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