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black-ish Coming to Freeform in July; TBS Sets Cast for Comedy Pilot Called Space

Reruns of the hit comedy series black-ish is joining cable network Freeform this summer. The Anthony Anderson/Tracee Ellis Ross sitcom will air Monday-Friday from 7-9 a.m. starting on Monday, July 5, 2021 replacing blocks of Melissa & Joey and Baby Daddy. The series joins other comedies on the line-up including The Middle, The Simpsons and Family Guy. This is good timing as black-ish's spin-off series grown-ish has its season premiere on Thursday, July 8 at 8 p.m. black-ish also airs on cable network FXX and in local syndication. black-ish returns for its eighth and final season on ABC in early 2022.

TBS announced that it has cast Jake Lacy (Being The Ricardos, The White Lotus, High Fidelity), Krysta Rodriguez (Halston, Daybreak, Smash), Ally Maki (TBS' Wrecked, Hacks, Toy Story 4), Caleb Hearon (Fargo, Work in Progress, staff writer for Human Resources) and Rachel Pegram (Love Life, The Week Of, staff writer for Kenan) to star in its new scripted romantic-comedy pilot, Space. Additionally, Andrew Mogel and Jarrad Paul who previously directed Miracle Workers: Dark Ages, Huge in France and The D Train have been tapped to direct and executive produce. Written and executive produced by Hilary Winston (Happy Endings, Community) and executive produced by Nick Stoller of Stoller Global Solutions, Space begins shooting in Portland in June.

Produced by Sony Pictures Television for TBS, the pilot follows Rob and Marin, a long-term couple on the verge of a break-up who are granted the ultimate space to figure out their future when they suddenly begin jumping into the bodies of other couples. It's a hilarious, romantic Quantum Leap. Jake Lacy plays Rob, a nice guy everyone loves to get a beer with, but who has no idea what he wants. Krysta Rodriguez is Marin, his lovably eager girlfriend who hasn’t yet accepted she’s an adult. Their relationship’s reckoning happens during their friend Priscilla’s (Ally Maki) wedding, after Priscilla fights off intense cold feet to dive into commitment, causing their other friends, Jesse (Caleb Hearon) and Hannah (Rachel Pegram) to question Rob and Marin’s chronic avoidance of marriage.

Posted by Pavan -- SitcomsOnline.com at 12:00 PM

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