[Rummyfan]

...an "epidemic of invisibility" runs top to bottom through the industry for women, minorities and LGBT people.

Seems impossible as every TV show of the last 20 years has a gay character. A loveable, quirky, good-hearted holier-than-thou and oddly sexless gay who shows all the dumb straight men the right way to be. As well as The Numinous Negro. Or Latino or Latina.

[Blue Jays]

Nearly every product commercial on television features a "confused" white male adult who is then "educated" by his very wise black neighbor.

[Boojum]

While rarely the main character, the Mayor, Chief, Director, or other head honcho is often a minority.

See Bones, Castle, NCIS, Blacklist, Closer, How to Get Away with Murder, Grey’s Anatomy, Empire, Rosewood, Blue Bloods.