PASADENA, Calif. (AP) – CBS is committed to increasing the diversity of its prime-time series, the network’s new programming chief said, offering himself as evidence.
“I’m just a gay guy from Indiana who doesn’t play basketball, but now I’m the entertainment president of CBS,” said Glenn Geller, who was promoted to the job last fall.
He contended that CBS offers diversity in front of and behind the camera and in its corporate offices.
“And can we do better? I think we are,” he told a TV critics’ meeting Tuesday. “We’re not casting color blind, we’re casting color conscious.”
Two upcoming CBS series will offer “greatly diverse casts,” he said of “Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders,” starting March 16, and “Rush Hour,” debuting March 31.