This month marked the start of Season 4 of "House of Cards," a Netflix political drama filmed in Maryland that stars a bisexual character, Frank Underwood.
The prominence of his character highlights the growing number of male and female bisexual characters that have appeared on the small screen over the last few years. But their portrayal on television is not yet proportionate to their representation in society as a whole, a Capital News Service analysis found.
Here are four things you need to know about this trend: