Showing 1 - 15 of 109 articles tagged "Diversity"

• Posted Monday 1/27/20 at 10:18AM EST

  David Schwimmer: "Maybe there should be an all-black Friends or an all-Asian Friends"

  In an interview with The Guardian, Schwimmer was asked about Friends not holding up to today's "woke" times.

• Posted Saturday 1/25/20 at 2:27AM EST

  How crime shows like Law & Order: SVU normalize bad police behavior

  The nonprofit Color of Change's 152-page report released earlier this week showed how people of color are overrepresented in commiting...

• Posted Wednesday 1/22/20 at 2:34AM EST

  Study: Netflix, NBC and ABC lead in showing people of color committing wrongful actions in crime dramas

  A new report from the nonprofit Color of Change found that during the 2017-2018 season, people of color were more...

• Posted Sunday 1/19/20 at 3:25PM EST

  Bob's Burgers creator explains casting males as females and Kristen Bell as a biracial character in Apple TV+'s Central Park

  Like he does on Bob's Burgers, Loren Bouchard has males voicing female roles on his forthcoming Apple TV+ animated series...

• Posted Wednesday 1/15/20 at 2:21PM EST

  Cynthia Erivo, star of Stephen King's The Outsider, address the author's controversial tweet about diversity

  The author took some heat earlier for tweeting Tuesday, in reaction to the nearly all-white Oscar nominations, "I would never...

• Posted Monday 1/13/20 at 9:04PM EST

  Eddie Murphy calling out Oscars' lack of diversity during the 1998 ceremony resurfaces

  Murphy's 1998 Oscars presentation received new attention today amid lack of diversity concerns over this year's nominees.

• Posted Monday 12/23/19 at 10:41PM EST

  Hallmark Channel's diversity problem: "It’s the TV demographic equivalent of trying to become the No. 1 coal mine of the 21st century"

  Reflecting on Hallmark's lesbian Zola ad controversy earlier this month, Jeb Lund notes that "Hallmark is a family network anchored...

• Posted Thursday 12/19/19 at 2:41PM EST

  New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signs landmark TV diversity bill

  At the urging of a group of TV writers, Cuomo today signed New York's Television Diversity Tax Credit Bill, which...

• Posted Tuesday 12/17/19 at 10:50PM EST

  A group of TV writers is urging New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to sign TV diversity legislation

  Eight TV writers, including The Terror's Soo Hugh and Tom Kelly of The Purge, say in their joint letter: “We...

• Posted Monday 12/16/19 at 3:44PM EST

  Hilarie Burton alleges she was "let go" from a Hallmark project after requesting "diverse casting"

  Burton, who is starring in the Lifetime Christmas movie A Christmas Wish, tweeted amid the backlash over Hallmark pulling lesbian...

• Posted Monday 12/09/19 at 4:24PM EST

  Golden Globes criticized for nominating only three minorities out of 40 TV acting nominations

  Out of 40 TV acting nominations, only three nonwhite performers -- and zero women of color -- were nominated: Pose's...

• Posted Monday 12/02/19 at 10:32PM EST

  CBS All Access felt it was "good business" for Star Trek: Discovery to revolve around women of color

  "We certainly feel that it's important to reflect the culture on our service," says Julie McNamara, CBS All Access' executive...

• Posted Tuesday 11/19/19 at 4:48PM EST

  Study: For the first time, more than half of TV episodes were directed by women or people of color

  The Directors Guild of America found that of 4,300 episodes produced in the 2018-19, some 50% were directed by women...

• Posted Monday 11/11/19 at 2:33AM EST

  Gossip Girl reboot will have minority leads, plus "a lot of queer content"

  When Gossip Girl creators Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage first approached their fellow Gossip Girl executive producer Joshua Safran about...

• Posted Thursday 10/31/19 at 1:47PM EDT

  Survivor surprisingly offered an honest discussion of race and privilege

  Last season, Survivor was criticized after contestant Julia Carter alleged that the show completley ignored the casual use of the...