Showing 1 - 15 of 81 articles tagged "Diversity"

• Posted Wednesday 7/10/19 at 11:35PM EDT

  Netflix orders the first-ever scripted series on the black Italian experience

  Zero is part of Netflix's efforts to tell underrepresented stories.

• Posted Saturday 6/29/19 at 2:28AM EDT

  The Spanish Princess has subverted the narrative of people of color in Western period dramas

  Showrunners Emma Frost and Matthew Graham wanted to dispel the myth that minorities were absent in British history, so they...

• Posted Tuesday 6/18/19 at 1:56AM EDT

  Big Little Lies' attempt to be more diverse in Season 2 feels "like checking the boxes"

  "Finally acknowledge Bonnie’s ethnicity? Check," says Greg Braxton of Sunday's episode.

• Posted Thursday 6/06/19 at 12:58PM EDT

  Neil Gaiman calls a Twitter troll's Good Omens "forced diversity" complaint "marvelous and heartwarming"

  One Twitter user didn't like that the voice of God, played by Frances McDormand, is female and Adam and Eve...

• Posted Monday 5/13/19 at 9:34AM EDT

  Daenerys Targaryen's Game of Thrones madness felt unearned

  Yes, the HBO series has been planting the seeds for a Mad Queen heel turn for years, says Riley McAtee.

• Posted Friday 5/03/19 at 9:05PM EDT

  CBS' longtime casting chief, who was accused of preferring white actors over minorites, is out following allegations of inapprpriate behavior

  During his tenure, Peter Golden supervised the casting of more than 450 pilots, 160 series and more than 200 movies...

• Posted Wednesday 5/01/19 at 9:51AM EDT

  Rachel Lindsay was "sad" over the lack of diversity at The Bachelorette's 15th-anniversary reunion

  "It was sad for me to look around the room and (see that) no one else looked like me,” says...

• Posted Thursday 4/25/19 at 5:38AM EDT

  CBS executives respond to claim the network has a "white problem"

  CBS News president Susan Zirinsky issued a memo Tuesday in response to former CBS executive Whitney Davis' column alleging that...

• Posted Tuesday 4/23/19 at 1:41PM EDT

  Former CBS executive: "CBS has a white problem"

  "The company has a white problem across the board," writes Whitney Davis, who resigned as manager of CBS Entertainment Diversity...

• Posted Monday 4/08/19 at 8:43AM EDT

  Coronation Street, Britain's and the world's longest-running soap opera, will introduce its first black family

  The ITV soap has focused on working-class characters in Manchester, England since its debut in December 1960.

• Posted Thursday 3/28/19 at 9:31PM EDT

  Comedy Central execs on their post-Broad City reinvention: They consider The Other Two its "natural successor"

  The Other Two is part of Comedy Central's mission to include more diverse voices, which can also be seen in...

• Posted Saturday 3/16/19 at 4:18AM EDT

  Comedy Central considers its "growth audience" anyone who is not a straight young white male

  The Other Two, which had a gay lead and is staffed by predominantly female or gay writers, and the upcoming...

• Posted Thursday 3/14/19 at 1:42PM EDT

  Study: 64% of diverse TV writers have experienced discrimination or harassment on the job

  The Think Tank for Inclusion and Equity surveyed TV writers who are female, non-binary, LGBTQ, people of color and/or people...

• Posted Monday 3/11/19 at 10:06PM EDT

  SNL's "Can I Play that?" sketch misses the point of diverse casting

  "While the show sometimes misses the boat, 'Can I Play That?' is a direct attack on everyone who is upset...

• Posted Saturday 3/09/19 at 5:07AM EST

  New TV period dramas are "unwhitewashing" history

  Period dramas like Les Miserables, The Spanish Princess and Harlots have tried to show that history was, in fact, not...