Horrible, fascist and poorly acted

Better Late Then Never

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

I am a huge fan of Black-ish, which is what led me to give this show a chance. The first episode doesn't do it justice; you really need to hang in there a bit to start to care about the characters. This isn't a family show the way Black-ish is, but it deals with a lot of important issues dealt with in college and young adult life. I think it's wonderful there is a strong, real young woman who is the lead. She's not perfect, but why does she have to be? No one in life is perfect, and I appreciate the show making the lead character very relatable to young women dealing with a lot of the same issues.

Was hoping for so much more. In Blackish Zoe had good common sense, she wasn't perfect but had a good head on her shoulders. In Grownish there is no thought to being who she was, she's desperate & needy. This show to me is sad. Inappropriate to transfer the same audience from Blackish to this. This show goes in a totally different direction. They should have just created a show and not linked it to Blackish at all. Within 2 episodes she headed in a downward spiral. As a person who totally enjoys Blackish and watches it with my family. Some really touchy subjects are addressed but things turn out decent with a thought provoking ending. Grownish is totally opposite, not good decision making, touchy subjects gone bad and get worse with each episode. Unfortunately for me, my son mentioned the show to me, he watched it first. Had I seen it first, I never would have allowed him to watch it.... Thanks for showing my kid what not to do all the way around. Sex, Drugs, Lies, Irresponsibility...just about anything you can think of that was bad going on in college, you'll catch Zoe experiencing it. Sad spin-off.

The first episode is bad. All that happens is narrating what the characters will be. Narrating, not showing. So... might as well skip that. After the 2nd episode it gets good. Real as it explores actual issues (drugs, relationships), funny and a bit insightful. The above within the confines of a comedy made for TV.

I had high expectations for Grownish, but the premiere left me pretty disappointed. The acting and the script were pretty bad, and while voice over narration works well on Blackish, Yara's monotonous voice doesn't really entertain viewers when she does a voice over, which is for way too much of each episode. Each character seemed like an archetype and didn't have personality. What I like about Zoe in Blackish is her rudeness and cool girl personality, and that's missing in Grownish. I also feel like each episode is rushed, and there's not much focus on plot. The topics are relatable to college students, but I just don't think the jokes are being delivered well. If you liked the episode of Blackish when Zoe visited college, then you might like Grownish, but I didn't like that episode or what I saw so far of Grownish.