A contemporary take on the current issues facing both students and administrators in the world of higher education. Yara Shahidi portrays Zoey - Dre (Anthony Anderson) and Rainbow's (Tracee Ellis Ross) popular, entitled, stylish and socially active 17-year-old daughter - as she heads off to college and quickly discovers that not everything goes her way once she leaves the nest. ABC喜剧《喜新不厌旧 Black-Ish》在五月前获预订座落在Freeform的衍生剧，现改名为《成长不容易 grown-ish》（前名《college-ish》），首季为13集，预定在明年1月3日播出。 《成长不容易》讲述Zoey在离开家人来到大学后，很快发现这里的生活不能事事如意。母剧演员Deon Cole会在衍生剧继续饰演Charlie，他在大学兼职当市场学教授。Emily Arlook饰演南加州大学新生Miriam，「万事通」的她对人十分坦率，该角在母剧中原本由Mallory Sparks饰演。Chris Parnell饰演南加州大学的事务主任﹑Trevor Jackson饰演一个具有社会意识的大二学生，他们已在后门试映集出场。
