Angela Bassett
If you’re tired of seeing white guys getting all the best roles on TV, that’s about to change. As television’s new fall season kicks off this coming week, we’re about to see more Black women in major leading roles than we’ve ever seen before at one time.
It starts on Monday when Nicole Beharie plays Lieutenant Abbie Mills, a small-town detective teamed up with an 18th century Revolutionary War veteran to take on headless horsemen and other supernatural forces who’ve invaded a quiet New York community in the Fox drama series Sleepy Hollow.
Also on Monday, Jada Pinkett Smith premieres her new role as the evil gangster Fish Mooney in the Batman-inspired Fox series Gotham.
That’s just the first day of the week.
On Wednesday, Tracee Ellis Ross plays Dr. Rainbow Johnson, a working mom/anesthesiologist who defies old-fashioned stereotypes about race and identity in the new ABC comedy series black-ish.
The very next day, we finally learn what happened to Olivia Pope when Kerry Washington returns in her role as the ultimate Washington fixer leading her tough team of gladiators in the hit ABC drama Scandal.
After Scandal, Thursday night viewers can watch as Viola Davis takes center stage in the role of Professor Annalise Keating leading a group of her law students in the new Shonda Rhimes drama series How to Get Away With Murder.
Source: BET
Keith Boykin is a New York Times best-selling author and former White House aide to President Clinton. He attended Harvard Law School with President Barack Obama and currently serves as a TV political commentator. He writes commentary for BET.com each week.
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