The phrase "audiences starved" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation where audiences are lacking in content or experiences, often implying a desire for more engaging material.
Example: "In a world filled with endless streaming options, audiences starved for quality storytelling are turning to independent films."
Alternatives: "viewers craving" or "spectators hungry".
That's despite the fact that black audiences, starved of images and (even more so) narratives about themselves, usually come to these shows with a sense of purpose.
This phenomenon is not new: older audiences, starved for Hollywood content that speaks to them, have been making the arthouse their entertainment go-to destination for years.
Stephen Holden wrote in The Times in March, "To audiences starved for quasi-medical gore, the gruesome 'Repo Men' should help fill the void left by 'Nip/Tuck,' the recently concluded FX series".
On Your Toes combined burlesque and ballet to the delight of audiences starved for post-Depression entertainment.
Beese told HitQuarters that he felt the reason behind the excitement, over an artist who was an atypical pop star for the time, was due to a backlash against reality TV music shows, which included audiences starved for fresh, genuine young talent.
Each week, he and actor Joshua Malina discuss an episode of "The West Wing," the early 2000s television drama set in a fictional White House that, then and now, appealed to audiences starved for more progressive ideas and civil discourse in their politics.
But there is clearly an audience starved for straight drama that finds sustenance largely in British imports.
Just as audiences are starved for a real experience, choreographers want recognition and remuneration, or at least a seat on what they perceive as the gravy train available to visual artists.
The play has been an enormous success in both India and Pakistan, a fact Nadeem put down to particularly Pakistani audiences being "starved of meaningful and politically engaged entertainment on stage".
But Beaton could not help going over the top — as in (in his words) the "orgy of Edwardian luxury" he dreamed up for a production of Wilde's play "Lady Windermere's Fan," because he felt audiences "were starved for bright colors, rich silks and artificial flowers".
The audience was starved for them.
