re: The “someone has to be gay” rule hits another show: (Spoilers?)

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This isn't an actual thing
bullshite

There is also a "someone has to be black" rule -- an NBC memo saying this was made public a few

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There was a podcast with Joe Rogan and Jim Gaffigan where they talk about writers trying to sell scripts or shows to TV studios...

And they'll be like, this is about an Irish Family in Ireland in 1850 and the first question out of the studio execs mouths is..."but where's the diversity?"

"It's a show about 1850's Ireland."

"Yeah but where's the diversity in this script?"

The point was in the podcast, that Hollywood wants it in the show, no matter the time period, no matter the place.

He said, it's the first thing they ask...as if that's all they care about. That's the entrance exam...your script is going nowhere unless it shows all the colors of the rainbow.

And he was talking about NBC, ABC, CBS...BBC tends not to give a frick with their love of period pieces.