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Posted Monday 6/15/20 at 11:23AM EDT
Killing Eve hit with backlash over its apparently all-white writers' room
Writer Kayleigh Llewellyn tweeted a Zoom image of the writing staff after completing work on Season 4, and it was...
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Posted Saturday 6/13/20 at 2:35AM EDT
The Bachelor producers promise "significant changes" in addressing diversity after selecting their first black lead
Hours after selecting Matt James as the first black Bachelor, the executive producers of The Bachelor and The Bachelorette executive...
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Posted Saturday 6/13/20 at 2:35AM EDT
Friends co-creator Marta Kauffman admits she learned over the past two weeks she has contributed to "systematic racism"
Following backlash to her remarks earlier this week at the ATX TV Festival that she didn't do enough for diversity,...
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Posted Friday 6/12/20 at 4:24PM EDT
Matt James as the first black Bachelor can't right the show's "racist history"
"It’s a positive, if long overdue, sign that the franchise is beginning to take its race problem seriously," says Laura Bradley...
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The Bachelor names Matt James as its first-ever black lead
The 28-year-old James, who was named a contestant on Clare Crawley's upcoming Bachelorette season that was delayed due to the...
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Posted Friday 6/12/20 at 9:27AM EDT
Film Academy expands Oscars' Best Picture category to a guaranteed 10 nominees as part of its diversity efforts
Starting with the 94th Academy Awards in 2022, the Best Picture category will have a firm 10 nominees, rather than...
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Will Dick Wolf be held accountable for his misleading police shows?
Wolf's Law & Order, Chicago and FBI franchises have had an outsize influence on the collective imagination that have made...
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Bachelor Nation alums and fans sign a petition calling for the first black Bachelor
Rachel Lindsay joined fellow Bachelor franchise alums Tyler Cameron, Nick Viall, Lauren Burnham and thousands more in signing a Change.
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Posted Monday 6/08/20 at 10:13PM EDT
The CW is, on paper, one of the most diverse TV networks, yet it's still overwhelmingly white
Vanessa Morgan's calling out Riverdale's diversity issues last week, especially when it comes to black cast members, seems to be...
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Friends co-creator Marta Kauffman tears up in admitting she didn't do enough for diversity
"I wish I knew then what I know today,” an emotional Kauffman, who co-created Friends and Grace and Frankie, said...
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Posted Friday 6/05/20 at 3:01PM EDT
Rachel Lindsay: The Bachelor franchise's lack of diversity is "embarrassing" amid George Floyd protests
“When I look at what’s happening in our country, and then I look at the franchise, I can’t continue to...
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Riverdale creator apologizes to Vanessa Morgan, vows to change in response to diversity criticism
Showrunner Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa responded to Morgan's criticism on Twitter earlier this week -- in response to the George Floyd protests...
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Posted Friday 6/05/20 at 10:03AM EDT
Samantha Brown slams the "void of diversity" in travel, food and home improvement shows
The host of PBS' Samantha Brown's Places to Love called out that lack of diversity in a message that she...
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Posted Tuesday 6/02/20 at 7:52PM EDT
Riverdale's Vanessa Morgan: I'm used to bring token diversity to the show while being its least-paid series regular
In a statement posted to Twitter Sunday, Morgan wrote she's “tired of how black people are portrayed in Media, tired...
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Posted Saturday 5/23/20 at 4:35AM EDT
Insecure's Molly-Andrew relationship is helping to push back against racial bias in the real world
"The Molly-Andrew relationship is part of a larger cultural trend in which black women, especially those of medium-to-dark-brown complexions —...