As much as I am in love with the success of recent hit shows starring and created by my kinfolk— Blackish, Empire, Scandal, How to Get Away With Murder, and the Larry Wilmore Show—I fully recognize that diversity is not just for Black people. There is a staggering lack of non-Black POC representation on television.

The last TV season saw the addition of the Cristela show, an ABC comedy about a Mexican American woman trying to launch her law career while navigating her family life. I caught a few episodes, which were unfortunately relegated to a Friday night timeslot.

Kudos to ABC for moving us all a bit closer to being represented in primetime. Although I’m sure their move toward diversifying their shows is strictly financially motivated, at least they have the courage to acknowledge that viewership exists and wants to be catered to, and are actually doing so. In the same way Scandal’s success made it easier to find a network for Empire, I’m sure the Empire phenomenon will spawn a whole new crop of diverse shows, and I am happy for that.

In the meantime, I haven’t seen an Asian family on network TV since Margaret Cho’s show aired in the nineties. It was hilarious and she absolutely does not get enough credit for being a trailblazer. When I heard about Fresh Off The Boat, I was intrigued. One, I worked at a bookstore at the time, and the Eddie Huang book it is based on was selling like gangbusters. The cover and title were eye-catching, and after reading a few chapters, I was hooked.

This guy was hilarious and relatable. Also, his book and the show are set in the nineties, which, in my opinion, is the best decade ever. His tale of growing up in Orlando and then New York, being the fish out of water, is relatable to many minority communities.

It offered me a new take on the family experience through Huang’s eyes. He also possesses a distinctive writing voice: humorous, unique, and clever. After last night’s pilot premiere and the second episode. I was thrilled to find out that the book translated beautifully into a sitcom. While they definitely toned down a lot of Huang’s sentiments, it all still worked.

The opening scene of a young Eddie trying on his b-boy outfit in the dressing room and having his mother deny him his swag because of the price point had me in stitches. The show is wonderfully cast, and I genuinely look forward to seeing how many of the tales from the book make it into future episodes.

I hate that this show and Blackish have to go up against Empire, which is dominating Wednesday night TV for the foreseeable future.

In a dream world, I would love to see Blackish and Fresh Off the Boat take the 8-9pm timeslot so their success is not derailed by the titan that is Empire. ABC could place proven hits Modern Family and The Middle in the 9pm hour and retain much of its core audience.

I want so desperately for all these shows to have their time in the sun. It’s been far too long since I’ve seen a programming hour encompass the essence of the America I live in.