Posted on 05/18/2016 8:22:34 AM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
When CBS ordered six new shows last week, fans on Twitter pointed out the one thing they all had in common: The top-billed actor in each was white and male.
Soon observers began to accuse the broadcaster of not doing enough to cast women and actors of color at a time when the rest of the industry was making strides in that direction.
On Wednesday, CBS unveiled its fall schedule to reporters and network executives were asked about the network’s “male-centered” lineup.
“We are the network that has Madam Secretary and Two Broke Girls and Mom – we have lots of female leads, we have a great balance,” said CBS Entertainment president Glenn Geller. “Actually our new series are more diverse this year than last year. When Doubt premieres, I’m happy to say it’s the first broadcast series to feature a transgender series regular played by a transgender actor. I think that’s phenomenal. We are definitely moving in the right direction.”
NCIS is replacing Tony Dinozzo with a Black actor! I watched it last night as Tony left NCIS. When the Black guy was left as his replacement I yelled “NO”! I bet Gibbs never slaps the back of the Black guy’s Head!
The Amazing Race will probably have twice as many gay teams now...
I don’t care if they’re green or purple, or male or female but stop with all the gays. Enough already. We’ve all but quit watching the idiot box because of gay this and gay that. That and the lying msm. The boob tube is on now but it’s some old black and white movie when men were men.
One of the Worst NCIS episodes ever. Worst ever was when Gibbs helped an openly homosexual kid enlist in the Corps.
But...on the bright side, they did not bring back the homosexual agent to replace Dinozzo.
I think CBS is confusing “diverse” with “perverse.”
I defy any one who has watched prime time television in the last 20 years to say that a lack of “diversity” is the problem. The problem is that most of what’s being produced today is out right politically correct garbage! Let’s see, you make up 13% of population and 30 to 40% of what’s on television and you say that you are under represented?
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