Showing 136 - 150 of 239 articles tagged "Diversity"

• 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...

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

  Jeff Probst explains why Survivor has its most ethnically diverse cast in years

  "The truth is, by design, we always want the cast to be as diverse as possible," says Probst.

• Posted Wednesday 10/02/19 at 1:31PM EDT

  Rachel Lindsay: I doubt there will ever be another black Bachelorette

  “I’m not hopeful at all,” the former Bachelorette tells Us Weekly.

• Posted Thursday 9/26/19 at 4:59PM EDT

  Law & Order: SVU boss on record-breaking Season 21: "You don't want it to be just a regular season, you want it to be special"

  "I feel like this is cool…We are aware of this has never been done before," says showrunner Warren Leight, adding:...

• Posted Wednesday 9/18/19 at 7:37PM EDT

  ABC reality boss expected diversity backlash over Peter Weber as The Bachelor, but insists "he was the strongest option"

  ABC is facing criticism again for selecting a white Bachelor, especially when it had the strong contender in Mike Johnson,...

• Posted Wednesday 9/18/19 at 7:37PM EDT

  Mike Johnson: "A black Bachelor should have been cast"

  The Bachelorette alum says he always had a feeling Peter Weber would become the next Bachelor.