Television weather forecaster Al Roker and his production company are being sued by a producer who claims he was fired for protesting the company’s lack of diversity initiatives on an upcoming PBS animated show. .
The lawsuit alleges that black screenwriters were brought in solely to revise scripts written by white staffers in order to present them to a more diverse writers’ room, according to multiple sources. report.
Bill Schultz — His long career in television animation included simpsons and King of the Hill — Al Roker Entertainment filed a lawsuit this week in New York federal court, alleging that PBS “callously disregarded” the diversity, equity and inclusion programs it mandated for its programming. weather hunter.
Al Roker promotes future promotions weather hunter on NBC today The show calls it “a passion project that I’ve been trying to develop for the past 10 years.”
Schultz’s lawsuit alleges that Al Roker Entertainment executives had full control over the series and ultimately decided to treat PBS’s DEI policy as a “discretionary right and an obstacle to be avoided.” It is claimed that it has become.
The application states the following: “Instead of giving BIPOC writers a chance as originally planned, story editors are repeating a strategy previously advocated and supported in writing by Al Roker Entertainment executives, giving stories to ‘non-BIPOC’ writers.” We wanted to have a “BIPOC” writer write the story/episode. [were] The shaped object may be a “hand”[ed] Send it to BIPOC writers. ”
Schultz argued that Roker’s company treated DEI as a “checkbox to check in the most expedient way possible” and an “impediment to normal business operations.”
It remains unclear when weather hunter It is set to debut on PBS..
DEI quickly became a core corporate value in Hollywood. Studios, including the Walt Disney Company, have implemented his DEI policies not only for creative talent for television shows and movies, but also for corporate-level hiring practices.
The Academy Awards has also introduced a DEI quota for all Best Picture nominees.
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