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!!

Finally A Black Woman Hero!!

Now I know I am deviating a bit from my normal film highlights blog post, but I just had to post this!! 


AMC's "The Walking Dead" closed out its second season in "spectacularly bloody and fiery fashion on Sunday night".  But one of  the highlights that would take place is the introduction of a mysterious, hooded character wielding a katana and leading two zombies around on chains. So you ask who is this  mystery woman...her name is "Michonne". I literally jumped out of my bed with excitement!! 


As you all know sometime ago I got on my soap box and gave my two cents on The Disappearance of the Black Female Heroine . And FINALLY Hollywood is beginning to take this role a little bit more seriously!! For years the Black Female Heroine has kind of just been thrown to the side. However with roles such as Michonne in "The Walking Dead" series and TNT Southland's Lydia (played by Regina King) there is a lot of potential waiting to be snatched up!! I guess I am going to have to rely on AMC and TNT and the sci-fi genre in order to see my black she-ro! 


And the icing on the cake is that the character in the original comic series is a black woman and will be played by a black woman...About time they get it right!! 

Background: Michonne, is a mysterious African American woman armed with a katana. She used to be a lawyer in Atlanta, Georgia. And her life is no where near simple (father, mother, brother, sister, an ex-husband, two daughters, a boyfriend, a mortgage, and a host of other things (courtesy of ComicVine ).  She's pretty cool and awesome if you ask me!


For those of you who read and follow the comic book series Michonne  first appears in "The Walking Dead" Issue 19 back in 2005. And her entrance in the comic series mirrors what  TV viewers saw her doing on Sunday night -- leading armless zombies on chains and slicing and dicing other zombies with her Katana blades.

As a comic book fan and reader this is truly exciting to see the pages of these books come to the television screen! Thank you AMC!! And I am looking forward to Season 3 where we will get to see Michonne in a major way!!