{"id":29969,"date":"2021-11-22T19:08:06","date_gmt":"2021-11-23T00:08:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=29969"},"modified":"2021-11-22T19:08:06","modified_gmt":"2021-11-23T00:08:06","slug":"the-johnsons-say-farewell-in-season-eight-with-a-special-nod-to-the-black-ish-beginnings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/11\/22\/the-johnsons-say-farewell-in-season-eight-with-a-special-nod-to-the-black-ish-beginnings\/","title":{"rendered":"The Johnsons Say Farewell in Season Eight with a Special Nod to the &#8220;black-ish&#8221; Beginnings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29970\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/black-ish-finale.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/black-ish-finale.webp 480w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/black-ish-finale-240x300.webp 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>Ahead of its eighth and final season, the cast of the Emmy\u00ae-winning &#8220;<strong><em>black-ish<\/em><\/strong>&#8221; revealed the vibrant new key art to celebrate its farewell run. 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