Showing 166 - 180 of 239 articles tagged "Diversity"

• Posted Thursday 4/25/19 at 5:38AM EDT

  CBS executives respond to claim the network has a "white problem"

  CBS News president Susan Zirinsky issued a memo Tuesday in response to former CBS executive Whitney Davis' column alleging that...

• Posted Tuesday 4/23/19 at 1:41PM EDT

  Former CBS executive: "CBS has a white problem"

  "The company has a white problem across the board," writes Whitney Davis, who resigned as manager of CBS Entertainment Diversity...

• Posted Monday 4/08/19 at 8:43AM EDT

  Coronation Street, Britain's and the world's longest-running soap opera, will introduce its first black family

  The ITV soap has focused on working-class characters in Manchester, England since its debut in December 1960.

• Posted Thursday 3/28/19 at 9:31PM EDT

  Comedy Central execs on their post-Broad City reinvention: They consider The Other Two its "natural successor"

  The Other Two is part of Comedy Central's mission to include more diverse voices, which can also be seen in...

• Posted Saturday 3/16/19 at 4:18AM EDT

  Comedy Central considers its "growth audience" anyone who is not a straight young white male

  The Other Two, which had a gay lead and is staffed by predominantly female or gay writers, and the upcoming...

• Posted Thursday 3/14/19 at 1:42PM EDT

  Study: 64% of diverse TV writers have experienced discrimination or harassment on the job

  The Think Tank for Inclusion and Equity surveyed TV writers who are female, non-binary, LGBTQ, people of color and/or people...

• Posted Monday 3/11/19 at 10:06PM EDT

  SNL's "Can I Play that?" sketch misses the point of diverse casting

  "While the show sometimes misses the boat, 'Can I Play That?' is a direct attack on everyone who is upset...

• Posted Saturday 3/09/19 at 5:07AM EST

  New TV period dramas are "unwhitewashing" history

  Period dramas like Les Miserables, The Spanish Princess and Harlots have tried to show that history was, in fact, not...

• Posted Friday 3/08/19 at 1:39AM EST

  Heidi Montag points out The Hills: New Beginnings cast has diverse hair when questioned about the show's lack of diversity

  “We don’t all look the same," Montag when asked by Vogue if she wished The Hills: New Beginnings had more...

• Posted Friday 2/08/19 at 1:05AM EST

  Ryan Murphy criticized on Twitter for casting another "hot white guy" on American Horror Story

  Some fans of the FX series were not only disappointed with the casting of former Olympic skier Gus Kenworthy, they...

• Posted Monday 2/04/19 at 6:42PM EST

  Michael B. Jordan inks a deal to produce TV shows for Amazon

  The former Wire star's deal is notable because his production company has agreed to have an inclusion rider to boost...

• Posted Wednesday 1/30/19 at 11:36PM EST

  The Neighborhood creator: It's important that seven of our 11 writers are “people of color or female"

  Jim Reynolds calls his gentrification comedy series writing staff “one of the most inclusive” on TV.

• Posted Thursday 1/24/19 at 2:02PM EST

  Anna Karenina is getting a multicultural reboot with Korean-American actress in the title role

  The TV adaptation of author Jenny Lee's upcoming YA novel Anna K is described as Gossip Girl and 13 Reasons...

• Posted Saturday 12/22/18 at 1:51AM EST

  Penn Badgley calls out "privileged-a** white" actors who take on roles that should go to marginalized actors

  “In reality, we have basically, like, privileged-a** white people playing everybody, and so we need to stop that," the You...

• Posted Friday 12/07/18 at 10:10PM EST

  Why "woke" TV reboots don't work: "Diversity isn’t a varnish you can apply to what’s familiar"

  Past TV shows rebooted to emphasize diversity, like Charmed or the upcoming Buffy the Vampire Slayer reboot are bound to...