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November 2021 Television Preview

Even though the end of 2021 is near, it is just the beginning for shows premiering this November. This month offers us a range of programs, from comedies to intense dramas, to keep our attention as...

Research

UCLA Diversity Report: Pandemic Audiences Embracing TV Shows with Diverse Casts and Writers

The latest edition of UCLA’s Hollywood Diversity Report examined television viewing habits during the 2019-2020 season and found that pandemic audiences are connecting with shows featuring...

Trailers

Teaser Watch: “Women of the Movement” Honors Mamie Till-Mobley

“What a fine young man you’re becoming,” Mamie Till-Mobley (Adrienne Warren, “Orange Is the New Black”) tells her son in “Women of the Movement,” ABC’s...

Awards

Maggie Gyllenhaal’s “The Lost Daughter” & Rebecca Hall’s “Passing” Lead Gotham Award Noms

The 2021 Gotham Award nominees have been announced, with Maggie Gyllenhaal’s “The Lost Daughter,” Rebecca Hall’s “Passing,” Shatara Michelle Ford’s...

Trailers

Trailer Watch: Beanie Feldstein Is “Harriet the Spy” in New Apple TV+ Animated Series

Currently starring as Monica Lewinsky in “American Crime Story: Impeachment,” the story of the former White House intern’s affair with President Bill Clinton, Beanie Feldstein is...

Trailers

Teaser Watch: It’s “Hanna” vs. Utrax in Season 3

“You’re going out into the wide world,” a class of highly-trained, ass-kicking young women is told in the teaser for “Hanna’s” new season. Hanna (Esmé...

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Pick of the Day: “Maid”

In one of the early episodes of the new Netflix limited series “Maid,” the main character laments that she will need someone to watch her toddler daughter while she goes to interview for...

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October 2021 Television Preview

From narratives of independent women striving to find a foothold for themselves to coming-of-age narratives, fall TV has much to offer. Kicking off the month is Molly Smith Metzler’s “Maid”...

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Pick of the Day: “Nuclear Family”

Two women should be able to have children with the help of a sperm donor, a person who provides genetic material but has “no rights and no responsibilities” in the children’s lives....

Awards

Emmys 2021: Michaela Coel & Women Directors Make History But POC Are Snubbed in Acting Categories

The Emmys took one step forward and two steps back during last night’s ceremony. While the 2021 edition saw a Black woman taking home the trophy for Writing – Limited or Anthology Series...

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Pick of the Day: “Y: The Last Man”

“Y: The Last Man’s” title really should have been retooled. I haven’t read the DC Comics series it’s based on, but the TV adaptation is about a lot more than the last...

Trailers

Trailer Watch: “The Baby-Sitters Club” Is Growing in Season 2

The Baby-Sitters Club is officially back in business, and Kristy (Sophie Grace), Mary-Anne (Malia Baker), Claudia (Momona Tamada), and Stacey (Shay Rudolph) are welcoming new members to their ranks....

News

Join the Girls Club for a Conversation with “Impeachment: American Crime Story” Showrunner Sarah Burgess

Please note that this event has been cancelled.  Sarah Burgess, the showrunner, head writer, and executive producer of “Impeachment: American Crime Story,” will discuss the buzzy FX...

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Animator to Watch: Angela Stempel of “Pen15’s” Animated Special “Jacuzzi”

Animator Angela Stempel is making her mark in the film and TV by bringing the drawing board to life. Originally a student of International Relations, Stempel’s route to the animation circuit...

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September 2021 Television Preview

It’s that time of the year again, where new shows premiere on every network and we’re reunited with some of our favorites as their new seasons begin. We’re seeing some exciting releases by and...

Trailers

Teaser Watch: Margaret Qualley Is a Single Mother Fighting for Survival in Netflix’s “Maid”

In the teaser for the upcoming Netflix series “Maid,” single mother and aspiring writer Alex (Margaret Qualley) tells a friend about a book she’s working on. It’s about a...

