UCLA’s Entertainment and Media Research Initiative has unveiled its latest Hollywood Diversity Report, this time focusing on streaming television in 2023, and it found that “streaming audiences want new offerings, diverse stories as most watched metrics fall short of capturing the market.” According to the report, set to be released Tuesday, streaming audiences have a […]

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UCLA Diversity Report Finds White Men Dominate Most-Watched Streaming Shows as Lead Actors, Series Creators

The study finds that women and people of color remain underrepresented in key creative and lead roles though they are a crucial demographic when it comes to viewership.

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UCLA’s Hollywood Diversity Report argues total minutes viewed does not fully capture the market for streaming series, or win over new subscribers.

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A UCLA report found that white men continue to dominate most-watched streaming shows (unsurprising, given the lack of diversity within "second-screen content.")

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Who Wants To Stream Shows About Straight White Men? Everyone, Apparently

Women continue to lead overall streaming engagement and shows led by people of color have enjoyed higher ratings across demographics, the latest UCLA Hollywood Diversity Report finds. But despite those gains, the researchers found that actors of color were represented in only 24% of the most-watched shows on streaming platforms in 2023 and that 80% of the top series were led by white actors. The newest iteration of the report, released Tuesday a…

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UCLA Study Finds 80% of Top Streaming Series Led by White Actors

When she won her Oscar in 2018, Frances McDormand perfectly captured the zeitgeist with an acceptance speech that concluded, “I have two words to leave with you tonight, ladies and gentlemen: inclusion rider.” Back then, of course, Hollywood was the epicenter of resistance: to Donald Trump, to sexual harassment, to the lack of race and […] The post Hollywood’s Diversity Villain & Streaming’s Insidious Bill appeared first on Puck.

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LOS ANGELES — Despite new parameters, UCLA's latest TV diversity
study has found that women and people of color remain underrepresented
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UCLA study: showrunners, creators, and lead actors across streaming TV in 2023 tended to be white and male, while shows with BIPOC leads outperformed others

Despite higher percentages of minority viewers, a new Hollywood diversity study conducted by UCLA found that nearly 78% of the leads in 250 scripted  – not reality — series streaming across myriad platforms in 2023, were white, predominantly male, actors. The “UCLA Hollywood Diversity Report Presents: Streaming Television in 2023” found that minority actors represented … Continue reading "UCLA Hollywood Diversity Study Finds Vast Majority of Lea…

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