Television broadcast screens had a much higher percentage of female players than their opposing broadcast and cable numbers in 2019-20, according to an annual report from San Diego State University on gender representation on television released Thursday.
Streaming (Amazon, Hulu, Netflix, Apple TV and Disney) is also leading the way by employing women in strength positions as an entertainment creator, executive producer, screenwriter and director, according to the “Boxed In” report.
According to the study, published Thursday through the Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film of the SDSU, 42% of the originals broadcast featured female protagonists, explained as “characters from the point of view from which the story is tell. men on behalf. The sets accounted for the remaining 16% of the transmission service schedule.
Women accounted for 27% of the cable’s protagonists (including A
On all platforms, 37% of the programs had male protagonists, 29% and 33% of sets; the percentage of female characters overall decreased slightly, from 45% in 2018-19 to 43% in 2019-20.
On the streaming side, the report indicates that women’s representation has reached “historical dimensions” in camera position types where decisions are made that influence who is seen on the screen. Progress was vital in the realization, where the percentage of women went from 15% in 2018-19 to 32% in 2019-20, and the director of photography, who went from 3% of women in 2018-2019 to 17% in new relationship.
However, when transmission and cable numbers are combined with transmission, the percentage of applicants such as creators, directors, writers, executive producers, producers, publishers and cinematographers remained at 31%, the same number recorded a year earlier.
“The proceeds show that streamers outperigh TV and cable channels by recruiting key women behind the scenes and telling stories from a female perspective,” said Martha Lauzen, executive director of the Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film. the report.
Women reached a record 28% as series authors, expanding after years of stagnation Another finding is that the importance of women in those positions of power, since systems with at least one author hired more women in key behind-the-scenes positions and those in which at least one woman acted as an executive manufacturer featured more feminine protagonists.
“Boxed In” also measured the roles of women based on race and ethnicity on television platforms.
The percentage of black female characters is higher (17% in 2018-19 to 20% in 2019-20), as is the percentage of Asian women (7% in 2018-19 to 8% in 2019-20).
However, the percentage of Latin characters has fallen (6% in 2018-19 to 5% in 2019-20).
“Latinas remain underrepresented in relation to their representation in the American population,” the report says.
In television networks, the percentage of black women playing the main characters has more than doubled, from 12% to 26%, over the past decade, while Asian female representation is higher (5% to 8%) and Latin representation remained flat. (5%).
White accounted for 66% of the characters, four percent less than in 2018-19.
The study found that female characters are younger than their male counterparts. Most women (58%) they were between 20 and 30 years old, while 53% of men were between the ages of 30 and 40. be noticed at work.
In 2019-20, “Boxed In” followed more than 4,100 characters and 4,200 credits of scenes from dramas, comedies and truth shows. In 23 years, the studio has followed more than 47,000 characters and 59,000 generic scenes.