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 ...

And there was one trope that kept popping up over and over as I revisted some of my faves: the role of the “Black best friend.” The “Black best friend” is described as a character ...

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 ...