The Best Black TV Shows of the 2010s
These are the best 2010s Black TV shows, ranked from best to worst by user votes. From some good 2010s African American TV series that are half-hour satirical comedies (Dear White People), to others that are heart-pounding dramas (Empire), this list has something for everybody. A few of the top 2010s Black TV shows even feature live performances, music, and interviews.
What shows appear on this list of the best 2010s Black TV shows? In the 2010s, Comedy Central added several TV shows starring great Black comedians, like Key & Peele, and Why? With Hannibal Buress. The cerebral comedy Atlanta is another great Black TV series that aired in the 2010s. Meanwhile, since the family sitcom Black-ish debuted in 2014, it's spawned a diverse empire of TV, including Grown-ish and Mixed-ish. The 2010s also welcomed more good Black TV shows for kids including A.N.T. Farm and Are We There Yet?
What are television's best Black 2010s shows? Vote up the 2010s shows that center both Black stories and Black characters that were the best of the decade and see where the Black shows of the 2010s you loved to watch rank.
- 1Regina King, John Witherspoon, Gabby Soleil
- Premiered: November 6, 2005
- 2Issa Rae, Yvonne Orji, Natasha Rothwell
- Premiered: October 9, 2016
- 3Omari Hardwick, Lela Loren, Naturi Naughton
- Premiered: June 7, 2014
- 4Ntare Mwine, Jacob Latimore, Alex R. Hibbert
- Premiered: January 7, 2018
- 5Viola Davis, Billy Brown, Alfred Enoch
- Premiered: September 25, 2014
- 6Damson Idris, Carter Hudson, Sergio Peris-Mencheta
- Premiered: July 5, 2017
- 7Michael Kenneth Williams, Vera Farmiga, John Leguizamo
- Premiered: May 31, 2019
- 8Merle Dandridge, Lynn Whitfield, Keith David
- Premiered: June 21, 2016
- 9Donald Glover, Brian Tyree Henry, LaKeith Stanfield
- Premiered: September 6, 2016
- 10Gabrielle Union, Omari Hardwick, Lisa Vidal
- Premiered: January 7, 2014
- 11Terrence Howard, Taraji P. Henson, Bryshere Y. Gray
- Premiered: January 7, 2015
- 12Anthony Anderson, Tracee Ellis Ross, Yara Shahidi
- Premiered: September 24, 2014
- 13Rutina Wesley, Dawn-Lyen Gardner, Kofi Siriboe
- Premiered: September 6, 2016
- 14Kerry Washington, Guillermo Díaz, Darby Stanchfield
- Premiered: April 5, 2012
- 15Jerrod Carmichael, Loretta Devine, David Alan Grier
- Premiered: August 26, 2015
- 16Cress Williams, China Anne McClain, Nafessa Williams
- Premiered: January 16, 2018
- 17Coby Bell, Hosea Chanchez, Wendy Raquel Robinson
- Premiered: October 1, 2006
- 18Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele
- Premiered: January 31, 2012
- 19Yara Shahidi, Deon Cole, Trevor Jackson
- Premiered: January 3, 2018
- 20MJ Rodriguez, Billy Porter, Dominique Jackson
- Premiered: June 3, 2018
- 21DeWanda Wise, Cleo Anthony, Lyriq Bent
- Premiered: November 23, 2017
- 22Logan Browning, Brandon P Bell, DeRon Horton
- Premiered: April 28, 2017
- 23Michaela Coel, Robert Lonsdale, Danielle Isaie
- Premiered: October 6, 2015
- 24Tracy Morgan, Taylor Mosby, Dante Hoagland
- Premiered: April 3, 2018
- 25Allen Payne, LaVan Davis, Cassi Davis
- Premiered: May 8, 2006
