Grown-ish Renewed for Season 2 By Freeform

Yara Shahidi's college-set spinoff Grownish was picked up for second season by Freeform on Thursday

By Tierney Bricker Jan 19, 2018 2:30 AMTags
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Zoey's still got a lot more growing up to do.

Grown-ish has been renewed for a second season by Freeform, the network announced at its inaugural Freeform Summit in Los Angeles on Thursday. The Black-ish spinoff focusing on Yara Shahidi's Zoey as she navigates her freshman year at Cal U. Maybe Zoey will lose her "Cup B--ch" nickname in her sophomore year?!

Also starring in the series are Trevor Jackson, Francia Raisa, Emily Arlook, Jordan Buhat, Chloe and Halle Bailey, Luka Sabbat, Dean Cole and Chris Parnell

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Grown-ish's series premiere attracted the network's highest ratings for a comedy debut in almost six years, with 1.56 million total viewers. Its debut was also the night's No. 1 scripted series on cable among women 18-49. 

Plus, critics and Twitter are loving the show, which was created by Kenya Barris. Hey, they do say college is the best four years of your life!

Curious to know what other shows have been picked up for another season? We've got you covered: 

Renewed or Canceled?

It's that most nerve-wracking time of year, TV fans. Time for the networks to decide how much of their current lineups will receive new season pickups. Will your long-running fave find itself suddenly retired? And how about that new show you're digging? Will it make it out of its freshman year?

Click through our gallery to find out which of your favorite new and returning shows have already secured safe passage to another season and which are living on borrowed time...

Designated Survivor: Canceled and Uncanceled

Keifer Sutherland's adventures as POTUS are over on ABC, but Netflix has picked up the drama for a third season.

GLOW: Renewed

Netflix is keeping its gorgeous ladies of wrestling around for a season three.

American Horror Story: Renewed

Season eight hasn't even premiered yet, but FX has already renewed the horror anthology through season 10. 

Fear the Walking Dead: Renewed

They'll be back! AMC will welcome a fifth season of the Walking Dead spinoff. 

Better Call Saul: Renewed

Bob Odenkirk himself helped to make the announcement during the AMC's TCA 2018 press tour that the Breaking Bad sequel/prequel will be back for a fifth season. 

The Affair: Renewed for Final Season

The Showtime drama will end after its fifth season, which will likely air next year. 

Wynonna Earp: Renewed

Wynonna and co. will be back for a fourth season on Syfy, as was revealed during the show's panel at San Diego Comic-Con. 

Cloak and Dagger: Renewed

Freeform wants a second season of its teen Marvel show, which the cast discovered during their San Diego Comic-Con panel. 

Pose: Renewed

FX has ordered a second season of Ryan Murphy's groundbreaking series, which made headlines for featuring the largest cast of transgender and LGBTQ actors ever. It also made a lot of headlines for being pretty dang good, which is why we're psyched for a season two.

Famous in Love: Canceled

Freeform announced the end of the Bella Thorne-starring show after two seasons with a statement. 

"We are proud to have had the opportunity to air Famous In Love.  After many discussions we have made the difficult decision not to renew the show for a third season.  We want to thank our colleagues at Warner Horizon and our incredible producers, writers, cast and crew, especially Marlene King, for their creativity, hard work and dedication."

Dear White People: Renewed

Netflix announced the third season renewal of Dear White People with a slightly creepy youtube video

RuPaul's Drag Race: Renewed

VH1 is staying in the Drag Race business, renewing the highly addictive competition reality series and its companion show Untucked for new seasons!

Atlanta: Renewed

And 2018 continues to be the year of Donald Glover as FX renewed his hit comedy series for a third season, which will air in 2019.

"Atlanta is phenomenal, achieving and exceeding what few television series have done," the network president Nick Grad said in a statement. "With Atlanta Robbin' Season, Donald and his collaborators elevated the series to even greater heights, building on the enormous success of their award-winning first season. We're grateful to the producers and our extraordinary cast and crew for achieving this level of excellence, and we share the excitement with our audience about the third season knowing they will continue to take us to unexpected and thrilling places."

Legion: Renewed

FX's mind-bending comic-book drama from Fargo creator Noah Hawley, a trippy take on Marvel source material related to the X-Men, will be back for a third season.

Roseanne: Canceled

Following creator and star Roseanne Barr's latest offensive tweets, ABC decided to cancel their highest rated show (after initially renewing the revival for the 2019-19 TV season).

"Roseanne's Twitter statement is abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values, and we have decided to cancel her show," network president Channing Dungey said in a statement.

LA to Vegas: Canceled

Fox decided to ground the comedy starring Dylan McDermott after just one season. 

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Renewed

With one episode left in season five and the narrative increasingly reaching the devastating climax seen on the big screen in Avengers: Infinity War, Marvel's small-screen MCU offshoot has been renewed for an abbreviated 13 episode sixth season.

Gotham: Renewed for a Final Season

Gotham will have one last hurrah on Fox with a fifth and final season, which will focus on Bruce Wayne's transformation into the caped crusader. 

Lethal Weapon: Renewed...With a New Lead

Fox picked up the drama for a third season...with Seann William Scott set to replace star Clayne Crawford opposite Damon Wayans. New season, new Riggs!

The Blacklist: Renewed

NBC has picked up the James Spader series for a sixth season!

Elementary: Renewed

Sherlock and Watson will be back for season seven on CBS.

Big Brother: Celebrity Edition: Renewed

CBS will officially be inviting more stars back into the Big Brother house next year. 

9JKL: Canceled

It's one and done for Mark Feuerstein's real-life inspired comedy on CBS. 

Kevin Can Wait: Canceled

Not even Leah Remini could save this show, apparently. After making a big splash by killing off Kevin's wife (played by Erinn Hayes) and replacing her with Leah in season two, CBS has canceled the show. Kevin will have to just keep waiting.

Superior Donuts: Canceled

The donut shop is closing. CBS has canceled the comedy after two seasons. 

Life in Pieces: Renewed

CBS says yes to fourth season of comedy Life in Pieces

Man With a Plan: Renewed

This man's got a pretty good plan apparently because CBS is bringing the Matt Leblanc show back for a season three. 

Instinct: Renewed

CBS is bringing this midseason Alan Cumming procedural back for a season two. 

Scorpion: Canceled

CBS has opted to say farewell to the procedural after four seasons, meaning Katharine McPhee is now free for all the Smash revivals we've been dreaming of. "Thank you so much to @CBS for this journey, to my awesome cast mates and crew whom I learned from every day and to all the wonderful @ScorpionCBS fans for being so passionate about what we created. we'll always be a family. #TeamScorpion," she said on Twitter

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Grown-ish airs Wednesdays at 8 p.m. on Freeform. 

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