During the 2020-21 TV season, a study found that streaming companies put more women in positions of creative power than broadcast networks did, though broadcasters featured slightly more women as m…
During the 2020-21 TV season, a study found that streaming companies put more women in positions of creative power than broadcast networks did, though broadcasters featured slightly more women as major characters in their shows. But a year later, that same study has found that streamers now beat out networks on both fronts by slight margins.,” has been run by Dr.
When analyzing for both gender and race, streamers and broadcasters had differing levels of broadcast. 28% of streaming shows feature Black women as major characters, and 7% feature Latinas as major characters, compared to 21% and 3%, but streamers feature Asian women in major roles 15% of the time versus 10% on broadcast.
According to Boxed In, on streaming shows, 42% of major female characters are in their 30s while only 15% are in their 40s. Broadcasters followed suit, with 33% in their 30s and 14% in their 40s. More specifically, women accounted for 38% of executive producers on streaming programs versus 29% on broadcast programs. Women comprised 29% of directors working on streaming programs but 18% on broadcast programs.