Showing 16 - 30 of 239 articles tagged "Diversity"

• Posted Monday 9/20/21 at 6:18PM EDT

  Emmy voters need to watch more TV: They were more willing to distribute awards 30 years ago, when there were far fewer shows and outlets

  "It’s tempting to characterize Emmy voters as some sort of monolith willfully ignoring certain shows, when it’s actually a voting...

• Posted Monday 9/20/21 at 10:26AM EDT

  Primetime Emmys' all-white major acting winners was at odds with its diverse lineup of presenters

  Last night, all 12 major acting prizes went to white actors, prompting the creation of the #EmmysSoWhite Twitter hashtag.

• Posted Wednesday 8/18/21 at 1:47PM EDT

  Nat Geo is focusing on diversity with Life Below Zero spinoff on Alaska Natives and two shows starring Black men

  Nat Geo's recent marquee travel shows have been fronted by white men like Gordon Ramsay, Bobby Bones and Bear Grylls.

• Posted Thursday 8/12/21 at 1:45PM EDT

  Ken Burns doesn't take it personally being described as an example of "white producer privilege"

  Burns was asked at the TV press tour about the open letter signed by 140 filmmakers citing him as an...

• Posted Tuesday 8/10/21 at 3:23PM EDT

  PBS boss admits the network fell short in its approach at diversity

  PBS president and CEO Paula Kerger admitted at the TV press tour on Tuesday that the public television network was...

• Posted Tuesday 8/10/21 at 1:46PM EDT

  PBS announces a new diversity initiative for production talent and staff

  Under the new guidelines, PBS says producers will have to “create and share their Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) plans...

• Posted Saturday 8/07/21 at 2:56AM EDT

  Jeopardy! accused of a "diversity fake out" with Mike Richards as the potential new host

  As many Jeopardy! fans have pointed out, Alex Trebek told TMZ in 2018 that his top choice for his Jeopardy!...

• Posted Wednesday 8/04/21 at 2:14AM EDT

  Ken Burns says his staff is very diverse and that his documentaries don't take up a lot of PBS' airtime

  Burns' recent comments on The New York Times' Sway podcast are in response to more than 130 filmmakers calling out...

• Posted Tuesday 7/20/21 at 1:26PM EDT

  Friends co-creator Marta Kauffman on the show's lack of diversity: "It was, to a certain extent, a product of the time period and of my own ignorance"

  Kauffman again addressed Friends' whiteness on this week's episode of CNN's History of the Sitcom.

• Posted Friday 7/16/21 at 3:06AM EDT

  73rd Primetime Emmys are set to make diversity history

  Only two people of color have ever won the Emmy in the same category in back to back years: Bill Cosby...

• Posted Wednesday 7/14/21 at 9:47PM EDT

  Real Housewives of New York's Eboni K. Williams is getting backlash over "boring" racial discourse from the same critics who complained about the show's lack of diversity

  "In the nine episodes of RHONY season 13 that have aired so far, conversations on race have been front and...

• Posted Tuesday 7/13/21 at 8:15PM EDT

  ESPN president responds to the Maria Taylor-Rachel Nichols spat, says he's planning a town hall over the network's diversity

  “We respect and acknowledge there are a variety of feelings about what happened and the actions we took,” ESPN president...

• Posted Friday 6/04/21 at 12:49AM EDT

  Real Housewives adding minority cast members to its all-white shows has complicated "the Bravo wink" when it comes to racist behavior

  "Bravo’s slate of identity-focused reality shows over the past 15 years have come to define the famously messy network, beginning...

• Posted Saturday 5/22/21 at 4:50AM EDT

  Mythic Quest avoids Indian-American clichés with Danny Pudi's character

  "The only major facts we know about (Pudi's character) Brad so far are his job title and that, like Pudi,...

• Posted Saturday 5/22/21 at 4:50AM EDT

  Shadow and Bone is groundbreaking in its diversity of Asian characters

  The Netflix fantasy series "has four prominent Asian characters in its ensemble, and all of them are breaking up the...