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CBS makes sexist decision
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If you were looking forward to seeing Drew, the Nancy Drew-inspired crime drama, on CBS in the fall, then I am sorry to tell you that Drew has not been picked up. While lots of pilots are passed over by the networks every single pilot season for any number of reasons, Drew was not picked up because it was "too female," according to Deadline. Let that sink in for a moment. The series will not be on air next season, not because there were problems with the script or because audiences didn't like it — Deadline noted it "tested well" — but because it was just too girly for a major network.
The reaction to CBS deciding Drew was too female for the network has been swift and furious in the world of Twitter, as it should be. Having not been given the chance to see Drew, no one can speak to its quality, but it is not quality that needs to be discussed right now — it is the politics of network television. First, let's look at some numbers: women make up 51 percent of the population in America, and according to a 2014 report by Ad Week, "women control or influence 73 percent of all household purchases" — meaning that they have some serious power. Even more, in 2015, USA Today reported that roughly 54 percent of network TV viewers were women. Yet despite the fact that women are the ones watching network TV and controlling the money, a show can apparently be deemed "too female" to succeed on network TV.
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