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Notes on Production Data
• This Report is an overview of
“All TV/Theatrical Productions”,
consisting of:
Theatrical Feature Presentations
Low Budget g Presentations
(under $3.75million)
Television Episodic
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(i.e. TV Series & Mini-Series)
Non-Episodic
Non Episodic (i.e. TV Movies & Pilots)
Excludes Animation
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Notes on Data Collection

• Data Collection:
“Eye-ball”
Eye-ball determinations of:
Age / Gender

Ethnicity

DISABILITY REMAINS UNCOUNTED

 2007 Casting Data
Sh
Shows Highest
Hi h t Minority
Mi it
Representation on Record for 2nd
Straight Year
2006:
27 7% non-Caucasian
27.7% C i performers
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200
2007:
29.3% non-Caucasian performers

2008:
27 5% non-Caucasian
27.5% C i performers
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 Share of All 2007 TV/Theatrical Roles
(Excluding Animation)

African
American Latino /
14.8% Unknown /
Hispanic Other
6.7% Asian / Pacific
3.4% 4.1% N.American
Indian
0.30%

Caucasian
C i
70.7%

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 Share of All 2008 TV/Theatrical Roles
(Excluding Animation)

African
American
Latino /
13.3%
Hispanic Unknown /
6.4% Asian / Pacific
Other N. American
3.8%
3.8% Indian
0.30%

Caucasian
72.5%

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 Share of All 2007 TV/Theatrical Roles
(Excluding Animation)
74 4%
74.4%
70.7%
68.9%

16.0%
13.2% 14.8%

7.4% 6.7%
5.9% 3.8%
2.5% 4.1% 4.4% 3.4% 4.1%
0 2%
0.2% 0 4%
0.4% 0 3%
0.3%

Lead Roles Supporting Roles All Roles

Caucasian African Amer. Latino/Hispanic Asian/Pacific Unknown/Other N. Amer. Indian

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 Share of All 2008 TV/Theatrical Roles
(Excluding Animation)
76.0%
71.0% 72.5%

14.4% 13.3%
11.8%
7.3% 6.4%
5.2%
3.4% 3.5% 4.1% 4.1% 3.8% 3.8%
0 1%
0.1% 0.4%
0 4% 0 3%
0.3%

Lead Roles Supporting Roles All Roles

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 A Look Back: 2002 - 2008
Share of All TV/Theatrical Roles
((Excluding
g Animation))
81% 74.4%
72.3% 72.5%

15.5% 14.5%
13.7% 13.3%
6.0% 5 6%
5.6% 4% 6.4%
3.0% 3.4% 3.3% 3.8% 3.8%
2.5% 3.1%
2.2%
0.20% 0.20% 0.20% 0.30%

2002 2004 2006 2008

Caucasian African Amer. Latino/Hispanic
Asian/Pacific Unknown/Other N. Amer. Indian

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 80.0%
Caucasian
79.1%
78.0%

76.0%

74.0%
72.5%

A Look
L k Back:
B k 1998-
1998 2008 72 0%
72.0%

70.7%
Share of All TV/Theatrical Roles 70.0%
(Excluding Animation)
68.0%

16.0%
15.5%
14.0%
African American
13.4% 13.3%
12.0%

10.0%

8.0%

6.7% 6.7%
6.0%
6.4%

Latino / Hispanic Asian / Pacific

4.0% 3.5% 3.8%
Unknown / Other
Asian / Pacific 2.1%
2.0% 3.8%
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/ Other 1.6%
0.40%
0.24% 0.30%
0.0%
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
 Share of All 2007 TV/Theatrical Roles
(Excluding Animation)

Under 40 40 and Over

72%
69%
66%

56% 57% 56%

41% 41% 42%

31%
28%
25%

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L d Male
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 Share of All 2008 TV/Theatrical Roles
(Excluding Animation)
Under 40 40 and Over

72%
70%
68%

56% 57%
55%

42% 42% 42%

29% 30%
27%

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M l Male
M l Leads
L d Male
M l All Female
F l Female
F l Female
F l
Roles Supporting Roles Leads Supporting

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 Casting Data Compared to U.S. Census
2008 Casting Data 2000 U.S. Census
69.0%

58.6%
56.0%
54.8%

45.2%
41.0% 41.4%

28.0%

MEN: Under 40 MEN: 40 and Over WOMEN: Under 40 WOMEN: 40 and Over
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 72.5% 73.4% Casting Data Compared to U.S. Census
C ti D
2008 Casting t
Data U S Census
2000 U.S. C

13.3%
11.5% 10.6%
6 4%
6.4%
3.8% 3.7%
0.30% 0.79%

Caucasian African Amer. Latino/Hispanic Asian/Pacific N. Amer. Indian

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 POINTS OF INTEREST
For Ethnicity
Asian / Pacific Islander
! Only ethnic category to gain in percentage of roles from
2007 to 2008, increasing from 3.4% of all roles to 3.8% of
all roles. Although features and low budget productions
saw decreases in proportion to total roles
roles, increases in
episodic television were enough to offset losses in the
other categories.

African American
! Showed the largest
g drop in proportion to total roles,
falling from 14.8% in 2007 to 13.3% of total roles in 2008.
Each category of production saw a decrease, lead by low
budget
g theatrical p
productions. In 2008, African Americans
constituted 9.5% of low budget roles, which was down
6.5% from the 16% of roles reported in 2007.
 POINTS OF INTEREST
For Ethnicity
Latino / Hispanic
! Finished slightly down in proportion of roles from 2007 to
2008, with most of the losses coming in the lead role
category.. Lead roles in features for this category
category
constituted only around 3.4%
3 4% of roles in 2008,
2008 compared
to 7.2% of lead roles in features in 2007.

A
American
i Indian
I di
! Held steady at 0.3% of all roles fro each of the last two
years. While the feature film, low budget
y g and episodic
television categories all dropped in proportion to total
roles, increases in non-
non-episodic television roles kept their
overall pproportion
p from all productions
p steady.
y
 POINTS OF INTEREST
For Ethnicity
Unknown / Other
! After reaching an all-
all-time high in 2007 with 4.1%
4 1% of total
roles, those identified as “Unknown/Other” dropped in
proportion to total roles to 3.8% in 2008. Each category of
production saw a decrease
decrease, with the exception of lead
roles in low budget theatrical productions, going from
2.3% in 2007 to 4% in 2008.

Caucasian
! Caucasian roles as a proportion of total roles crept up in
2008, after falling each of the previous two years.
Caucasians made up 72.5% of all roles in 2008, accounting
for 74% of roles in feature films and 71.9% of roles in
episodic television.
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