Hollywood can help drive progress for women and families by improving narratives about gender, work, family, and care—and showing what supportive systems look like.

Television content created and viewed in the U.S. offers an incomplete picture of how people in this country experience care, leaving many who provide or depend on certain types of care — especially related to aging and disability — feeling alone, unseen, and undervalued.

The USC Norman Lear Center is led by Director Marty Kaplan and Managing Director Johanna Blakley. Special thanks to Veronica Jauriqui for project management and report design.