The Hollywood Commission–which works in partnership with 26 leading companies, unions and guilds, academies, and talent agencies to end discrimination, harassment, bullying, and abuse in the entertainment industry–has launched its second Entertainment Survey, designed to give a voice to entertainment industry workers while providing the community with crucial insight surrounding the progress made in the past five years towards meaningful systemic change. The survey is now live here, and the Hollywood Commission encourages all members of the community to participate in the anonymous questionnaire.
Chaired by Anita Hill and founded by board members Kathleen Kennedy and Nina Shaw, the Hollywood Commission was formed in 2017 to bring together entertainment executives, independent experts, and advisors to take the necessary collective steps towards tackling the culture of abuse and power disparity in the industry.
The second survey, which is seeking responses from members of the community through November 27, 2022, builds on the results of that groundbreaking work. As the Commission and partner companies offer new resources, initiatives, and training in workplaces throughout the entertainment community, this second survey is a temperature check to specifically identify what progress has been made and where work still needs to be done.
With a goal of 20,000 responses–more than double the participation of the first survey–the new survey will include expanded demographics to ensure representation across all communities; an added focus on employees working in the gaming sector; new questions that measure and assess whether and in what ways people experience colorism; and questions focusing on survivor support and the resources needed for victims of retaliation to get back into the industry. The survey is open to entertainment workers in television and film, commercials, live theater, music, broadcast news, talent representation, public relations, corporate settings, and the gaming sector, from countries including the U.S., Canada, Mexico, the U.K., and countries throughout Asia, Oceania, and the South Pacific.
When the results are tabulated, the Hollywood Commission expects to learn where systems can be improved. Survey responses will focus the Commission’s efforts over the next several years–informing the issues that it will elevate for the community and pinpointing where the organization will prioritize its resources.
“As we seek to determine what systemic progress we have made over the past several years, the second Hollywood Commission Entertainment Survey is more important and in many ways consequential than our first,” said Hill. “With this new edition, we hope to double the participation of the first survey, which will help provide us with the insight we need as we continue to focus our efforts on our next phase of work. The key to that will be participation–we need to hear directly from all workers about their experiences. We look forward to working with our partners to encourage everyone in the industry to respond and participate, safely and anonymously.”
The first-of-its-kind survey, published in 2020, received responses from 9,630 entertainment workers, resulting in eye-opening responses, including:
65% of respondents didn’t believe that a powerful individual, such as a producer or director, would be held accountable for harassing someone with less power
Only 28% of respondents who had experienced an incident of gender harassment, unwanted sexual attention, or sexual coercion reported it to employers–because they think they won’t be believed, nothing will happen, or they’ll be retaliated against.
While men and women reported gender harassment (demeaning jokes or comments based on gender; sexually crude terms and insults) at similar rates (62% of men, 67% of women), females experience unwanted sexual attention (42%), sexual coercion (20%) and sexual assault (5%) approximately twice as often as males (22%, 9% and 2%, respectively).
The results of the new Hollywood Commission survey are expected to be completed and released in early 2023.
Netflix averages more than 30 million viewers globally for its NFL Christmas Day doubleheader
Netflix's first NFL Christmas Day doubleheader ended up being successful globally.
The Baltimore Ravens' 31-2 victory over the Houston Texans averaged 31.3 million while Kansas City's 29-10 win at Pittsburgh averaged 30 million worldwide, according to Netflix's first-party data released on Tuesday.
The two games are also the most streamed in NFL history in the U.S.
The Ravens-Texans contest has an updated average of 27.2 million with Chiefs-Steelers coming in at 25.8 million, according to Nielsen and Netflix.
Both NFL games surpassed the previous mark of 23 million for last season's AFC wild-card game between the Miami Dolphins and Chiefs on Peacock.
Nielsen also said there were 65 million U.S. viewers who tuned in for at least one minute of one of the two games, making it Netflix's most-watched Christmas Day.
Netflix and the NFL said viewers from 218 countries and territories tuned in to at least one of the games.
It was also a nice rebound for Netflix after widespread streaming problems during the Mike Tyson-Jake Paul fight on Nov. 14. The only noticeable technical glitch was the stream not going to live action and starting at the beginning whenever viewers tuned in.
"In terms of the big picture, it went as well as we could have hoped," said Brandon Riegg, Netflix's vice president of nonfiction series and sports. "Given the weight of expectations, especially coming off a fight, I think we acquitted ourselves as well as we could have hoped. I'm glad that the narrative changed and there was at least an acknowledgment that we didn't run into any of those issues that plagued us before."
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