Showing 16 - 30 of 197 articles tagged "Women and TV"

• Posted Friday 7/03/20 at 4:09AM EDT

  Enough with TV's dependence on white women warriors!

  Netflix's Warrior Nun, Amazon's Hanna Season 2 and Netflix's Cursed are all premiering seasons this month with one thing in...

• Posted Friday 7/03/20 at 4:09AM EDT

  Meet Faye Emerson, who became network TV's first female late-night host in 1949 -- nearly 40 years before Joan Rivers

  Joan Rivers is widely considered the first female late-night host with Fox's The Late Show, premiering in 1986.

• Posted Saturday 5/23/20 at 4:35AM EDT

  Normal People has been immensely important in making Peak TV more female-centric

  "It adds to the through-line in the past decade of great TV that begins with Lena Dunham’s Girls on HBO...

• Posted Wednesday 3/04/20 at 12:36PM EST

  Netflix celebrating International Women's Day with "Because She Watched" special programming

  "Because She Watched" will feature shows, documentaries and films curated by 55 women, including Millie Bobby Brown, Lana Condor, Janet...

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  Posted Tuesday 1/14/20 at 3:00AM EST

  Big Talk: ABC Sets its Sights on Female Viewers With 2020 Development Slate

  With the broadcast network development cycle back in full swing.

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  Posted Saturday 12/14/19 at 1:25AM EST

  The 2010s were a golden age for TV's female rebels

  In 2012, Two and a Half Men co-creator Lee Aronsohn complained to The Hollywood Reporter that “we’re approaching peak vagina...

• Posted Monday 12/02/19 at 10:32PM EST

  CBS All Access felt it was "good business" for Star Trek: Discovery to revolve around women of color

  "We certainly feel that it's important to reflect the culture on our service," says Julie McNamara, CBS All Access' executive...

• Posted Tuesday 11/19/19 at 4:48PM EST

  Study: For the first time, more than half of TV episodes were directed by women or people of color

  The Directors Guild of America found that of 4,300 episodes produced in the 2018-19, some 50% were directed by women...

• Posted Thursday 10/17/19 at 3:14AM EDT

  One of fall TV's new show trends: Dead women as catalysts

  "By my count, of the 15 new broadcast shows that premiered since the Emmys, five gain heat from the funeral...

• Posted Wednesday 10/16/19 at 1:06PM EDT

  Why are so many men winning Survivor?

  "In terms of winner distribution, the show’s first 25 seasons could not have been any more even, with 13 men...

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  Posted Thursday 9/19/19 at 3:54AM EDT

  Unbelievable is TV's most feminist crime show, avoiding Hollywood's "badass" approach to feminism

  The Netflix true-crime miniseries is "the most feminist crime show in recent memory, but one that is not feminist in...

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  Posted Friday 9/06/19 at 1:39AM EDT

  The Post-Apocalyptic Charms of A Black Lady Sketch Show

  There’s no denying the excellence of the standalone skits on A Black Lady Sketch Show.

• Posted Wednesday 9/04/19 at 12:53PM EDT

  Study: Females are making widespread gains in front of and behind the camera

  A new Boxed In report from San Diego State University's Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film...

• Posted Tuesday 7/30/19 at 4:24AM EDT

  From Big Little Lies to Veronica Mars to Fleabag: What does it mean when women run on screen?

  Big Little Lies loved to depict its female stars in motion because it's "a signifier of their refusal to yield...

• Posted Thursday 7/25/19 at 2:57PM EDT

  Peak TV hasn't worked out so well for women in comedy trying to land their own shows

  Lena Dunham, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Jenji Kohan and Jill Soloway are among the non-male voices who've found success with their own...