Black-ish Switch Hitting (Season 1, Episode 20)
TV-PG
TV Episode | 22 min | Comedy

Black-ish

Switch Hitting (Season 1, Episode 20)

TV-PG

TV Episode | 22 min | Comedy

When super cool--and white--exec Jay Sloane challenges Dre over his street cred and picks inept Charlie for a big urban market account, Dre finds himself questioning his "blackness." Pops gets a letter from the IRS and fears the worst.

Showrunner

Jonathan Groff

Director

Ken Whittingham

Writers

Kenya Barris (created by) (written by) | Lisa McQuillan (staff writer) | Njeri Brown (staff writer) | Devanshi Patel (staff writer)

Producers

Jonathan Groff | Peter Saji | Lindsey Shockley

Composer

Cinematographer

Editor

Casting Director

Production Designer

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Edit Released

Updated Apr 22, 2015

Release date

Apr 22, 2015 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Won 1 Primetime Emmy Award. Another 74 wins & 238 nominations

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Cast	+ Add Cast
13 cast members

Name	Known for
Anthony Anderson Andre 'Dre' Johnson Andre 'Dre' Johnson See fewer	The Departed (2006)
Tracee Ellis Ross Rainbow Johnson Rainbow Johnson See fewer	The Hair Tales (2022)
Yara Shahidi Zoey Johnson Zoey Johnson See fewer	Salt (2010)
Marcus Scribner Andre Johnson, Jr. Andre Johnson, Jr. See fewer	Black-ish (2014)
Miles Brown Jack Johnson Jack Johnson See fewer	Black-ish (2014)
Marsai Martin Diane Johnson Diane Johnson See fewer	Little (I) (2019)
Laurence Fishburne Pops Pops See fewer	The Matrix (1999)
Peter Mackenzie Mr. Stevens Mr. Stevens See fewer	Black-ish (2014)
Jeff Meacham Josh Josh See fewer	Black-ish (2014)
Deon Cole Charlie Telphy Charlie Telphy See fewer	Black-ish (2014)
Michael Rapaport Jay Simmons Jay Simmons See fewer	Deep Blue Sea (1999)
Edi Patterson Laura Laura See fewer	The Righteous Gemstones (2019)
Sarah Himmelstein Barista Barista See fewer	S.W.A.T. (2017)