"Top Black TV writers working today"

[mr x]

Kenya Barris - Black-ish
Larry Wilmore - Black-ish/The Minority Report with Larry Wilmore
John Ridley - American Crime
Dee Harris Lawrence - Chicago PD
Maisha Closson - Chicago PD/Single Ladies
Courtney Kemp Agboh - Power
Aaron Mcgruder - Black Jesus
Lakendra Tookes - SNL
Leslie Jones - SNL
Shonda Rhimes - Grey's Anatomy/Scandal/How to Get Away with Murder
Zoanne Clack - Grey's Anatomy
Zahir Mcghee - Scandal
Raamla Mohamed - Scandal
Latoya Morgan - Shameless
Aisha Muharrar - Parks and Recreation
Misha Green - Helix
Janine Sherman Barrois - Crminal MInds
Tyler Perry - If Loving You Is Wrong/For Better For Worse/The Haves and the Have Nots
Robin Thede - The Queen Latifah Show
Jacque Edmonds Cofer - Let's Stay Together
Mara Brock Akil - Being Mary Jane
Saladin Patterson - Two and a Half Men/Psych
Prentice Penny - Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Chris Spencer - Real Husbands of Hollywood

http://www.theroot.com/photos/2014/09/top_black_tv_writers_working_today.html

 

[andre patton]

i always thought kenya barris was a female.


also its chris SPENCER...dude actually has had a pretty long career. even tho he's not funny.

 

[phillycavsfan]

That looks like all of them, not just the top ones.

 

[mr x]

That looks like all of them, not just the top ones.

 

[mr x]

Who are some that are on the radar now?

 

[Bob Loblaw]

Who are some that are on the radar now?

Check the Atlanta writers room. Donald Glover, one of the female writers got a first look deal with another network

 

[Danie84]

Wait, Helix was penned by a Sistah:

 

[Sauce Dab]

Who are some that are on the radar now?

Lena Waithe. Writer on master of none