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Hoop Dreams
TV Flash files “Hoop Dreams” as hour 164 of 173 in the TV Flash guide — black-ish (2014–2022) on ABC, season 8, episode 4, aired 2022-01-25, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S08E04: listed hour 164 of 173 in the black-ish guide, hour 4 of 13 in season 8. It aired 2022-01-25 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Bow-Mo” (S08E03). Next is “Ashy to Classy” (S08E05).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Jack gets a job as the locker room attendant for the Los Angeles Lakers; Dre and Bow feel like they need to step in before his job goes to his head; Pops and Ruby realize their daily routine has gotten boring and heed advice from Junior and Olivia.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Hoop Dreams sit in the black-ish guide?
S08E04 is listed hour 164 of 173 — hour 4 of 13 in season 8, season 8 episode 4.
When did black-ish S08E04 air?
Hoop Dreams aired 2022-01-25 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Do I need the spinoffs?
grown-ish and mixed-ish are extras. black-ish is the suburban Johnson engine; start here unless you already live at the college spinoff.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Kenya Barris smuggled race, class, and parenting essays into ABC multi-cam without losing the joke. Anthony Anderson and Tracee Ellis Ross argue first, lecture later; the kids keep the sitcom engine humming. Broadcast comedy that treated Black suburban identity as weekly debate, not Very Special garnish.
ABC did not park a seminar on a quiet Friday. **2014** put Kenya Barris's Johnsons on the broadcast calendar as multi-cam comfort with race, class, and parenting essays smuggled through the laugh. Anthony Anderson's Dre worries his kids are losing cultural identity in affluent suburbia; Tracee Ellis Ross's Rainbow argues first, lectures later. Yara Shahidi, Marcus Scribner, Miles Brown, Marsai Martin keep the engine humming. Rex can romanticize a simpler network night; this was issue-driven multi-cam thriving…
Filed against
- Anthony Anderson as Dre Johnson
Anthony Anderson’s Dre Johnson argued first, lectured later on black-ish — Kenya Barris smuggling race, class, and parenting essays into ABC multi-cam without losing the joke. Tracee Ellis Ross opposite, kids keeping the engine humming.…
- Tracee Ellis Ross as Rainbow Johnson
Tracee Ellis Ross’s Rainbow Johnson argued first and lectured later on black-ish — Kenya Barris smuggling race, class, and parenting essays into ABC multi-cam without losing the joke. Anthony Anderson as the other half of the debate; the…
- Yara Shahidi as Zoey Johnson
Yara Shahidi’s Zoey Johnson kept black-ish’s sitcom engine humming as the kid who could argue — Kenya Barris smuggling race, class, and parenting essays into ABC multi-cam without losing the joke. Anthony Anderson and Tracee Ellis Ross…
- Marcus Scribner as Andre Jr.
Marcus Scribner grew up in the argument as Andre Jr. on black-ish — Kenya Barris smuggling race, class, and parenting essays into ABC multi-cam, Anthony Anderson and Tracee Ellis Ross arguing first, the kids keeping the engine humming.…
- Miles Brown as Jack Johnson
Miles Brown’s Jack Johnson kept black-ish’s sitcom engine humming while Kenya Barris smuggled race, class, and parenting essays into ABC multi-cam — Anthony Anderson and Tracee Ellis Ross arguing first, lecturing later. TV Flash files him…
- Marsai Martin as Diane Johnson
Marsai Martin stole scenes as policy as Diane Johnson on black-ish — Kenya Barris’s ABC multi-cam, race and class as weekly debate, Anthony Anderson and Tracee Ellis Ross arguing first, the kids keeping the engine humming. A youngest who…