When the duo Chloe x Halle accepted an award on behalf of Beyonce, who had just given birth, at the 2017 BET Awards, they not only honored their mentor, they landed a gig on the upcoming TV show, “grown-ish.”
The sisters said Kenya Barris, the executive producer of the hit ABC series “black-ish” and its spinoff “grown-ish,” saw the singers at the awards show with actress Yara Shahidi — who stars in both of his shows — and he knew there was something special about the trio.
“He just said he knew in that moment he wanted us to be a part of the show because we all looked so great together,” Halle Bailey, 17, said in an interview this week. “We just feel so blessed that we get to be a part of this.”
“Grown-ish” will have a two-episode premiere on Jan. 3 at 8 p.m. EST on Freeform. It follows Shahidi’s “black-ish” character Zoey, the popular and socially active 17-year-old, as she heads to college, where she meets her classmates played by the Baileys.
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