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Share of female characters on broadcast network programs 2017, by ethnicity

Distribution of female characters on broadcast network programs in the 2016-17 season, by ethnicity

The data displays the distribution of female characters on broadcast network programs in the 2016-17 season, broken down by ethnicity. The source found that in the measured period 21% of female characters on broadcast TV programming were African-American.

White 66
African-American 21
Hispanic 5
Asian 7
Other 1