Michelle Obama comes to dinner with Anthony Anderson, Tracee Ellis Ross on 'Black-ish' premiere

You can't blame Dre (Anthony Anderson) and Rainbow Johnson (Tracee Ellis Ross) for taking their shot at becoming best friends with Michelle Obama when the former first lady comes to dinner on ABC's "Black-ish" Season 8 premiere Tuesday (9:30 EST/PST).

In the episode, titled "That's What Friends Are For," Dre and Bow meet Obama, 49, at a political fundraising event. They hit it off so well that Obama accepts Bow's invitation to dinner (throwing in a dancing text emoji to show her excitement).

The Obama dinner appearance is a showcase first episode of the final season for the Kenya Barris-produced hit that has spun off Freeform's "Grown-ish" (starring Yara Shahidi) and ABC's short-lived "Mixed-ish," Bow's origin story.

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The rest of the Johnson family are banned from attending the intimate quiche get-together for three. However, each rebels, making an appearance to marvel at Obama. This includes an appearance from Zoey Johnson (Shahidi), who has moved out of the house and into "Grown-ish."

When Dre remarks that she doesn't even live there anymore, Zoey insists, "I'm here all the time," before asking Obama for her daughters' clothing sizes, offering fashion samples.

More laughs come when Dre's parents – Pops (Laurence Fishburne) in tuxedo and Ruby (Jennifer Lewis) in a gown and tiara – waltz in for a greeting.

"Good evening, your grace. My deepest apologies for our son," Pops says regally as he enters, adding on the way out, "Greetings to the first man."

Young twins Diane and Jack (Marsai Martin and Miles Brown) enter, falsely claiming it's movie night. In response, Obama dishes on life with daughters Malia, now 23, and Sasha, now 20.

"When our girls were that age, you should have seen how they rolled their eyes, especially at their father," says Obama. "But it's all love, that's what we tell ourselves."

The dinner is a resounding success.

"Talking about life, dissing our kids, it seemed like this was the beginning of a beautiful friendship," Dre says in voiceover, after years of being bored getting stuck with "dud dads" in couple friendships,

Dre and Bow vow to befriend Michelle and Barack. Against their better judgement, the couple immediately text Michelle Obama about a repeat meeting, perhaps with "BO44" himself.

Shockingly, Michelle is totally game. But not so much her husband. "I'm not so sure about Barack, he's so busy writing his next book," she writes.

Alas, Dre and Bow see the truth. Michelle Obama just wants to hang with Bow. The TV kinship is reflected in real-life friendship, as Ross told The Wall Street Journal that she invited her "friend" Obama to do the cameo, "It was a phone call I made," she said.

But on "Black-ish," Michelle does not see a friend fit between Barack and Dre.

"Oh my God, I'm the dud," says Dre, saying he's received "the presidential medal of being the dud."

Before the show aired Tuesday, Obama tweeted a video with Ross (wearing a protective face shield). "It was fun being on set with @TraceeEllisRoss and the cast and crew of @BlackishABC," Obama wrote. "So grateful to be a part of it!"

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: 'Black-ish' season premiere: Michelle Obama visits Tracee Ellis Ross