Latinos on TV

Paper Summary:

This paper contends that even though Latinos continue to compete and in some cases, dominate the music charts and air waves, they remain underserved and underrepresented in Hollywood and on prime-time television.

Outline:
Introduction
Latino Talent Working on Prime-Time Television With Male and Female Percentage
Percentage Difference When Compared to Prime-Time Television of the Past
Comparison of Roles Offered to Latinos in the Past and Present
Percentage of Latinos Watching Prime-Time Television
Latinos Faring as Consumer Buyers
Reason for Small Increase of Latino Talent on Prime-Time Television Programming in Comparison to Black and White Talent
Are Latinos Any Better Off Today than in the Past
Expected of Latino Talent on Prime-Time Television in the Next 5 Years

From the Paper:

"The representation of Latino regular characters on network prime-time television has progressively gone down in the last three years. Latino regular characters feature in just one among the eight series set in the Los Angeles County, an area that has 45% of Latino population. Latino full-time characters represent just 8% of the full-time characters in the 16 series set in the New York City where the percentage of Latino population is 27%. 50% of the Latino full-time characters feature on ABC programs. Talking about the figures, in the Latino Regular Characters -- LRC, out of the Total Prime-Time Regular Character reveal a steady decline from 4.2% in 2002 to 4% in 2004, the absolute numbers being 27 in 2002 and 26 in 2004 respectively. "

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