A New Sheriff in Town...Television that is..."The Black Actress"

Fall 2014 seems to be the season for Black Actresses in television. There was a time when one could count on one hand how many Black actresses were seen on prime-time television, let alone a major/lead role. Well it seems as though the times are changing.

This fall you have plenty of options on just about every major net work as well as premium channels.

Check out the "Fall 2014 Guide to Black Women/Actresses in Television":

(Viola Davis, "How To Get Away With Murder")

ABC
**Viola Davis & *Aja Naomi King
"How To Get Away With Murder", Thursdays at 10 PM

**Tracee Ellis Ross, *Yara Shahidi, and *Marsai Martin
"black-ish", Wednesdays at 9:30 PM

**Kerry Washington
"Scandal", Thursdays at 9 PM

*Lorraine Touissant
"Forever", Mondays at 10 PM

*Chandra Wilson
"Grey's Anatomy", Thursdays at 8 PM

*Da'Vine Joy Randolph
"Selfie", Tuesdays at 8 PM (premiers September 30th)

*Tamala Jones & *Penny Johnson
"Castle", Mondays at 10 PM (premieres September 29th)

*Nadej Bailey
"Resurrection", Sundays at 9 PM (premieres September 28th)

(Danai Guirira, "The Walking Dead")

AMC
**Danai Guirira
"The Walking Dead", Sundays at 9 PM (premieres on October 12th)

CBS
*Nilaja Sun
"Madam Secretary" Sundays at 8 PM

*Regina King
"The Big Bang Theory", Mondays at 8 PM

*Stacie Davis
"NCIS: New Orleans", Tuesdays at 9 PM

*Melanie Lieburd
"Stalker", Wednesdays at 10 PM (premieres October 1st)

(Nicole Beharie, "Sleepy Hollow")

FOX
**Octavia Spencer
"Red Band Society", Wednesdays at 9 PM

**Jada Pinkett-Smith
"Gotham", Mondays at 8 PM

**Nicole Beharie, *Lyndie Greenwood, and *Jahnee Wallace
"Sleepy Hollow", Mondays at 9 PM

*Xosha Rocquemore
"The Mindy Project", Tuesdays at 9:30 PM

*Tamara Taylor
"Bones", Thursdays at 8 PM

(Angela Bassett, American Horror Story:Freak Show")

FX
*Angela Bassett & Gabourey Sidibe
"American Horror Story: Freak Show", Thursdays at 10 PM (premieres October 8th)

OWN
*Edwina Findley Dickerson, April Parker-Jones, & Tiffany Haddish
"If Loving You is Wrong", Tuesdays at 7 PM

HBO
*Niecy Nash
"Getting On", Sundays at 10:30 PM (premieres November 9th)

(Lenora Crichlow, "A to Z")

NBC
*Tamara Tunie
"Law & Order: SVU", Wednesdays at 9 PM

*Joy Bryant
"Parenthood", Thursdays at 10 PM

*Sasheer Zamata
"Saturday Night Live", Saturdays at 11:30 PM

*Lenora Crichlow
"A to Z", Thursdays at 9:30 PM (premieres October 2nd)

*Tymberlee Hill
"Marry Me", Tuesdays at 9 PM (premieres October 14th)

Starz
*Tichina Arnold, *Erica Ash, *Joni Bovil, *Kalilah Harris, and *Yasmeen Griffin
"Survivor's Remorse", Saturdays at 9 PM (premieres October 4th)

The CW
*Candice Patton
"The Flash", Tuesdays at 8 PM (premieres October 7th)

USA
*Diahann Carroll
"White Collar", Thursdays at 9 PM (premieres November 6th)

(Diahann Carroll, "White Collar")

Looks like every day of the week is covered, so there should not be a dull day. Also you will find that the Black Actress is featured in not just the typical comedy, she can be found in the drama, superhero/comic story, sci-fi/fantasy, cop drama, and more.

Happy Fall TV Watching!!