Posted on 11/10/2020 5:14:28 PM PST by conservative98
CBS has announced that at least half the cast of the popular and long running reality game shows, including Survivor and Big Brother, will be made up of nonwhite contestants.
“The reality TV genre is an area that’s especially underrepresented, and needs to be more inclusive across development, casting, production and all phases of storytelling,” George Cheeks, president and chief executive officer for the CBS Entertainment Group, said in a statement. “As we strive to improve all of these creative aspects, the commitments announced today are important first steps in sourcing new voices to create content and further expanding the diversity in our unscripted programming, as well as on our network.”
The network made a pledge on Monday that half of future casts will be made up of blacks, indigenous, or other people of color, according to Entertainment Weekly. The network is also applying the new casting rule to its other reality game show Love Island.
The change in hiring comes on the tail of charges from a group of contestants who claim that Survivor and producer Jeff Probst are biased in favor of white players. The group, calling itself the Black Survivor Alliance, aimed to bring “light to our collective experience with implicit bias and racism on and off the show.”
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Ya know... they could’ve just DONE it without the pre virtue signaling.
Really - there wouldn’t be a problem with a 100% non-white cast if they found interesting people (I’m including Hispanics and Asians and the Dutch in that)
This infantile obsession with race percentages is just stupid.
There were three to choose from, and it was intentional. It still stimulates healthy conversation today.
No thanks, would still prefer classic TV instead.
We stopped watching that show many years ago. Can’t believe it’s still on. Boston Rob is a AARP member now isn’t he?
So effn WHAT!
Used to be REAL programs on the prime time. Now there isnt ONE GOOD one in the whole works.
And just who watches this stuff?
I guess they shouldn’t be surprised when the ratings take a 50% (or more) fall.
Chicongo, Jungle Survivor.
CBS can do ass they wish. I haven’t watched that network since the early 1990’s. Same with ABC and NBC.
I want to see a Survivor cast of all gay people.
THAT should be entertaining.
Why don’t they just do it instead of talking about it? Most people don’t really care that much. We would enjoy the show just as much. I don’t know anyone who would complain or stop watching. It would not scare me away. The fact that they have to make such an announcement is kind of proof that they are racist all along.
I want to see a Survivor cast of all gay people.
THAT should be entertaining.
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Put a glass wall around the make-up island at Bloomingdale’s...all you need.
I’ve never watched either show, this won’t get me to watch it. I figure the reality shows are all rigged.
I was think the same thing. Why would anyone waste time watching completely fake programing.
Any award show: “And the winner of who is the most black, the most asian, the most whatever a hispanic is.....”
Not the best mind, the most popular, just racist diatribe.
Great.
25% attractive Latin women.
25% attractive Asian women.
50% White guys.
Quota met.
Boston Rob is still married to Amber.
IF they do-—I am done watching Survivor & I LOVED Jeff Probst.
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