'Deception' vs. 'Scandal' on Race

Unlike Rhimes' hit, NBC's new series seems to tiptoe around what it means to have a black leading lady.

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Meagan Good in Deception (Will Hart/NBC); Kerry Washington and Tony Goldwyn in Scandal (Randy Holmes/ABC)

(The Root) -- The comparisons were inevitable and obvious. NBC's newest murder mystery, Deception,starring Meagan Good, looks a lot like ABC's Revenge, a show that has chronicled the lifestyles of the rich and homicidal since last season.

Nearly every mention of Deception, which premiered Monday night, is sure to cite the new show's clear nod to the ABC hit. Although scandal and the wealthy have always made for must-see TV, in an interview withUSA Today, Good bulleted the disparate plotlines as if they were practiced talking points.

"I think this is really different, in the sense that it has all these elements from great shows that people love, but it's really its own thing because of the love triangle, the family drama, the murder mystery, and because this girl is living a double life," said Good, making a case for a fresh take on an old subject.

But Deception has something in common with another ABC hit -- something that isn't getting much attention. I'm talking, of course, about Scandal, the Kerry Washington-led ensemble soap in which another strong (if flawed) black leading lady has made it her job to solve problems while being mired in her own

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