Best TV Shows for casting fairness

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Best for casting fairness

My Brilliant Career

5.0 attribute score

Highest scored product for this attribute based on supporting review evidence.

Safest pick

Crew Girl

5.0 attribute score

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Best overall product

Cupertino

3.9 overall score

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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: main cast performance, entertainment value

Cons: plot originality, sexual content level

#2 Avatar: The Last Airbender, Season 2
5.0

The broad AAPI and Indigenous ensemble is praised as one of television’s notably diverse casts.

Pros: character development, action quality

Cons: faithfulness to source material, season pacing

#3 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: sports storyline quality, character development

Cons: romance quality, plot originality

#4 American Horror Story, Season 13
4.5

The ensemble’s diversity is valued as a strength, with Jamie Brewer emphasizing the range of people the series brings on screen.

Pros: main cast performance, suspense

Cons: franchise connection, episode length

#5 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: character development, cast chemistry

Cons: faithfulness to source material, story quality

#6 The Traitors: New Blood
3.3

The absence of established celebrity gamers makes the opening feel more even. Concerns about geographic concentration and repetitive Traitor demographics coexist with acceptance of a few influencers.

Pros: casting quality, competition format

Cons: main cast performance, challenge design

#7 Cupertino
2.0

Local concerns focus on the apparent lack of casting that reflects Cupertino’s predominantly Asian community.

Pros: entertainment value, theme depth

Cons: realism, plot originality

#8 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: humor, sports storyline quality

Cons: story quality, character development

#9 The New Stanford Prison Experiment
1.8

Including only three women among thirty participants creates an imbalance that weakens the promised exploration of gender. Assigning them all guard roles further limits the range of experiences.

Pros: teamwork portrayal, humor

Cons: scientific credibility, entertainment value

#10 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: emotional impact, plot originality

Cons: entertainment value, character likability

#11 Wonka’s The Golden Ticket, Season 1
1.0

Critics question putting older contestants against much fitter players in physically demanding challenges.

Pros: production design, visual style

Cons: entertainment value, faithfulness to source material