This award-winning series follows an upper middle class African-American family led by Andre ‘Dre’ Johnson (Anthony Anderson) and Rainbow Johnson (Tracee Ellis Ross) as they attempt to mingle with the neighbours and form a rapport with them in an effort to fit in and find their place in society.

And Ross says the power of Black-ish lies not just in “the magic and beauty of a family which is not always represented” but presenting them as a family like any other. “People say: ‘Oh my God, my kid just did that!’” the actor, who portrays the show’s loving matriarch, tells The Guardian. “It’s not that everyone is getting a sneak peek [at a black family] but everyone is seeing themselves.”

Black-ish is streaming on Disney+.

Stepmom

Julia Roberts and Susan Sarandon will make you cry all the tears in this film about a terminally-ill woman struggling to forge a relationship with her ex-husband’s new fiancée. As in, yes, the same woman who will be her children’s stepmother. And, yes, the same woman who will be there at her children’s graduations, weddings, and other major life events long after she’s gone.

Like we say, all the tears.

Stepmom is streaming on Netflix.

Sister, Sister

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