Summary

This is the seventh in a series of annual reports to examine relationships between diversity and the bottom line in the Hollywood entertainment industry. Part 1, which focuses on 2018 and 2019 Hollywood theatrical films, was released in February 2020. This report, Part 2, considers the latest two television seasons since the previous Hollywood Diversity Report release — the 2017-18 and 2018-19 seasons. It examines 453 scripted broadcast, cable and digital platform television shows from the 201718 season and 463 such shows from 2018-19 in order to document the degree to which women and people of color are present in front of and behind the camera. It discusses any patterns between these findings and conventional and social media audience ratings.