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TV Series that Honor Black Characters & Voices

Showtime

As we celebrate Black voices and creators, check out these recent and current series that are making their mark in the television world!

The Wonder Years

ABC

Inspired by the late ‘80s show of the same name, the series tells the coming-of-age story of a 12-year-old Black boy in Montgomery, Alabama in the late 1960s, as told by his adult self.

Grand Crew

NBC

A group of friends unpack the ups and downs of life and love at a wine bar.

Harlem

Amazon Prime

Four ambitious best friends, Camille, Tye, Quinn, and Angie, navigate relationships and careers in Harlem, New York.

Our Kind of People

FOX

A single mom risks it all and moves her family to a vineyard with hopes of taking her natural hair care line to the next level by infiltrating the African American elite in Oak Bluffs.

Insecure

HBO

Issa Rae’s HBO dramedy centers around two best friends who navigate the challenges of the contemporary Black female experience.

The Upshaws

Netflix

The Netflix comedy focuses on a working-class family in Indiana struggling to make it work and make it right — without any blueprints.

Pose

FX

Set in New York City in the late ‘80s-early ‘90s, the FX drama spotlights the Black and Latino LGBTQ and gender nonconforming ballroom scene.

Queens

Four estranged women reunite for a chance to recapture their fame and regain the swagger they had as their '90s group that made them legends in the hip-hop world.

Twenties

BET

Three young friends attempt to navigate life, love, and their professional lives within the entertainment industry together.

grown-ish

Freeform

Follow black-ish’s Zoey Johnson as she heads to college and steps into the real world.

Dear White People

Netflix

A group of Black students navigate various forms discrimination at a predominantly white Ivy League school.

Kenan

NBC

A recently-widowed dad tries to raise his kids with his persistent former father-in-law.

I May Destroy You

BBC One/HBO

Michaela Coel’s 2020 drama follows a Twitter-star-turned-novelist, who seeks to rebuild herself after being sexually assaulted on a night out in London.

First Wives Club

BET+

The co-writer of Girls Trip brings the TV adaptation of First Wives Club, a comedy about three divorced wives who share a common past.

Atlanta

FX

Earn and his cousin Alfred try to make it in the Atlanta rap scene, coming face to face with several social and economic issues along the way.

Bel-Air (premieres Feb. 13th)

Peacock

The dramatic retelling of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air follows Will’s complicated journey from the streets of West Philadelphia to the gated mansions of Bel-Air.

Black Lightning

The CW

A retired superhero turned high school principal is forced to put his suit back on when a criminal gang takes over his city.

Power Book II: Ghost

Starz

The spin-off of Power follows Tariq as he navigates his new life and tries to shed his father's legacy. 

P-Valley

Starz

Katori Hall's adapts her play for the small screen with P-Valley, which follows several dancers who work at a strip club in the Mississippi Delta. 

The Chi

Showtime

Lena Waithe’s coming-of-age drama focuses on a group of residents in a rough neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago, who become linked by coincidence and bonded by the need for connection and redemption.

Woke

Hulu

A cartoonist on the verge of success navigates new voices and ideas after an unexpected incident changes everything.

A Black Lady Sketch Show

HBO

Comedy sketches performed by a cast of African-American female comedians, featuring guest stars such as Angela Bassett, Issa Rae, Laverne Cox, and Nicole Byer.


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