Meet The Black Showrunner Changing The Look Of Police Procedurals On Network Television

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By Raval Davis· Updated October 11, 2022

A 2017 Color of Change study found that 91% of television showrunners were white. By the end of 2020, Women and Hollywood reported that 17.9% of television executive producers or showrunners were BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, or people of color). Among the new class growing that statistic is Mike Flynn, Executive Producer and co-creator of CBS’s new police drama East New York.The new series isn’t

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