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Posted Thursday 8/06/20 at 3:44AM EDT
Black voice actress from Star Wars: The Clone Wars was shocked she didn't get a chance to audition for Big Mouth and Central Park
"Imagine my surprise when I learned that so many Black roles I never even got the chance to audition for...
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Posted Friday 7/31/20 at 3:27AM EDT
Supergirl's David Harewood says Black British actors move to the U.S. because British TV doesn't "support" them
Harewood, who's known for his roles in Homeland and Supergirl, said of the struggle of Black British actors in the...
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Posted Tuesday 7/28/20 at 8:20PM EDT
Emmys broke new ground in diversity with 41% nonwhite acting nominees
The Wrap found that of 115 nominations in all acting categories, including voice-over and short form series, 49 of the...
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Netflix tops HBO with a record 160 Emmy nominations -- Watchmen leads all shows with 26 Emmy nods
Last year, HBO earned a record 137 nominations, the most for a single year.
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Posted Monday 7/27/20 at 7:32PM EDT
In the last five years, 82% of Primetime Emmy nominations went to white people
"From 2015 to 2019, 82% of the nominees in 19 prime-time Emmy categories were white, including more than three-fourths of...
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Posted Thursday 7/16/20 at 1:18PM EDT
HBO's Tiger Woods documentary filmmaker expresses regret over lack of diversity
Emmy-winning documentary filmmaker Geeta Gandbhir criticized the two-part documentary Tiger, helmed by Matthew Heineman and executive produced by Alex Gibney,...
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Posted Thursday 7/16/20 at 1:44AM EDT
The Bold Type's Aisha Dee calls out the lack of diversity behind the scenes
“For the first time in my career, I got to play a character who was centered in her own narrative,”...
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Posted Wednesday 7/15/20 at 2:22PM EDT
NAACP and CBS Television Studios form a multi-year partnership agreement
The partnership will aim to elevate a diverse range of voices as well as increasing the visibility of Black artists.
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Posted Monday 7/13/20 at 5:55PM EDT
CBS wants at least 40% of its writers to be Black, indigenous or people of color by the 2021-22 season
The network today announced it is earmarking 25% of its future script-development money to projects with BIPOC creators or producers.
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Posted Monday 7/13/20 at 11:06AM EDT
CNN is launching “a new and expanded race team" to tackle race and systemic racism
"We are pleased to share the news of a new and expanded race team, which will contribute to all CNN...
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Posted Wednesday 7/08/20 at 2:50AM EDT
W. Kamau Bell talks rejecting Tucker Carlson's invite, says diverse late-night hosts can't succeed without patience
Bell tells The Last Laugh podcast that it's hard to have diversity in late-night, if you don't stick with shows.
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Posted Tuesday 7/07/20 at 4:29PM EDT
New NBC News boss pledges to make his staff 50% female and 50% people of color
NBC Universal News Group Chairman Cesar Conde pledged on Tuesday to create a more diverse staff, but he didn't announce...
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Vanderpump Rules shows how reality TV racism can be systemic
Bravo has justified avoiding diversity on its Real Housewives shows by saying they "follow groups of friends who are organically...
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Posted Friday 7/03/20 at 4:09AM EDT
Enough with TV's dependence on white women warriors!
Netflix's Warrior Nun, Amazon's Hanna Season 2 and Netflix's Cursed are all premiering seasons this month with one thing in...
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Posted Wednesday 7/01/20 at 10:35AM EDT
Black Survivor alums complain about being stereotyped
The recent Black Lives Matter protests have galvanized Black Survivor alumni in a private Facebook action to demand CBS makes...