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Posted Monday 5/03/21 at 2:41PM EDT
Sex and the City's HBO Max revival is adding three women of color to its cast
The And Just Like That reboot previously announced it would have a writers' room that is half minorities.
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Posted Saturday 5/01/21 at 3:58AM EDT
Shadow and Bone has the same problem as Bridgerton and The Witcher in rewriting white roles for minorities
In Leigh Bardugo’s Grishavese books, Alina is white, but the Netflix series changed Alina’s race to reflect actress Jessie Mei...
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Posted Wednesday 4/14/21 at 3:17PM EDT
ABC passed on some pilot scripts "for the first time" due to their lack of diversity
Walt Disney Television chairman of entertainment Dana Walden said at a recent panel that "for the first time," ABC passed...
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Posted Wednesday 4/14/21 at 3:17PM EDT
BBC diversity chief: Luther isn't "authentic" enough because "he doesn't have Black friends"
BBC diversity chief Miranda Wayland has generated controversy with her comment that Idris Elba's DCI John Luther “doesn’t have any...
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Posted Wednesday 3/31/21 at 2:27PM EDT
More than 130 filmmakers sign an open letter denouncing PBS for its "over-reliance" on Ken Burns
"A simple accounting from kenburns.
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Posted Wednesday 3/24/21 at 1:49PM EDT
Meghan McCain under fire for "identity politics" The View rant questioning race and gender representation
On The View this morning, McCain noted that there has only been one Asian female (Lisa Ling) in The View's...
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Matt Groening is "proud" of The Simpsons' Apu, has "ambitious" plans to revive him
In reflecting on The Simpsons' 700th episode, USA Today asked Groening if he would've changed the nature of Apu in...
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Posted Monday 3/15/21 at 4:13PM EDT
The Bachelor's race problems won't be fixed until it experiences a behind-the-scenes shakeup
Even if ABC were to fire Chris Harrison, the network would be "attempting a superficial fix for a much deeper,...
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Posted Wednesday 3/10/21 at 5:55AM EST
Ginny & Georgia is part of a troubling Netflix trend of removing parents of color from biracial characters' coming-of-age stories
Ginny, played by Antonia Gentry, is yet another mixed-race Netflix protagonist who’s being raised by a single white parent, says...
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Posted Saturday 3/06/21 at 3:49AM EST
Ginny & Georgia has one of TV's cringiest moments with "Oppression Olympics" scene
A 36-second clip from the Netflix dramedy went viral shortly after its premiere, showing the half-Black, half-white Ginny and her...
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Posted Sunday 2/28/21 at 2:42AM EST
Ellen Pompeo posts an open letter to "White Hollywood" in wake of the revelation that the Golden Globes has zero Black voters
"I would kindly ask, all my white colleagues in this industry, an industry that we love and has granted us...
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Posted Friday 2/26/21 at 3:39PM EST
Netflix receives high marks for diversity and inclusion in terms of gender and people of color, but not among the LGBTQ community
The USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative released a new study this morning that compared Netflix's numbers to figures from the broader...
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Posted Tuesday 2/23/21 at 1:11PM EST
White contestants dominated this Bachelor season despite the show having its most diverse cast yet
Of the 37 total cast members vying for Matt James, 25 identify as BIPOC.
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Posted Wednesday 2/17/21 at 1:38PM EST
Nielsen to launch a tool to measure TV diversity
The ratings company is teaming with Gracenote Inclusion Analytics on a tool that will allow content creators, distributors and advertisers...
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Posted Wednesday 2/17/21 at 1:38PM EST
Starz announces #TakeTheLead inclusion initiative
The premium pay cable network announced that is embarking on a multipronged approach to ensuring it's a home of storytelling...