BuzzFeed - According to a report from the Directors Guild of America, minority females directed only 2% of seriesâ episodes in the 2013-2014 television season. CENTURY CITY, CA - JANUARY 25: Producer Betsy Beers (L) and writer/producer Shonda Rhimes accept the Diversity Award onstage at the 66th Annual Directors Guild Of America Awards held at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza on January 25, 2014 in Century City, California. Alberto E. Rodriguez / Getty Images for DGA When the broadcast television networks unveiled their lineups for the 2014-2015 season in May, there was a noticeable change in what viewers could expect to see in their living rooms. From actresses like Viola Davis (ABC's How to Get Away With Murder), Octavia Spencer (Fox's Red Band Society), and Alfre Woodard (NBC's State of Affairs) taking leading roles to comedies like ABC's Black-ish (about a black patriarch who worries his Beverly Hills family has lost its cultural roots), ABC's Fresh Off The Boat (abo
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