Best TV Shows for casting fairness

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Best for casting fairness

My Brilliant Career

5.0 feature score

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Crew Girl

5.0 feature score

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Lanterns

3 supporting reviews

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#1 My Brilliant Career
5.0

Inclusive casting is treated as part of the story rather than decoration, with race and social position meaningfully shaping characters’ lives.

Pros: pilot episode quality, main cast performance

Cons: family friendliness, continuity

#2 Crew Girl
5.0

Casting a Japanese Canadian actress as the lead is praised as meaningful representation in a YA genre that has not always centered performers of color.

Pros: episode structure, season finale quality

Cons: season length, character consistency

#3 Lanterns
3.8

Aaron Pierre’s casting is divisive on representation grounds: one critique argues a darker-skinned actor would have made the material resonate more, while others call Pierre an exceptional fit.

Pros: rewatch value, renewal interest

Cons: power scaling, modern political framing

#4 Ted Lasso, Season 4
2.0

Rebecca’s decision to install Ted over qualified women is repeatedly questioned, making the hiring choice a deliberate source of discomfort rather than an easy win.

Pros: cast chemistry, supporting cast performance

Cons: episode structure, realism

#5 Squid Game: The Challenge, Season 2
1.5

Casting a contestant who had already won millions in poker drew repeated criticism, with several viewers feeling the slot should have gone to someone for whom the prize would be...

Pros: world-building, visual style

Cons: pilot episode quality, directing quality