PoC-Centric TV Shows (
)

The majority of characters in this show are people of color. And most stories revolve around them.

Beating Heart

A South Korean television drama series consisting of six two-part stories, each story having its own writer and director.

Network:
Airdates: 2005

East Los High

A group of friends at East Los High face the trials and tribulations of teenagers growing up in East Los Angeles.

Network:
Airdates: 2013 - 2017

Jane the Virgin

A very clever Telenovela-style nighttime soap opera about a young woman named Jane who gets pregnant via accidental insemination.

Network:
Airdates: 2014 - 2019

Being Mary Jane

The life of a young black woman, her work, her family, and the popular talk show which she hosts.

Network:
Airdates: 2013 - 2019

The Wire

Lauded for its literary themes, an uncommonly acute exploration of society and politics, and its realistic portrayal of urban life, it never won any awards.

Network:
Airdates: 2002 - 2008

Black-ish

A black father struggles to gain a sense of cultural identity while raising his kids in a predominantly white, upper-middle-class neighborhood.

Network:
Airdates: 2014 - 2022

The Women of Brewster Place

A multigenerational story of the lives of several black women who call an inner-city tenement home.

Network:
Airdates: 1989

Felizes Para Sempre?

When you have to ask “Happily Ever After?” like a question, the answer is probably “No.”

Network:
Airdates: 2015

Survivor’s Remorse

A family deals with pro basketball and Atlanta. Both at the same time.

Network:
Airdates: 2014 - 2017

Amar en Tiempos Revueltos

Amar en Tiempos Revueltos (To Love in Difficult Times) was a series about the Spanish Civil War.

Network:
Airdates: 2005 - 2012

Fresh Off the Boat

A sitcom about a first generation family of Asian immigrants set in the 90s.

Network:
Airdates: 2015 - 2020

Master of None

The personal and professional life of Dev, a 30-year-old actor in New York.

Network:
Airdates: 2015 - 2021