Inclusion List Recap
In honor of the Primetime Emmys, let's take a look at the most inclusive series, companies, and creators of 2024 across gender, race/ethnicity, LGBTQ+, disability, and age
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Creators
Top Inclusive 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.
Creators
Top Inclusive 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.
Creators
Top Inclusive 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.
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Overall & Race/Ethnicity
Land of Women is the most inclusive series of 2024 across all inclusion indicators and for race/ethncity
Land of Women features a cast made up entirely of underrepresented series regulars—double the 2024 average of 48.5% across all other series. Its crew inclusion score is 8.44, more than twice the series average of 3.77.
Gender
No Good Deed is the top inclusive series for gender cast and crew inclusion
No Good Deed’s crew inclusion score is 6.19, more than double the overall series average of 2.5. Its series regulars cast is 55.6% women, compared to the 2024 average of 45.5% across all series.
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2025 Emmy Nominated
Nobody Wants This is in the Top 10 on the Inclusion List for Gender representation and is nominated for three Emmys
Outstanding Comedy Series
Season 1
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Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Kristen Bell
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Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
Adam Brody
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2025 Emmy Nominated
Bad Sisters is in the Top 10 on the Inclusion List for Gender representation and is nominated for an Emmy
Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Sharon Horgan
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Courtesy of Walt Disney Company
LGBTQ+
What We Do In the Shadows is the top inclusive series for LGBT
In Season 6, every series regular on What We Do in the Shadows identified as LGBTQ+, offering full on-screen representation for the community.
2025 Emmy Nominated
What We Do In the Shadows is nominated for two Emmys
Outstanding Comedy Series
Season 6
Courtesy of Walt Disney Company
Outstanding Comedy Series
"The Finale"
2025 Emmy Nominated
Somebody Somewhere is in the Top 10 on the Inclusion List for Gender representation and is nominated for two Emmys
Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Season 3
Courtesy of HBOMax
Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series
"AGG"
Disability
Virgin River is the top inclusive series for Disability
Season 6 of Virgin River features one-third of its series regular cast as characters with disabilities, including portrayals of Huntington’s disease, PTSD, macular degeneration, and memory loss.
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2025 Emmy Nominated
Slow Horses is second on the Inclusion List for Disability representation and is nominated for four Emmy Awards
Outstanding Drama Series
Season 4
Courtesy of Apple TV+
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Gary Oldman
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Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series
Will Smith
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Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
Adam Randall
Photo by Travis Massingill
Courtesy of Apple TV+
Age
Only Murders in the Building is the top inclusive series for Age
In Season 4 of Only Murders in the Building, half of the series regular cast were aged 65 and older.
2025 Emmy Nominated
Only Murders in the Building is nominated for two Emmys
Outstanding Comedy Series
Season 4
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Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
Martin Short
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Companies
Top Inclusive Originators of 2021 to 2024
The originators based on the highest score and most series on the Inclusion List across the last 4 years.
View the detailed report on inclusionlist.org/series
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 from 2021 to 2024. Points were awarded when series met our inclusion criteria, described in the full methodology.