Trailers

Trailer Watch: It’s Time for UBA to Reckon with Its Racism in “The Morning Show” Season 2

At the end of “The Morning Show’s” first season, talk show hosts Alex (Jennifer Aniston) and Bradley (Reese Witherspoon) opened up about their network’s toxic, misogynist...

Awards

“Black Widow,” “Respect,” and “Mrs. America” Among Women’s Image Award Nominees

The Women’s Image Network (WIN) has announced the nominations for the 23rd Women’s Image Awards, which “celebrate artists whose work depicts dimensional female media images”...

News

“Angry Little Girls” Film and TV Projects in the Works at Gamechanger Films

Get ready to see a bunch of “Angry Little Girls.” Gamechanger Films is developing a TV series and several holiday movies based on Lela Lee’s webcomic. Deadline broke the news. Lee...

Trailers

Trailer Watch: Monica Lewinsky & Linda Tripp Take Center Stage in “Impeachment: American Crime Story”

“There is a woman I’m very close to in the midst of an affair with the President of the United States,” Linda Tripp, as played by Sarah Paulson, says in the new trailer for...

Awards

Debbie Allen Will Be Presented with the Television Academy’s Governors Award at 2021 Emmys

Debbie Allen will need to make some room on her mantle — the Television Academy’s Governors Award will soon take its place among her three Emmys, Golden Globe, Olivier Award, and 10 NAACP...

Trailers

Trailer Watch: It’s a Woman’s World in the “Y: The Last Man” TV Adaptation

Set to James Brown’s “It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World,” the new trailer for the long-in-the-works, much anticipated television adaptation of “Y: The...

Features

Writer to Watch: Bolu Babalola of “Big Age”

The Internet’s favorite “romcomoisseur,” the President and CEO of the Nick Miller fanclub, “Love Island’s” most beloved live tweeter, the bestselling author of “Love In Color:...

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August 2021 Television Preview

Summer television will go out with a bang this August, with releases ranging from a star-studded miniseries set at a health-and-wellness resort to an Emmy nominee’s animated return. This...

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Pick of the Day: “The Pursuit of Love”

The new miniseries “The Pursuit of Love” features two storytelling tropes that tend to annoy me: the juxtaposition of the free spirited woman and her wallflower best friend, and the woman...

Trailers

Trailer Watch: Weed, Romance, & Shenanigans Abound in “Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens” Season 2

The more things change, the more they stay the same. Such is life — and “Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens.” A trailer has arrived for Season 2 of Awkwafina’s...

News

“Pen15,” “I May Destroy You,” “Girls5eva,” and More Awarded ReFrame TV Stamp

Buzzy titles and awards nominees such as “I May Destroy You,” “Pen15,” “Hacks,” “Girls5eva,” and “Pose” are among the latest awardees of...

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Pick of the Day: “This Way Up”

Set in the months before COVID-19 brought the world to a grinding halt, Season 2 of “This Way Up” sees its main character, Aine (writer-creator-EP Aisling Bea), navigating fits and starts...

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July 2021 Television Preview

With summer in full swing, and the Summer Games coming up, the TV landscape feels a little quieter in anticipation of the jam-packed fall season — but there’s still something for...

Trailers

Trailer Watch: Aisling Bea and Sharon Horgan Have So Many Secrets in “This Way Up” Season 2

A trailer has arrived for the new season of “This Way Up,” the Hulu/Channel 4 dramedy about a woman rebuilding her life after a nervous breakdown. Last time we saw protagonist Aine...

Features

Pick of the Day: “Kevin Can F**k Himself”

“King of Queens,” “According to Jim,” “Still Standing,” “Home Improvement,” “Kevin Can Wait” — the list of sitcoms centering doofus,...

News

Apply Now: Women’s Weekend Film Challenge’s Inaugural Pilot Accelerator Program

This fall, Women’s Weekend Film Challenge (WWFC) will give six to eight up and coming TV scribes the opportunity to pitch to studios, production companies, and producers. Applications are now...

