ABC is in early development on a prequel to Black-ish that would focus on Tracee Ellis Ross’ character Rainbow. A Rainbow-centric episode of the critically-acclaimed comedy will film in March with an airdate to be determined later.
The episode would potentially serve as a backdoor pilot for the prequel, which would be the second spinoff of Black-ish to date. Grown-ish, which was just renewed for a third season at Freeform features Johnson daughter Zoey (Yara Shahidi) in college and ranks at the top comedy among women 18-49 and females 12-34.
Ellis Ross has received three consecutive Emmy nominations for best actress in a comedy for her role in Black-ish. She won the Golden Globe for her role in the show in 2017.
