There is one role on television where minority characters may be on the rise: Black Best Friend. TV critic Eric Deggans says these characters need to be upgraded to well-rounded co-star.

"A lot of white people are like, 'I wish I knew more black people, but I just don't! Where are they?'" joked Tanner Colby, the author of Some of My Best Friends Are Black: The Strange Story of ...

His name is Hank Griffin, a character on NBC's new fairy-tale cop drama "Grimm." And he’s a Black Best Friend. You’ve seen characters like Griffin, played by “Lincoln Heights” alum Russell ...

But while network execs have been quick to praise their multicultural casts, one disappointing trope has popped up in more than one fall pilot: the Black Best Friend. Of course, it's impossible to ...

But in many cases, these BFFs might more accurately be characterized as BBFs - black best friend - played by a black actress whose character's principal function is to support the heroine ...