Latinos continue to be underrepresented in streaming shows, new UCLA report finds
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Latinos remain severely underrepresented in the television industry, according to UCLA’s latest Hollywood Diversity Report.Released Tuesday, the report examined the top 250 series available on streaming, including both library offerings and current titles.
Overall, it revealed a steep fall in cultural diversity among 2024’s top comedies and dramas, as well as fewer projects created by people of color and women.For Latinos, representation on screen and behind the camera is scarce.Only 1.1% of the top streaming scripted shows were created by Latinos.
Of the top streaming comedies and dramas, 3.3% had Latino lead actors and 5.2% were co-led by Latino actors.When looking exclusively at current streaming shows (excluding library titles), 1.1% were created by Latinos and 6.2% were led by Latino actors.UCLA’s Hollywood Diversity Report dates back to 2014.
The first iteration of the study used data that had been collected since 2011.Ana-Christina Ramón, UCLA’s director of the Entertainment and Media Research Initiative, says that this level of underrepresentation across all kinds of media is nothing new.
“It’s a consistent finding in our reports.But the numbers are such a stark level of underrepresentation because of the fact that we’re almost 20% of the population,” said Ramón.
“Even when the numbers are a little bit better, they’re never close to where they should be.”This lack of representation isn’t exclusive to the Latino population.The report found that four out of five leads in the most-watched streaming comedies and dramas were white actors, and white men account for nearly 79% of all show creators — leaving nearly every other race and ethnicity severely marginalized.The downward trend comes at a time when President Trump has consistently targeted and called to end all diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.
As a result, much of Hollywood has ...