ReFrame and IMDbPro Recognize Gender-Balanced TV Programs including “GLOW,” “Insecure,” “Jane the Virgin,” “The Handmaid’s Tale,” “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” and “This Is Us”

Los Angeles, CA — ReFrame™ (ReFrameProject.org), a coalition of industry professionals and partner companies founded by Women In Film and Sundance Institute—whose mission is to increase the number of women of all backgrounds working in film, TV and media—and IMDbPro (imdbpro.com)—the essential information resource for the entertainment industry—announced today the 62 TV and streaming series that have earned the first-ever ReFrame Stamp for Television. Based on an open submission call launched on September 26, 2018 to consider the 364 scripted television programs that aired June 1, 2017 – May 31, 2018 (per the Emmys calendar), the inaugural round of recipients includes all five of Shonda Rhimes’s Shondaland shows, “Broad City” (Comedy Central), “Empire” (Fox), “GLOW” (Netflix), “Insecure” (HBO), “Jane the Virgin” (The CW), “The Handmaid’s Tale” (Hulu), “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” (Amazon Prime Video) and “This Is Us” (NBC) (see full list below).

The ReFrame Stamp serves as a mark of distinction for film and television projects that have demonstrated success in gender-balanced hiring based on criteria developed by ReFrame in consultation with ReFrame Ambassadors (complete list below), producers and other industry experts. Stamps are awarded to productions that hire female-identifying people in four out of eight critical areas of their production, including: writer, director, showrunner, producer, lead, season regulars, department heads and crew. Additional points are awarded to content that has women of color in key positions. The criteria are iterative and will change over time as the industry evolves. For more information or to apply for the ReFrame Stamp, please visit ReFrameProject.org/tvstamp.

ReFrame Stamp for TV Recipients (2017-2018 Programs)

“Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” / ABC: Season 5

“An American Girl Story: Summer Camp, Friends for Life” / Amazon
Prime Video: TV Movie

“Animal Kingdom” / TNT: Season 2

“Better Things” / FX: Season 2

“Broad City” / Comedy Central: Season 4

“Call the Midwife” / PBS: Season 7

“Chicago Med” / NBC: Season 3

“Claws” / TNT: Season 1

“Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” / The CW: Season 3

“Dear White People” / Netflix: Season 2

“Dino Dana” / Amazon Prime Video: Season 1

“Empire” / Fox: Season 4

“Faith Under Fire: The Antoinette Tuff Story” / Lifetime: TV
Movie

“Famous In Love” / Freeform: Season 2

“Flint” / Lifetime: TV Movie

“For the People” / ABC: Season 1

“Foursome” / YouTube Premium: Season 3

“GLOW” / Netflix: Season 1

“Grace and Frankie” / Netflix: Season 4

“Grey’s Anatomy” / ABC: Season 14

“Harry & Meghan: A Royal Romance” / Lifetime: TV Movie

“How to Get Away with Murder” / ABC: Season 4

“Howards End” / STARZ: Miniseries

“I Am Elizabeth Smart” / Lifetime: TV Movie

“I’m Sorry” / TruTV: Season 1

“Insecure” / HBO: Season 2

“Jane the Virgin” / The CW: Season 4

“Jessica Jones” / Netflix: Season 2

“Just Add Magic” / Amazon Prime Video: Season 2B

“Killing Eve” / BBC America: Season 1

“Lace Up: The Ultimate Sneaker Challenge” / YouTube Premium:
Season 1

“Little Women” / PBS Masterpiece: Miniseries

“Love” / Netflix: Season 3

“Madam Secretary” / CBS: Season 4

“One Day at a Time” / Netflix: Season 2

“Orange Is the New Black” / Netflix: Season 5

“Outlander” / STARZ: Season 3

“Queen Sugar” / OWN: Season 2

“Scandal” / ABC: Season 7

“Search Party” / TBS: Season 2

“Seven Seconds” / Netflix: Season 1

“SMILF” / Showtime: Season 1

“Station 19” / ABC: Season 1

“Step Up: High Water” / YouTube Premium: Season 1

“Story of a Girl” / Lifetime: TV Movie

“Supergirl” / The CW: Season 3

“Sweetbitter” / STARZ: Season 1

“Teachers” / TVLand: Season 2B

“The Bold Type” / Freeform: Season 1

“The Chi” / Showtime: Season 1

“The Detour” / TBS: Season 3

“The Girlfriend Experience: Bria” / STARZ: Season
2

“The Good Fight” / CBS All Access: Season 2

“The Handmaid’s Tale” / Hulu: Season 2

“The Last O.G.” / TBS: Season 1

“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” / Amazon Prime Video: Season 1

“The Mindy Project” / Hulu: Season 6

“The Simone Biles Story: Courage to Soar” / Lifetime: TV Movie

“This Is Us” / NBC: Season 2

“Transparent” / Amazon Prime Video: Season 4

“Vida” / STARZ: Season 1

“Youth & Consequences” / YouTube Premium: Season 1

About ReFrame

Founded and led by Women In Film and Sundance Institute, ReFrame is a non-profit organization that employs a unique strategy, a peer-to-peer approach, in which ReFrame Ambassadors (see list below) engage with senior, industry decision-makers at over 50 Partner Companies to implement ReFrame programs. The initiative’s goals are to provide research, support, and a practical framework that can be used by Partner Companies to mitigate bias during the creative decision-making and hiring process, celebrate successes, and measure progress toward a more gender-representative industry on all levels. For more information download the ReFrame Culture Change Handbook or visit ReFrameProject.org.

