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Shows With Black Characters Find Loyal Non-Black Fans

"When a show is well-written, when it has good actors, people want to watch," says Courtney Jones of Nielsen.
BLACK-ISH - ABC's "black-ish" stars Yara Shahidi , Laurence Fishburne, Jenifer Lewis , Anthony Anderson and Tracee Ellis Ross , Marsai Martin, Miles Brown and Marcus Scribner.

Give up. You will never, ever catch up with every new TV show that's out there. There's a reason for that, says Melanie McFarland, television critic for Salon: "There were more than 450 new shows that premiered last year across broadcast, cable and streaming."

McFarland says she watches hours and hours of television each week, and she's not surprised to see that among the offerings are a number of shows with black main characters and/or storylines that have attracted a whole for shows like: and .

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