From KCRW, I'm Kim Masters, and this is The Business.

For this specific show, I just knew I could do so much with the Cuban experience.

So much of the pride I have in being Cuban and the stories that I have for my personal life, I wanted to use.

When Norman Lear decided to reboot the classic sitcom one day at a time, this time with a Latino family.

He wanted a writer who could offer an authentic voice.

Even Gloria Calderon-Kellet was surprised when he picked her and let her build the show around a Cuban family.

For the 4th of July holiday, we're revisiting our conversation with Calderon-Kellet.

But first, an all-new news banter.

Stay tuned, it's the business from KCRW.

I am joined by my vacationing fellow banterer, Matt Bellany, taking a little time off in South Carolina where he's enjoying himself.

Thank you for doing this, Matt.

No problem.

So let's talk about the Academy.

This week, the Academy let in 700 some new members. That is a big number. They have increased that

new membership. This is the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, obviously. They have

increased their membership in the last couple of years. This was in response to the

Oscar-So-white controversy where people of color were overlooked in the nominations. And,

you know, obviously for years, women and people of color are very underrepresented behind the

camera and in the executive suites. So the Academy is in way trying to address this its own way

and opening up its membership dramatically.

But on the list of people invited, there are those who have raised eyebrows because their careers in film are extremely perfunctory, let's say.

Right. If you look at people like Leslie Jones from Saturday Live or Donald Glover, who's known mostly

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