In 2014 ABC struck ratings gold when it welcomed the show ‘Black-ish’ to its roster.
In 2017, the show’s favourable brand runs the risk of being sullied if it doesn’t rectify an issue it may have caused by “borrowing” an idea created by a woman on social media.
What went down?
ABC announced it was to build the show’s first spin-off named ‘College-ish’ on May 19th.
What happened next will stun you.
— sage (@TAMARAJUANA) August 2, 2017
Enraged by the potential theft, social media weighed in with…
where is your check girl pic.twitter.com/WbBGk90B8Z
— mean uh (@minajaytay) August 2, 2017
This needs to be your mood sis pic.twitter.com/g8YPFrAuyt
— Jawnsmine Sullivan (@_natalian_ice) August 3, 2017
ummmmmmmm? ion hear no coins jigglin in ya pockets. What’s good @FreeformTV pic.twitter.com/48azLCODJE
— ? Galore. (@AKdaGemini) August 3, 2017
@offbeatorbit Grown-ish is SO much better, they owe you a check for sure
— kesia alexandra (@loveandtrouble_) August 3, 2017
— valet curve servie (@brandimsfuneral) August 3, 2017
u should b getting money for this
— hoesiah ✖️ (@JW_OVOXO) August 3, 2017
Fourth picture shoulda been a pic of your check. They're playing games and I don't like it, not one bit ?
— The Lady (@KnownasBlue) August 3, 2017
Ain’t that some ish lol
Lol twitter is so corny. If delusions of grandeur ever were to take physical form, it’s twitter lol.
Right tho!!! Lmao
Chances are the execs at ABC had already pitched the title and decided to make a change. It’s not a difficult word or phrase to conceptualize. I think “College-ish” sounds bad, but it’s more focused than “Grown-ish” which could mean anything.
Umm its not like the idea is all that ground breaking. And TV shows change ideas, casts, story lines, scripts, etc all the time before we ever see the pilot. We even see cast members change after the pilot airs and have new roles in peoples place. TV show hope and faith had 1 kid play the son for the pilot and a new kid for the rest of the series.
This is a reach