Last season, three women of color — “Scandal’s” Kerry Washington, “Modern Family’s” Sofia Vergara and “Steel Magnolias’” Alfre Woodward — were nominated for Emmys — lead actress in a drama, supporting actress in a comedy and supporting actress in a movie or miniseries, respectively. And this season, the broadcast networks rolled out show after show featuring African- and Asian-Americans and Latinos in lead roles. Half of ABC’s 12 new shows star actors of color. “Pilot season hasn’t been this diverse in a long time, specifically as we are talking about women,” says Tiffany Smith-Anoa’i, CBS’ vice president of diversity and communications. That said, there’s still plenty of work to be done. In 2013, out of six categories featuring actresses — lead and supporting in drama, comedy and movies or miniseries — only three of the 36 nominated women were African-American or Latina. And no woman of color has won the award for lead actress in a drama since the inception of the Emmy Awards in 1949.

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