ReFrame is made possible by support from Melanie Backer – Backer Charitable Trust; The Harnisch Foundation; IMDbPro; Mercer; Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; Zola Mashariki; Women at Sundance Leadership Council: Ruth Ann Harnisch, Katy Drake Bettner, Barbara Bridges, Abigail Disney, Cristina Ljungberg, Ann Lovell, Susan Bay Nimoy, Patty Quillin, Brenda Robinson, Kimberly Steward, Lynda Weinman, Jenifer Westphal, and Jacquelyn Zehner; and an anonymous donor.

About Sundance Institute

Founded in 1981 by Robert Redford, Sundance Institute is a nonprofit organization that provides and preserves the space for artists in film, theatre, and new media to create and thrive. The Institute’s signature Labs, granting, and mentorship programs, dedicated to developing new work, take place throughout the year in the U.S. and internationally. The Sundance Film Festival and other public programs connect audiences to artists in igniting new ideas, discovering original voices, and building a community dedicated to independent storytelling. Sundance Institute has supported such projects as Mudbound, Get Out, The Big Sick, Strong Island, Blackfish, Top of the Lake, Winter’s Bone, The Wolfpack, Dear White People, Trapped, Brooklyn, Little Miss Sunshine, 20 Feet From Stardom, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Fruitvale Station, Spring Awakening, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder and Fun Home. Join Sundance Institute on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube.

About Women In Film, Los Angeles

Women In Film advocates for and advances the careers of women working in the screen industries––to achieve parity and transform culture. Founded in 1973, Women In Film supports all women working in film, TV, and digital media from emerging to advanced career. Our distinguished programs include: mentoring, speaker & screening series, production training program, writing labs, film finishing funds, legal aid and an annual financing intensive. Women In Film advocates for gender parity through research, education and media campaigns. Women In Film honors the achievements of women in Hollywood through the legacy series, annual Emmy and Oscar parties and our signature event, the Crystal + Lucy Awards. Membership is open to all media professionals and more information can be found on our website: wif.org. Follow Women In Film on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube.

About IMDbPro

IMDbPro (http://www.imdbpro.com) is the essential resource for entertainment industry professionals. This membership-based service includes comprehensive information and tools that are designed to help entertainment industry professionals achieve success throughout all stages of their career. IMDbPro offers members the following: detailed contact and representation information; tools to manage and showcase their IMDb profile, including the ability to select their primary images and the credits they are best “known for”; exclusive STARmeter rankings that are determined by page views on IMDb; the IMDbPro app for iPhone and Android; IMDbPro Track, which empowers members using the iPhone app to receive personalized entertainment industry news and notifications on the people and film & TV projects they want to follow; and a convenient tool that generates custom digital assets to promote their work on social media and other platforms. Additional IMDbPro services include Box Office Mojo (http://www.boxofficemojo.com), the leading online source of box-office data. IMDbPro is a division of IMDb (www.imdb.com), the #1 movie website in the world with a combined web and mobile audience of more than 250 million unique monthly visitors. Follow IMDbPro on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/imdbpro/), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/imdbpro/) and Twitter (https://twitter.com/imdbpro).

About IMDb

IMDb is the world’s most popular and authoritative source for movie, TV and celebrity content. The IMDb consumer site (www.imdb.com) is the #1 movie website in the world with a combined web and mobile audience of more than 250 million unique monthly visitors. IMDb offers a searchable database of more than 250 million data items including more than 5 million movies, TV and entertainment programs and more than 8 million cast and crew members. Consumers rely on the information IMDb provides — including local movie showtimes, ticketing, trailers, critic and user reviews, personalized recommendations, photo galleries, entertainment news, quotes, trivia, box-office data, editorial feature sections and a universal Watchlist – when deciding what to watch and where to watch it. IMDb’s portfolio of leading entertainment apps (http://www.imdb.com/apps/) includes its popular “Movies & TV” app for iPhone, iPad, Kindle Fire, Android phones, Android tablets and its mobile-optimized website. To date, there have been more than 150 million downloads of IMDb’s mobile apps worldwide. IMDb’s X-Ray for Movies & TV Shows (www.imdb.com/x-ray) is a feature that revolutionizes the viewing experience by bringing the power of IMDb directly to Kindle Fire HD, Fire TV and Fire TV Stick. IMDb’s Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/imdb) and official Twitter account (https://twitter.com/imdb) are followed by more than 12 million passionate entertainment fans. IMDbPro (http://www.imdbpro.com) is the essential resource for entertainment industry professionals. This membership-based service includes comprehensive information and tools that are designed to help entertainment industry professionals achieve success throughout all stages of their career. IMDbPro offers members the following: detailed contact and representation information; tools to manage and showcase their IMDb profile, including the ability to select their primary images and the credits they are best “known for”; exclusive STARmeter rankings that are determined by page views on IMDb; the IMDbPro app for iPhone and Android; IMDbPro Track, which empowers members using the app to receive personalized entertainment industry news and notifications on the people and film & TV projects they want to follow; and a convenient tool that generates custom digital assets to promote their work on social media and other platforms. Additionally, IMDb owns and operates Box Office Mojo (http://www.boxofficemojo.com), the leading online source of box-office data. IMDb.com is operated by IMDb.com, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) (http://www.amazon.com). To learn more, go to: http://www.imdb.com/press.

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