ConStar's Pilot Watch: Cristela
Cristela started off a bit rough, but pleasantly surprised me in the end. A solid show featuring a funny Latino family with an opportunity to break stereotypes along the way.
Race and Television
Minority actors land the lead roles in fall’s diverse TV lineup | New York Post
Check out the Post’s article on the PoC led dramas coming this fall. And a few are led by women! Numbers are getting better, but no where near where they need to be. The link and a couple of quotes below. With “Scandal” commanding $200,970 per 30-second advertising spot, it’s a cash cow.“The color Hollywood loves the most […]
Link: This Is What Black People Watch And Don't Watch On Premium Cable
This Is What Black People Watch And Don’t Watch On Premium Cable Wow all sorts of great articles about black TV viewership and creation today! This one is about black premium cable audiences. It seems that black people have higher percentages on black shows (new Starz series Power, The Wire and the short-lived No 1 […]
Why it matters that FX’s ‘Tyrant’ didnt cast a Middle Eastern actor in its lead role
Why it matters that FX’s ‘Tyrant’ didnt cast a Middle Eastern actor in its lead role Check out this Hit Fix article on new FX show Tyrant and the writer’s concerns about the lead actor, playing a Middle Eastern character, being cast as white. That, friends, is why it is important that FX is premiering a […]
Emmys: 'Orange Is the New Black's' Uzo Aduba Makes a Plea to Voters Guest Column – The Hollywood Reporter
Emmys: ‘Orange Is the New Black’s’ Uzo Aduba Makes a Plea to Voters Guest Column – The Hollywood Reporter. I’ve been neglecting this blog (and other writing) recently (life is getting super busy and I haven’t quite adjusted yet), but Emmy season is fast approaching and I hope to have more time to discuss shows as […]
Upfronts 2014: Black-ish
The show makes me both excited and nervous. I’m excited to see a black family on television. I’m even more excited to see a black family in a network single camera sitcom. But oh boy am I nervous. The title alone is a little worrisome–black-ish implies that through their middle class lifestyle, they’re not fully black, only a little black or sort of black. Hopefully the show addresses this with comedy and class.
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Upfronts 2014: Hieroglyph
Just how gorgeous is this image? (I love and wear gold eyeliner.) I’ve been excited about Hieroglyph since I heard about it for several reasons. Number 1 being diversity. From the trailer, the cast seems really mixed. Often, tales in Egypt get whitewashed (then tanned), but this story actually includes people of color. Exciting! Also, I […]
Phylicia Rashad on Modern Sitcoms via Clutch
Phylicia Rashad Isn’t Happy With The Current State Of Sitcoms | Clutch Magazine. I love Phylicia Rashad. She’s so elegant and mature and statuesque. She’s a queen of 80s sitcoms and the queen of all black sitcoms, in my opinion. She has some observations on how modern television works in comparison to when she was […]
Link: Bringing Diversity to TV: Whose Job Is It? | Hyphen magazine – Asian American arts, culture, and politics
Bringing Diversity to TV: Whose Job Is It? | Hyphen magazine – Asian American arts, culture, and politics To be frank, it’s a huge deal that she [Mindy Kaling] has her own show at all, and she’s undoubtedly broken lots of barriers and paved the way for more women of color to do the same […]
HBO Uses Hip Hop To Lure Black Audiences To 'Game Of Thrones' ~ Black Girl Nerds
HBO Uses Hip Hop To Lure Black Audiences To ‘Game Of Thrones’ ~ Black Girl Nerds Jamie at Black Girl Nerds makes some excellent points and correlations, HBO needs to skip the “hip-hopification” and actually get some diversity both on their existing shows and upcoming ones. You can’t claim Issa Rae is coming to your […]