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Lemon, Adlon Headline Virtual Promax Confab
By Jon Lafayette last updated
CNN’s Don Lemon and Pamela Adlon of FX’s Better Things headline this year’s Promax conference, which will have a very different look because of COVID-19 and new demands for diversity.
Awesomeness Sets Show on Being a Black Teenager
By Jon Lafayette published
ViacomCBS’s Awesomeness is launching a new five-part series with an episode entitled What It’s Like to Be a Black Teen in America.
Sunwise’s Handy in Effort to Push Hollywood Diversity
By Jon Lafayette published
L.A. Urban League, Editors Guild look to create below-the-line jobs pipeline
The Black Lives Matter Protests: How the Video Business Is Responding
By Daniel Toy last updated
From reality shows that glorify police brutality, to movie classics that perpetuate harmful stereotypes, how the major SVOD services and TV networks are rising to the challenge of better curating their program libraries
‘Simpsons’ Ends White Actors Playing Non-White Characters
By Jon Lafayette last updated
“Moving forward, The Simpsons will no longer have white actors voice non-white characters,” the long-running show said in a statement released by Fox Entertainment.
Paramount Network Gives ‘Yellowstone’ TV’s Biggest Promo Push
By Eleanor Semeraro, Analyst and Contributor, TV[R]EV published
And more from Promo Mojo, our exclusive weekly ranking of the programming networks are promoting most heavily
Nick News Makes Return With Special on Race
By Jon Lafayette published
Kids, Race and Unity, A Nick News Special will appear June 29 at 7 p.m. hosted by Alicia Keys.
Court TV Race Special to Air on All Katz Nets
By Jon Lafayette published
Court TV is planning an original news special looking at the criminal justice system’s relationship with black Americans.
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