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Article: Nets look to rainbow.(diversity on television)(Brief Article)
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- Broadcasting & Cable
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- April 3, 2000
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Development offers more diversity in casting, but minority groups are skeptical
Russo, a series in development at CBS from Sopranos producer Frank Renzulli, is set in a multi-ethnic neighborhood and features a Korean grocer, African-American bar owner, Jewish butcher and Italian beat cop. Now, that's diversity.
Only a few months after signing historic agreements with the NAACP and other minority groups, the major broadcast networks appear to be making good on their promise to make the small screen more diverse, although some minority activists say they will have to see the changes to believe them.
With the development process wrapping up, the ...