The Directors Guild of America reported Tuesday that the number of minority and female directors increased during the 2016-17 television season.

According to the DGA 2016-17 Episodic TV Director Diversity Report, the percentage of episodes directed by ethnic minorities rose by 3 points to a record 22% of all episodes, while the share of episodes directed by women jumped 4 points to an all-time high of 21% of all episodes.

The increases comes as more content is being produced across the board. During the 2016-17 season more than 4,482 episodes were produced, an increase of 10% in total episodes compared with the 2015-16 season, and a 42% increase compared with five years ago, according to the report.

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Among studios producing content, Twentieth Century Fox Cos. was the most diverse among the top 10 largest studios, with 45% of its content directed by women and minorities, the DGA found. Netflix finished 10th with only 20.5% of its shows helmed by a minority or female director.

"While this report, and our recent report on hiring of first-time TV directors, reflect some progress overall, there are stark disparities among the major studios that raise questions about how committed to inclusion some employers really are," said DGA president Thomas Schlamme. "We want to make sure that every talented individual has an equal shot, and a path forward. But for that to happen, employers must expand their hiring processes to discover the world of capable directors hiding in plain sight. Frankly, it’s hard to understand why they're not doing more. Even if all the right reasons are not enough for them, they should at least be motivated by the bottom line – inclusion just makes good business sense."

As the cable industry devoted last week to diversity efforts, a new report from the Directors Guild of America has found that minorities and women are not regularly being hired to direct television

shows.

The percentage of episodes directed by white and minority females remained even year-to-year at a paltry 12% and 2%, respectively, according to the DGA report, which looked at more than 3,500

episodes of more than 220 series produced in the 2013-14 network-television season and the 2013 cabletelevision season.

The only year-to-year gains were made by minority males, who directed 17% of show episodes compared to 14% last year. But a closer look reveals that all of those gains were made by one director,

Tyler Perry, who directed every episode of the three series that he has on OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network: The Haves and Have Nots, For Better or for Worse and Love Thy Neighbor. The percentage of

episodes directed by Caucasian males decreased from 72% in 2012-13 to 69% in 2013-14.

Translated, women and minority males combined still directed just three out of every 10 television series episodes, according to the DGA.

National Cable & Telecommunications Association CEO Michael Powell said during last week’s NAMIC Conference that the best way to ensure that the industry continues to make gains in minority and

female employment is to make sure there’s a strong and full pipeline of qualified executives waiting in the wings.

It’s hard to believe that there aren’t many talented female and minority directors awaiting their chance to showcase their skills behind the camera. They have to be given a chance.

DGA president Paris Barclay said as much in his statement regarding the report. “Unfortunately, it can be shockingly difficult to convince the people who control hiring to make even small

improvements to their hiring practices,” he said. “People often say, ‘Everybody is responsible for diversity,’ but in the end, that often means that nobody takes responsibility. It’s time for the people who

make the hiring decisions — be they studios, networks, production companies, or individual producers — to stop making excuses, stop passing the buck, and start living up to the country’s promise and

possibility by providing true equal opportunity.”