Directors Guild Finds TV Diversity Hiring Stalled
LYNN ELBER, AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Women and minorities are largely shut out of the ranks of TV series directors in a stubbornly unchanged pattern of hiring, according to a Hollywood...
View ArticleTV Networks Make Unequal Progress Toward On-Screen Diversity
DAVID BAUDER, AP Television Writers LYNN ELBER, AP Television Writers FRAZIER MOORE, AP Television Writers Kenya Barris, creator of ABC’s “black-ish,” was motivated to write the comedy about an...
View ArticleShonda Rhimes Says She Isn’t ‘Diversifying’ Television, She’s ‘Normalizing’...
(The Huffington Post) – Shonda Rhimes proved long ago that she is a force to reckon with. The growing influence she has had in television has not gone unrecognized and has resulted in a major boost...
View ArticleTV Academy, Actors Union Toast Diversity at Pre-Emmy Party
SANDY COHEN, AP Entertainment Writer BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — With hit shows like “Empire,” ”black-ish” and “How to Get Away With Murder,” diversity is the new normal in TV. That was the message at...
View ArticleTV is Finally Tackling the Intersection of Race and Class
(The Washington Post) – One of the many reasons to hope for more diverse pop culture is that in a world with more than one television show about families of color, or movies by many female directors,...
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