That would mean that 6% of primetime network television shows on TV would have a black woman in the lead role, but Scandal was the first television series to have a black female lead since 1974.

It’s not just quantity, it’s quality—and again, the percentages are nowhere near how they are in the actual population or settings being featured (metropolitan cities, college campuses, hospitals, etc.)

*edit: First network, prime time drama to have a black female lead since 1974.