The National Latino Media Council (NLMC) and the Asian Pacific American Media Coalition (APAMC) released their annual network report cards and Fox Networks received an F. Contrary to beliefs however, they weren’t punished for lacking diversity, they simply missed deadlines to report their numbers. At the same time, the APAMC, which gave Fox a C- overall last year, praised the network as being the only one that met its 2011 challenge to cast an Asian Pacific American in a lead role on a TV series: Debuting this season, Mindy Project stars and was created by Mindy Kaling whose heritage is Indian.

The APAMC looks at eight categories: actors, unscripted (reality) show participants, writers/producers, directors, development, procurement, executives, and network initiatives. This year’s report card gave NBC a B-, down from last year’s B. CBS went to a C+ from a B-. ABC maintained its C+ from last year.

While Fox Networks has come under fire in recent years for its commentary and biased reporting, this report seems to be supporting those claims; Fox appears to lack transparency and regard for providing diversity performance statistics. Fox has not issued any comments in response to the grade.

For the official press release, visit:

http://www.nhmc.org/content/fox-network-groups-castigated-poor-diversity-performance