Diversity in broadcast U.S. TV series by number of titles 2019

In 2019 only three percent of debut television series from broadcast TV had highly diverse casts in the United States. 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 highly diverse casts had dropped from 2017 to 2019.

Diversity in annual top 100 broadcast television debuts in the United States from 2017 to 2019. by number of titles

Characteristic	Non-diverse	Moderately diverse	Highly diverse
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October 2020

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Region

United States

Survey time period

2017 to 2019

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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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