Child actors Miles Brown and Marsai Martin shine in ABC comedy 'Black-ish'

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Thursday, February 12, 2015
Child actors shine in ABC comedy 'Black-ish'
They may only be 9 years old, but actors Miles Brown and Marsai Martin know how to deliver the laughs on the ABC comedy 'Black-ish.'

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- The new comedy "Black-ish" is a breakout hit of the TV season. With veteran actors in the cast like Laurence Fishburne, Anthony Anderson and Tracee Ellis Ross, we knew it would be funny. Then we met the rest of the family.

The cast of "Black-ish" doesn't have to put on an act to play a tight-knit family. The actors have all really bonded. Two pint-size break-out stars of the fictional Johnson family -- Miles Brown and Marsai Martin -- play twins Jack and Diane.

"They are delicious aren't they?" Fishburne said. "They're just so lovable, so adorable."

"And quite talented," Ross added. "Quite talented."

Nine-year-old Brown says he's always learning from his veteran co-stars.

"Every day something new," Brown said. "It's never old, something will be brought up."

Martin agrees: "It's an amazing experience, it's awesome, and it's my first TV show, and I love it. It's a big dream for me."

The real question about these TV twins: who's funnier? Martin answered that by pointing... to herself.

"Black-ish" airs Wednesday nights at 9:30 p.m. on ABC.