‘The Pitt,’ ‘The Bear,’ and ‘Dying For Sex’ Receive ReFrame Stamp as Gender-Balanced Productions Increased by 6.5 Percent

ReFrame, a gender equity coalition founded by the Sundance Institute and Women In Film Los Angeles and IMDBPro have rewarded 45 of the 100 most popular series of 2024-25 television season the ReFrame Stamp criteria for gender-balanced production. The ReFrame Stamp recognizes shows with gender-based hiring, showcasing potential for major productions to achieve gender equity for women, nonbinary, and transgender creatives. The series on this year’s report includes “The Pitt” “Hacks,” “The Bear,” and “Dying For Sex.”

The 2024-2025 season received a rebound of 6.5% this year from last year’s report, which saw the lowest for gender-balanced series since 2020. This year revealed that the total number of episodes rebounded to 1,979 (+206), but the inclusion of underrepresented writers and directors did not recover proportionately. In 2024, the total number of episodes dropped from 1,977 to 1,773 (-204), showing major losses for women, nonbinary and trans writers (-187) and directors (-199).

ReFrame revealed that only 134 of the restored episodes were attributed to writers, with 117 to directors of underrepresented genders, showing an overall loss across those episodes of 28.3% and 41.2% respectively.

Other series that received the Reframe Stamp include “Abbott Elementary,” “Nobody Wants This,” “Only Murders in the Building,” “The Diplomat,” “Black Mirror,” “The Penguin,” and “Arcane.”

Additional findings highlight that women, nonbinary and trans directors in this year’s report shot 35.8% percent of episodes, showing a slight increase from last year’s 33.4% (+2.8%). While a significant number of television shows released this year (82%) had at least one woman in a non-writing executive producer role, women of color in those positions fell to 18% (down 7.5%).

Each year, ReFrame includes a report card showing the percentage of Top 100 series that met ReFrame Stamp criteria from each company. Amazon MGM Studios, Netflix, and Warner Bros. Discovery earned the ReFrame Stamp for more than 50% of their releases. 85% of the Top 100 series released by streamers have more than quadrupled their share of top series over the last eight years, rising from 19% to 85% (+66%). Network series were down to 5% from 48% (-43%), with cable projects down to 10% from 33% (-23%).

The full report and list of series that received this year’s ReFrame Report are available to view on ReFrame’s website.