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Diversity In TV Down 12% With Hispanic Representation Particularly Low, Samba TV Reports

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TV appears to have taken a bit of a hit on the diversity front in the first half of the year. According to a new report from Samba TV, while diversity in the United States continue to grow, that is not being represented on the small screen.

The company says that representation of non-white leads on television was down 12% year-over-year. Breaking that down even further, Samba reports that just 39% of the top-billed actors in the top 50 TV shows of 2023 were non-white.

Hispanic actors took the hardest hit, accounting for just 6% of top-billed actors in those shows — a 40% decrease in representation year-over-year.

The company used first-party data to determine the Top 25 shows each from linear and streaming that were released in January through May of 2024.

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