you belong.
 
The series stars Arica Himmel as Bow Johnson, Tika Sumpter as Alicia Johnson, Christina Anthony as Denise, Mykal-Michelle Harris as Santamonica Johnson and Ethan Childress as Johan Johnson.
 
Peter Saji and Kenya Barris are writers and executive producers along with Tracee Ellis Ross, Randall Winston, Artists First (Brian Dobbins), Cinema Gypsy (Laurence Fishburne and Helen Sugland) and Anthony Anderson. This series is produced by ABC Studios. 

“black-ish,” meanwhile, has been renewed for a sixth season with a unconfirmed number of new episodes.