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The U.S. is increasingly diverse, but is television programming keeping pace with the changing demographics of America? As part of Nielsen’s commitment to social justice, they are releasing their first ever report on the state of representation and inclusion on TV. The report will look at aggregate data for broadcast, cable and SVOD (subscription video on demand) programs to measure representation of on-screen talent by gender, race, ethnicity and sexual orientation.
- Overall, the representation of diverse identity groups on-screen in TV programming is low across all platforms-broadcast, cable, and subscription video on demand (SVOD).
- Across all TV, Native Americans’ share of screen is less than one quarter of their presence in population estimates.
- Among the 300 most-viewed programs in 2019, 92% had some level of diversity in the cast (i.e. women, people of color, or LGBTQ+) but few had parity of representation on-screen.
- White non-Hispanic, Black/African American, and LGBTQ+ are the most represented when compared to their population estimates whereas women, Hispanics, Asians, and Native Americans were significantly less represented.
- SVOD programming fares better for inclusion when compared to cable and broadcast, and well represents several identity groups.
- Hispanic/Latinx women are consistently and significantly less represented across all platforms.
- Women are not well represented in any single genre. The highest representation for women is in science fiction, drama, comedy, and horror.
- News does prominently feature LGBTQ talent on-screen.
- Of the top 300 programs across broadcast, cable and SVOD, only 2.3% have non-binary representation.
View the full report here.