Network: Network Number of Shows (Series/Pilots) that Hired PwDs Series/Pilot names ABC 5 Designated Survivor, Quantico, Speechless, Untitled Marc Cherry/Reba McEntire pilot, Ten Days in the Valley CBS 11 Blue Bloods, Bull, CSI: Scene Investigation, Doubt, Elementary, MacGyver, Madam Secretary, NCIS: Los Angeles, NCIS: New Orleans, Pure Genius, Wisdom of the Crowd CW 0 Fox 1 Lethal Weapon NBC 3 Blacklist, Game of Silence, Heartbeat Cable: Channel Number of Shows (Series/Pilots) that Hired PwDs Series/Pilot names AMC 1 Fear of the Walking Dead Audience Network 0 0 Cinemax 1 Quarry Comedy Central 1 Broad City CMT 0 Disney Channel 0 Disney XD 1 Buckets Freeform 1 Switched at Birth FX 2 American Horror Story, Feud: Joan and Bette HBO 3 Curb Your Enthusiasm, Game of Thrones, Vice Principals History Channel 0 Nickelodeon 1 Loud House Pop 1 Nightcap Showtime 2 Homeland, Shameless Spike 0 Starz 1 Survivor’s Remorse SYFY 1 Magicians
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.
Breakdown by Network: Number of (Series/Pilots) that Auditioned PwD Number of (Series/Pilots) that hired PWDs of Shows/Pilots (hires underlined & bolded) ABC 11 5 Designated Survivor, How to Get Away with Murder, Libby & Malcom, The Middle, Modern Family, Quantico, Roseanne, Scandal, Speechless, Untitled Marc Cherry/Reba McEntire pilot, Ten Days in the Valley CBS 14 11 Blue Bloods, Bull, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Doubt, Elementary, MacGyver, Madam Secretary, Me, Myself and I, NCIS: Los Angeles, NCIS: New Orleans, Pure Genius, Training Day, Untitled Jenny Lumet pilot, Wisdom of the Crowd CW 1 0 Riverdale Fox 11 1 Empire, The Exorcist, Fresh Off the Boat, Ghosted, Gotham, LA to Vegas, Life in Pieces, Lethal Weapon, Lucifer, The Mick, The Passage NBC 8 3 Blacklist, Blindspot, Game of Silence, Gone, Heartbeat, Law & SVU, Mysteries of Laura, This is Us Breakdown by Cable: Number of Shows (Series/Pilots) that Auditioned PwD Number of (Series/Pilots) that hired PWDs Names of Shows/Pilots (hires underlined & bolded) AMC 2 1 Fear of the Walking Dead, Halt and Catch Fire Bravo 1 0 Odd Mom Out Cinemax 1 1 Quarry Comedy Central 1 1 Broad City CMT 2 0 Nashville, Still the King