HBO Max cancelling Gordita Chronicles, a critically acclaimed show featuring a prominent Latino cast, is a blow to a community of actors and viewers that don't get enough representation in media.
, Latinos accounted for barely 7% of lead roles on broadcast TV in the 2019-2020 season. On cable and streaming channels, they fared even worse, collecting just 5.7% of lead roles.USC’s Annenberg Inclusion Initiative found that in 2019 — the last full year of movie releases before the pandemic — Latinos didn’t even account for 5% of roles in that year’s 100 most popular films.
The Walt Disney Co. was the industry leader, albeit on the wrong side: That year it didn’t hire a single director who wasn’t white, and it didn’t cast a single woman fromData on who starred in and made the 100 most popular films in 2019. Zaslav and his team run a public company, whose shareholders expect Warner Bros. Discovery to follow the best strategies for profitability. So they’re under no obligation to keep making a show likeBut Latinos make up a disproportionate share of the entertainment audience. Latinos account for
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