Hollywood Fails Latest Test of Diversity With Fall TV Lineup
- Minority executive producers up by less than 2 percentage pts
- Networks say they’re working hard to broaden hiring practices
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For all Hollywood’s talk about diversity, the major broadcast networks have made little progress this year in hiring more women and minorities, according to data compiled by Bloomberg and confirmed by the companies.
About 89 percent of executive producers of new series airing this season on the four U.S. broadcast networks are white, and 79 percent are male. Minorities have advanced by less than two percentage points since the 2016-2017 TV season, and women of color claimed fewer executive producer spots than they did a year ago at the two networks that provided data.