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77% of TV shows have no women creators. Here’s how that ripples across the industry
By Yvonne Villarreal – Staff Writer
Sep. 4, 2019For the 2018-19 season, 96% of TV programs had no women directors of photography; 79% had no women directors; 77% had no women editors; and 77% had no women creators.
As a number of female-fronted TV shows, including “Veep” and “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” vie for Emmys later this month, a study released Wednesday finds that “historic highs” for women in television still leave them vastly underrepresented in key behind-the-scenes roles.
Read this entire article – 77% of TV shows have no women creators. Here’s how that ripples across the industry via The Los Angeles Times
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