ReFrame honors 45 TV series, including Hacks and The Bear, for gender-balanced production

ReFrame, the American non-profit organization launched in 2017 by Sundance Institute, Women In Film Los Angeles, and IMDbPro, has released its annual report of TV series for gender-balanced production for the 2024-25 season.

Nearly half of the most popular TV series (45 out of 100) met with the initiative's gender-balanced production criteria, getting the ReFrame Stamp.

Alison Emilio, who serves as the director of the foundation, explained their initiative to achieve gender balanced production as follows:

''[It is a way to] mitigate bias during the creative decision-making and hiring process, celebrate successes, and measure progress toward a more gender-representative industry on all levels"

The ReFrame stamp recognises shows with gender-based hiring, thus promoting more women, transgender, and nonbinary people in the roles of actors, directors, and writers. According to the report, the gender-balanced hiring for 2024-25 has rebounded by 6.5 percent from 2023-24, which was the lowest since the COVID-19 pandemic.

In addition, women, nonbinary, and trans directors shot 36% episodes this year, a slight increase from last year, including unit production managers, first assistant directors, and DPs. Some additional stats also indicate that nearly 93% of series with female showrunners qualified for the stamp.

While the stamp started as a mere initiative, the organization found that their stamped series recorded 1.33 million more viewers than their non-stamped TV series.

More on this in our story.

A breakdown of major TV series that qualified for the ReFrame stamp in 2024-25

Talking about streaming platforms, Amazon MGM Studios, Warner Bros. Discovery, and Netflix emerged as the breakout platforms, receiving approval for 50 percent of their releases. On the other hand, AMC, NBCUniversal/Peacock, IFC, and Lionsgate fell short this season, receiving the fewest approvals.

The majority of TV series across every Emmy category were tested for their gender-balanced productions. According to the recent report, the limited/anthology series category saw the most Emmy nominations qualify, including Black Mirror, Dying for Sex, and The Penguin. Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story and Adolescence could not pass the criteria.

In addition, Netflix's Arcane is the only Emmy-nominated show in the Best Animated Series category to get the stamp.

Comedy, which has been the breakout genre in the past years, received many ReFrame stamps. Five out of eight Emmy-nominated comedy series secured the stamp, including The Bear, Hacks, Abbott Elementary, Only Murders in the Building, and Nobody Wants This (excluding What We Do in the Shadows, Shrinking, and Apple TV+'s breakout hit The Studio).

Moving onto the drama genre, only two out of eight Emmy-nominated series managed to get the stamp: The Pitt and The Diplomat.

Some other popular TV series that got the ReFrame stamp are 9-1-1, Agatha All Along, Apple Cider Vinegar, Ransom Canyon, Tell Me Lies, No Good Deed, My Lady Jane, and Matlock. In addition, Yellowjackets, Grey's Anatomy, and The Handmaid's Tale are among the 11 shows that have qualified for gender-based hiring every season.

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