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Black-ish season 3

season of television series

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 21, 2026
Entity authorityQ26237540
Source-derived summary

The third season of Black-ish aired from September 21, 2016, to May 10, 2017, on ABC in the United States. It is produced by Khalabo Ink Society, Cinema Gypsy Productions, Principato-Young Entertainment and ABC Studios, with creator Kenya Barris, who also served as executive producer alongside Anthony Anderson, Brian Dobbins, Jonathan Groff and Helen Sugland.

The series revolves around Dre, portrayed by Anthony Anderson, a family man who struggles with finding his cultural identity while raising his kids in a white neighborhood. He lives with his wife, Bow (Tracee Ellis Ross).

On May 11, 2017, ABC renewed the series for a fourth season.

This is also the last season to have Yara Shahidi as part of the main cast, due to her character departing to star in her own spin-off, Grown-ish.

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Editorial reviewA productive route into publication, performance and collection histories when the underlying object or edition remains clearly identified. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2016, 2017—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Black-ish, season and television can be independently traced.
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