Top Inclusive Show Creators
Top Creators of 2021 to 2024
The creators who have worked with the most women and/or people of color as cinematographers, editors, production designers, or assistant directors across 4 years.
Tyler Perry
House of Payne S13; Sistas S4, 5 & 7; Tyler Perry's Assisted Living S5; Beauty in Black S1
Issa Rae
Rap Sh!t S1 & 2; Insecure S5
Lena Waithe
The Chi S5 & S6; Twenties S2
Mindy Kaling
Never Have I Ever S4; The Sex Lives of College Girls S1 & S3
Gema R. Neira
Now and Then S1; Land of Women S1
Ramón Campos
Now and Then S1; Land of Women S1
Ava DuVernay
Naomi S1; Queen Sugar S7
Top Creators of 2024
The creators who have worked with the most women and/or people of color as cinematographers, editors, production designers, or assistant directors in 2024.
Tyler Perry
House of Payne S13; Sistas S7; Tyler Perry's Assisted Living S5; Zatima S3; Beauty in Black S1
Brad Falchuk
9-1-1: S7; 9-1-1: Lone Star S5; The Brothers Sun S1
Ryan Murphy
9-1-1: S7; 9-1-1: Lone Star S5; Grotesquerie S1
Tim Minear
9-1-1: S7 & 8; 9-1-1: Lone Star S5
Nkechi Okoro Carroll
All American: Homecoming S3; Found S2
Dick Wolf
Law & Order: Organized Crime S4; Chicago Med S9
Matt Olmstead
Law & Order: Organized Crime S4; Chicago Med S9
Top Inclusive Editors
Top Editors of 2021 to 2024
Women and/or people of color working as editors whose work appears most often on the Inclusion List across the last 4 years.
Pam Marshall
Call Me Kat S2 & 3; Bob Hearts Abishola S5; Poppa's House S1
Lynarion Hubbard
Rap Sh!t S1 & 2; Reasonable Doubt S1 & 2; Twenties S2
Nina M. Gilberti
Sistas S4, 5 & 7; House of Payne S13
Angela Latimer
Bel-Air S1, First Kill S1, Grown-ish S6, Swagger S2
Angel Gamboa Bryant
Poppas House S1; The Upshaws S2 & S3
Andrés Federico González
Land of Women S1; Now and Then S1
Andrea Folprecht
BMF S1, 2 & 3; Genius S4
Leah Breuer
4400 S1; East New York S1; The Crossover S1
Sue Federman
How I Met Your Father S1; With Love S1
Christine Armstrong
How to Die Alone S1; Unprisoned S1 & S2, Woke S2
Varun Viswanath
Reservation Dogs S2 & S3
Edwin Rivera
This Fool S1 & S2, Freeridge S1
Stephanie Neroes
All American: Homecoming: S1; East New York: S1
Top Inclusive Series of 2024
Top Overall
The series from 2024 that scored highest on the representation of girls/women, underrepresented racial/ethnic groups, LGBTQ+, disabilities, and age on screen and behind the camera.
Land of Women
Season 1
Unprisoned
Season 2
Sunny
Season 1
Queenie
Season 1
Bob Hearts Abishola
Season 5
House of Payne
Season 13
Clipped
Season 1
Tyler Perry's Assisted Living
Season 5
Griselda
Season 1
Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist
Season 1
Gender
The series from 2024 that scored highest on the representation of girls/women on screen and behind the camera.
No Good Deed
Season 1
Three Women
Season 1
Bob Hearts Abishola
Season 5
Clipped
Season 1
Queenie
Season 1
The Cleaning Lady
Season 3
Expats
Season 1
Unprisoned
Season 2
Nobody Wants This
Season 1
Tell Me Lies
Season 2
Race/Ethnicity
The series from 2024 that scored highest on the representation of underrepresented racial/ethnic groups on screen and behind the camera.
Land of Women
Season 1
House of Payne
Season 13
Tyler Perry's Assisted Living
Season 5
The Brothers Sun
Season 1
Genius
Season 4
Reasonable Doubt
Season 2
Johnson
Season 4
Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist
Season 1
Mind Your Business
Season 1
Lady in the Lake
Season 1
LGBTQ+
The series from 2024 that scored highest on the representation of the LGBTQ+ community on screen.
