Television
The Sad Death of Prime Suspect
This TV season has lots of female created and female starring shows. Some stink (Whitney), some are great (Up All Night), and most kind of fall somewhere in the middle (2 Broke Girls). (For a an...
Trailer Watch: Katharine McPhee in Smash
Katharine McPhee gets the star treatment in this video from Smash (which is created by Theresa Rebeck.) Show will premiere on February 6. Check out all the other great stars in it. Debra Messing....
Cross-Post: Oscars 2011: Single Fathers and the Vanishing Mothers
One of the threads running through this year’s Oscar race is the single father who must pull things together for the sake of his kids. This is especially poignant in three films — Moneyball,...
A Scathing Put Down of ABC TV Executives
I’ve heard a lot of the stories but have never heard it quite like this. Clearly someone affiliated (or formerly affiliated) with Pan Am has some feelings about how the network has handled the...
Borgen Premieres Saturday Night on Link TV
For those of you out there who still wish Commander in Chief had lasted more than a handful of episodes I have some good news. The Danes (who actually just elected their own female Prime...
The Top 50 TV Showrunners: The Women
The Hollywood Reporter has compiled a list of the top 50 showrunners in comedy and drama. There are a total of 15 women on the list. 6 in comedy and 10 in dramas. Several women are responsible for...
Women Comedy Creators Soar This Season on TV
Something is happening on TV and we need to acknowledge it. First, all the new shows that are breaking out this season are comedies. That hasn’t happened for a long time. Second, those comedies...