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Shows centering on women, LGBTQ+ individuals and people of color are often the first to get the axe—undermining streaming platforms’ supposed commitment to diversity
Clockwise from upper left-hand corner: Reservation Dogs , All Rise , Alaska Daily , Sort Of .was renewed for an abbreviated, four-episode second season this past April, fans navigated a thorny spectrum of emotions, from relief to anger.
But whereas the series’ truncated renewal registered as a bittersweet farewell to a remarkable show, its mid-August cancellation felt like a slap in the face. Amazon blamed the 2023 writers’ strike for the reversal, a move that co-creator and co-star Abbi Jacobson called “bullshit and cowardly.
The disappointments of past cancellations and the victory of the writers’ strike offer two sides of the same story—illustrating the foibles of a top-down approach to television production that emphasizes revenue over meaningful content. With any luck, this story can serve as a cautionary tale about the real care that needs to be taken by the film and TV industry—and streamers particularly—to responsibly developdiverse programming.
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