What We Do in the Shadows
Season 6
Baby Reindeer
Season 1
Agatha All Along
Season 1
Interview with the Vampire
Season 2
Somebody Somewhere
Season 3
Hacks
Season 3
Dead Boy Detectives
Season 1
Tracker
Season 1
Disability
The series from 2024 that scored highest on the representation of people with disabilities on screen.
Virgin River
Season 6
Clipped
Season 1
Life & Beth
Season 2
Slow Horses
Season 4
Tracker
Season 2
Monsieur Spade
Season 1
Age
The series from 2024 that scored highest on the representation of people age 65 and older on screen.
Only Murders in the Building
Season 4
Clipped
Season 1
Land of Women
Season 1
Silo
Season 2
Before
Season 1
The Regime
Season 1
Frasier
Season 2
Top 150 Inclusive Series
The most inclusive series from 2021-2024, determined by on screen and behind the camera scores.
| # | Title | Season | Year Released | Originator | Type | Total Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Raising Dion | 2 | 2022 | Netflix | Streaming | 13.4 |
| 2 | Queen Sugar | 7 | 2022 | OWN | Cable | 12.8 |
| 3 | Land of Women | 1 | 2024 | Apple TV+ | Streaming | 12.4 |
| 4 | Gentefied | 2 | 2021 | Netflix | Streaming | 12.3 |
| 5 | Neon | 1 | 2023 | Netflix | Streaming | 12.2 |
Top Inclusive Originators
Top Overall
The originators based on the highest score and most series on the Inclusion List across the last 5 years.
Netflix
Top Inclusive Originator
Hulu
Prime Video
Apple TV+
HBO Max
Methodology
We identified every prime time, live action, scripted series airing on broadcast and cable channels owned by major companies and scripted, live action series on major streaming platforms in the 2024 season. Points were awarded when the series met our inclusion criteria, described in the full methodology.
Read Our MethodologyPartnership
The Annenberg Inclusion Initiative partnered with the Adobe Foundation to create a data-driven tool that would allow the public to understand who has taken inclusion seriously and been a driving force for industry change. We seek to inform, challenge, and congratulate the entertainment industry and point out where there is room to grow.
Read About Our PartnershipProject Credits
We would like to express our gratitude to the individuals and organizations who have assisted and supported us, in addition to our outstanding team. Amy White and Brycie Jones, along with Lexie Riegelhaupt and Elise O’Neil and their colleagues at the Adobe Foundation have provided unwavering support for this project since its inception. The dedicated team at the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative also played a significant role in making this project possible, and we extend our appreciation to our hardworking students for their contributions.
Annenberg Inclusion Initiative Founder: Dr. Stacy L. Smith
Program Director: Dr. Katherine Pieper
Program Manager: Ariana Case
Project Administrator: Katherine Neff
Development: Sam Wheeler
Design: Brooke Kong
Research Assistants: Alexandra Evans, Angela Bogosyan, Ani Karajayan, Daniela Mattson, Eliana Liu, Izzy Orvis, Jack Barfield, Janelle Nwakuche, Jenny Kim, Jordan Evans, Jorge Ontiveros, Kasey Day, Katie Lee, Kobe Almeida, Lainey Cote, Laura Sabate, Laura Schusser, Mackenzie Jaimes, Rena Pau, Sanjana Senthil, Seungmin Han, Sophia Karahalios, Vanessa Ramos-Garcia, Vivian Zhang, Yiqin Yang, Zimo Zhao, Zorah Archie-Winston
Annenberg Inclusion Initiative Staff Team: Aimee Christopher, Braxton Albers, Bryan Davis, Karla Hernandez, Matthew A. Davis, Patrick Vukovich, Sarah Neff, Terrell Shaffer, Zoe Moore, Zoily Mercado, W. Michael Sayers
This project was led by Samuel Wheeler (Research Programmer) and Brooke Kong (User Experience Designer). Authorship should be cited as: Wheeler, S., Kong, B., Pieper, K., & Smith, S.L. (2025). The Inclusion List.® Annenberg Inclusion Initiative. Los Angeles, CA.
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Last year, we measured the 100 most inclusive broadcast and cable series from 2023.
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