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Diversity Is Selling Again in Prime Time

Some of this year's biggest hits on prime time, network TV feature blacks, Hispanics and Asians in major roles. They're produced and written by staffs that reflect America's ethnic diversity. Is the world of popular entertainment really changing — or going through one stage in a familiar cycle?

By Warren Olney • Mar 20, 2015 • 51m Listen

Some of this year's biggest hits on prime time, network TV feature blacks, Hispanics and Asians in major roles. They're produced and written by staffs that reflect America's ethnic diversity. Is the world of popular entertainment really changing— or going through one stage in a familiar cycle?

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Warren Olney
former KCRW broadcaster
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Diversity Is Selling Again in Prime Time

Some of this year's biggest hits on prime time, network TV feature blacks, Hispanics and Asians in major roles. They're produced and written by staffs that reflect America's ethnic diversity. Is the world of popular entertainment really changing — or going through one stage in a familiar cycle?

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Diversity Is Selling Again in Prime Time

Some of this year's biggest hits on prime time, network TV feature blacks, Hispanics and Asians in major roles. They're produced and written by staffs that reflect America's ethnic diversity. Is the world of popular entertainment really changing — or going through one stage in a familiar cycle?

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