Women and minority TV creators, writers, directors and cast members continue to make progress towards greater inclusion, both in front of and behind the camera, according to the latest Hollywood Di…
Women and minority TV creators, writers, directors and cast members continue to make progress towards greater inclusion, both in front of and behind the camera, according to the latest Hollywood Diversity report from. “One of the strongest trends over the course of this report series is the steady increase in overall cast diversity,” the report found.
The report also found that while female and minority show creators have also made gains, they tend more often to be relegated to lower-budgeted shows. Even so, women and minority creators have made real progress over the past 10 years. On scripted broadcast shows, the percentage of minority creators has more than tripled over the past decade, from only 4.2% in the 2011-12 season to 13.1% in the 2020-21 season. The report notes, however, that “They would have to triple their 2020-21 share yet again to reach proportionate representation in this employment arena.
On scripted cable shows, the report found that the percentage of minority show creators “continued to make gains,” increasing from 20.6% during the 2019-20 television season to 26.6% in 2020-21. “Though people of color more than tripled their share of show creators since the 2011-12 season , they would have to nearly double their 2020-21 share to reach proportionate representation in this employment arena.
Women creators of scripted streaming shows, meanwhile, posted their biggest gains over the 10 years surveyed. Ten years ago, women created only 15.6% of the scripted streaming shows, but that percentage has now more than doubled. Their share “increased significantly since the 2019-20 television season,” the report says. “In 2020-21, women accounted for 36.1% of digital scripted show creators, compared to 29.2% in 2019-2020.
“Things are slightly ominous in the face of a looming recession,” he said. “Diversity initiatives traditionally are the first to be cut or sacrificed when there are economic downturns. We’re already seeing it start with Warner and HBO cutbacks. But rolling back efforts before equity has been truly achieved for women and people of color would be a major miscalculation.
People of color accounted for 27.4% of broadcast scripted leads for the 2020-21 television season – more than five times their share ten years ago, which is their highest share over the 10-year course of this survey. “Nonetheless, people of color would have to increase their share of broadcast scripted leads by about 15 percentage points to reach proportionate representation in this important employment arena.
“Considering scripted shows across all platform types, leads of color were much more likely to appear in shows with high degrees of overall cast diversity in 2020-21. Indeed, 74.5% of leads of color appeared in shows with majority-minority casts, while another 17.7% appeared in shows with casts that were at least 31% minority. None of the shows with casts that were less than 11% minority featured a lead of color in 2020-21, and only 2.
Credited women writers across all three platforms have achieved “nearly proportionate representation” across all three platforms. In cable, they accounted for 46.8% of the writing credits; in streaming it was 46.4%, and on broadcast, 45.2%.
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