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More evidence of regression in diversity in TV in terms of gender & ageism. Percentage of women creators of original TV shows down by 25% in just 2 years since Covid. Would be interested to know which producers Katja Meier tried pitching her script to. https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/jan/24/the-industry-is-broken-writer-wants-ageism-and-sexism-in-television-left-on-cutting-room-floor?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

‘The industry is broken’: TV writer funds pilot after being told to cut female lead’s age by 20 years

Katja Meier was told to make the protagonist of her television series 20 years younger … so she decided to find funding and film the pilot herself

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Siobhan Dowd

@MattBorn I heard a historian say recently that history teaches us that no societal progress is by any means secure and rights that have been won are often taken away again. Something frighteningly evident in recent times.

1 year ago

Sarah Lee

@SiobhanDowd Agreed and what is happening in terms of women’s rights in the US is unbelievably scary

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Toral Dixit

@MattBorn you mention age and gender, I think you'll find that ethnicity has fallen significantly. Some small improvements were made ( at mid/ junior levels).. but these too has now been eroded... In a landscape that was already shocking.

1 year ago

Sarah Lee

@ToralDixit and what is even more depressing is we can see hits on our ‘diverse search’ tab are also down.

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‘The industry is broken’: TV writer funds pilot after being told to cut female lead’s age by 20 years