In 2019 only four percent of debut television series from cable TV had highly diverse casts in the United States. However, a study looking at the share of nonwhite cast members in the annual top 100 debuts in the United States found that the number of titles with non-diverse casts had decreased from 20 titles in 2017 to 16 in 2019.
Diversity in annual top 100 cable television debuts in the United States from 2017 to 2019, by number of titles
the study evaluated 380 scripted television debuts
Supplementary notes
Non diverse: U.S. first-run television scripted series premiere in which less than 40% of the series regular cast is nonwhite.
Moderately diverse: U.S. first-run television scripted series premiere in which at least 40% but less than 60% of the series regular cast is nonwhite.
Highly diverse: U.S. first-run television scripted series premiere in which at least 60% of the series regular cast is nonwhite.
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Parrot Analytics. (October 5, 2020). Diversity in annual top 100 cable television debuts in the United States from 2017 to 2019, by number of titles [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1182486/diversity-in-cable-tv-debuts-usa/
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Parrot Analytics. (2020). Diversity in annual top 100 cable television debuts in the United States from 2017 to 2019, by number of titles. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1182486/diversity-in-cable-tv-debuts-usa/
Parrot Analytics. "Diversity in Annual Top 100 Cable Television Debuts in The United States from 2017 to 2019, by Number of Titles." Statista, Statista Inc., 5 Oct 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1182486/diversity-in-cable-tv-debuts-usa/
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