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Scored entertainment-first on WhatSphere's content-balance model 3

Its showrunner stated on the record that "in the casting of the main characters, I was like, there's gonna be one person from North America, one person from South Asia, one person from East Asia, one p…" 1. Its showrunner stated on the record that "the ultimate position that The Good Place took is that if we can become better, we will become better through our necessary relationships with other people, Th…" 2. Taken together, the content-balance model places it entertainment-first at 15 of 100 3. Relative to the expected cast make-up for its production origin, on-screen representation registers above the baseline for Black and below it for White and Hispanic 4.

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    Creator statementshowrunner: "In the casting of the main characters, I was like, there's gonna be one person from North America, one person from South Asia, one person from East Asia, one person from Africa. We broke down very ro…"The Harvard Crimson, September 2019 source ↗
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    Creator statementshowrunner: "The ultimate position that The Good Place took is that if we can become better, we will become better through our necessary relationships with other people. There are ethical components to almost eve…"Peabody Awards interview, 2020 source ↗
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    Content balanceAdvocacy 15 of 100, tier entertainment-first.WhatSphere content-balance model, score_version 1. Swaps: 0 race, 0 gender, 0 critical -> 0
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    RepresentationRepresentation vs production-origin baseline: Black 68, White 12, Hispanic 28.WhatSphere representation model, score_version 1

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Synopsis

Eleanor Shellstrop, an ordinary woman who enters the afterlife where she comes to realize that she hasn't been a very good person. With the help of her afterlife mentor, she's determined to discover the awesome person within.

Young MaleYoung FemaleMature MaleMature Female
Primary audienceYoung Women
Targeted

Quadrant Scores

Young Men
40
Young Women
84
Older Men
16
Older Women
60
Advocacy15
Entertainment

Audience Representation

White
12
Black
68
Hispanic
28
Asian
50
South Asian
58
Middle Eastern
48
Indigenous
48
Mixed
60
Other
48
LGBTQ+
44

Where to Watch (US)

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The average advocacy score of Comedy titles by release year, with this title marked. Higher is more advocacy-driven.

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Average advocacy score of Comedy titles by release year
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193122
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193702
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194416
194504
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194822
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195542
195623
195734
195806
195923
196005
1961210
196216
196306
196408
196509
196606
196807
196925
197017
197105
197206
197309
197418
197509
1976012
197727
197814
197918
198007
198109
1982410
1983112
1984010
1985114
1986020
1987017
1988013
1989124
1990021
1991114
1992017
1993020
1994325
1995119
1996215
1997122
1998124
1999236
2000133
2001131
2002132
2003129
2004140
2005241
2006144
2007153
2008020
2009218
2010110
2011121
2012010
2013413
2014311
201527
20161310
201737
2018612
2019416
2020419
2021519
20221322
20231711
2024717
2025217
2026217
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Cast & Crew