TBS 1 Detour 0 TNT TV Land 0 USA Drama 0 VH1 0 Internet: Platform Number of Shows Series/Pilot names (Series/Pilots) that Hired PwDs Amazon 2 Borsch, Love You More CBS Internet 0 Crackle 0 Epix 0 Hulu 3 Chance, Difficult People, The Path Netflix 2 Lady Dynamite, Master of None It is important to note that Web pilots and series also auditioned and hired performers with disabilities, dispelling the myth of increased production costs: Don’t Shoot the Messenger, D.P.W, FDR, Guidance, Life Interrupted, Lunch Time Special, My Gimpy Life, Overexposed The Connection between Auditioning and Hiring In terms of comparing auditions to hires of performers with disabilities for the July 1, 2016 July 31, 2017 data collection phase, here is the data: – Total of Auditions vs Hires of Performers with Disabilities by Platform Platforms Number of Shows Number of Shows (Series/Pilots) that (Series/Pilots) that hired Auditioned PwD PWDs Network Totals 45 20 Cable Totals 31 17 Internet Totals 15 6 The grand total of these platforms combined is as follows: 91 shows/pilots auditioned performers with disabilities, 43 show/pilots hired performers with disabilities. This means that for the above indicated timeframe, 60% of all shows/pilots auditioned and 28.5% of all shows/pilots hired performers with disabilities.
TBS 1 Detour TNT 0 TV Land 0 USA Drama 0 VH1 0 Internet: Platform Number of Shows (Series/Pilots) that Hired PwDs Series/Pilot names Amazon 2 Borsch, Love You More CBS Internet 0 Crackle 0 Epix 0 Hulu 3 Chance, Difficult People, The Path Netflix 2 Lady Dynamite, Master of None It is important to note that Web pilots and series also auditioned and hired performers with disabilities, dispelling the myth of increased production costs: Don’t Shoot the Messenger, D.P.W, FDR, Guidance, Life Interrupted, Lunch Time Special, My Gimpy Life, Overexposed The Connection between Auditioning and Hiring In terms of comparing auditions to hires of performers with disabilities for the July 1, 2016 – July 31, 2017 data collection phase, here is the data: Total of Auditions vs Hires of Performers with Disabilities by Platform Platforms Number of Shows (Series/Pilots) that Auditioned PwD Number of Shows (Series/Pilots) that hired PWDs Network Totals 45 20 Cable Totals 31 17 Internet Totals 15 6 The grand total of these platforms combined is as follows: 91 shows/pilots auditioned performers with disabilities, 43 show/pilots hired performers with disabilities. This means that for the above indicated timeframe, 60% of all shows/pilots auditioned and 28.5% of all shows/pilots hired performers with disabilities.
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