News

The Girls Club Will Bid Farewell to “The Bold Type” with Star Melora Hardin & Showrunner Wendy Straker Hauser

The Girls Club is saying goodbye to “The Bold Type” alongside Melora Hardin and Wendy Straker Hauser. The series’ respective star and co-showrunner will discuss the beloved Freeform...

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Pick of the Day: “Little Birds”

Situated at the intersection of sexual liberation and colonialism, “Little Birds” is a reimagining of Anaïs Nin’s 1979 erotic story collection of the same name. The Starz...

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Pick of the Day: “Feel Good”

Mae tries to break out of her destructive patterns in the new season of “Feel Good” — which means she has no choice but to face her past head-on. The second and final season of the...

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June 2021 Television Preview

Summer TV kicks off in earnest this June — a boatload of new and returning projects by and about women are set to debut, including a comedy about an all-Muslim women punk band, a darkly funny...

News

Barbara Shearer Directing Ghislaine Maxwell Docuseries for Peacock

Barbara Shearer is bringing the story of alleged Jeffrey Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell to Peacock. She directed the three-part docuseries “Epstein’s Shadow: Ghislaine Maxwell,”...

Trailers

Trailer Watch: The Past Catches Up with Mae in the Second and Final Season of “Feel Good”

“I think I’m gonna self-destruct,” Mae (Mae Martin) announces in the new trailer for “Feel Good’s” second and final season. The spot teases peaks and valleys in...

Trailers

Trailer Watch: Jodie Turner-Smith Is “Anne Boleyn”

“The world will know my innocence,” vows Jodie Turner-Smith in a new trailer for “Anne Boleyn.” Penned by Eve Hedderwick Turner, the three-part Channel 5 psychological...

Features

Pick of the Day: “The Underground Railroad”

“The Underground Railroad,” the new Prime Video show based on Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer-winning novel of the same name, makes for an interesting companion piece to “The Long...

News

Join the Girls Club for a Conversation with “Allen v. Farrow” Director Amy Ziering

Amy Ziering, a producer and director of docs such as “The Invisible War,” “The Hunting Ground,” and “On the Record,” will join the Girls Club to discuss her latest...

Features

May 2021 Television Preview

Get ready to update your watchlist: there are tons of television projects by and about women to check out this month, including shows from Tina Fey, Wanda Sykes, and Ziwe Fumudoh, Kelly Oxford’s...

Trailers

Trailer Watch: Lily James Goes on Many Adventures in “The Pursuit of Love”

“Linda believes in love,” we’re told in the new trailer for BBC One miniseries “The Pursuit of Love.” “She’s passionately romantic.” Linda Radlett...

Features

Pick of the Day: “Rutherford Falls”

A small town reckoning with its racist past (and present) might sound like a better basis for a docuseries or drama than a light-hearted comedy. And yet, in the year 2021, we have “Rutherford...

Trailers

Trailer Watch: A Young Woman Escapes Slavery and Discovers “The Underground Railroad”

The Underground Railroad is a very real subterranean system of tracks, tunnels, and conductors in Amazon Prime Video’s upcoming limited series. An adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s...

News

Starz Aims to Increase Representation of Women Helmers with Alliance of Women Directors Partnership

Starz is joining forces with the Alliance of Women Directors (AWD) to boost the number of its women helmers. According to Deadline, the network and the collective have launched the #TakeTheLead...

Trailers

Trailer Watch: “Ziwe” Is Comfortable with Getting Uncomfortable in Her New Showtime Series

“I believe in using humor as a tool to shed light on the truth,” Ziwe Fumudoh announces in the trailer for her new Showtime variety series, “Ziwe.” “But there are some...

Trailers

Trailer Watch: Blanca, Pray Tell, and Co. Return to Ballroom in the Final Season of “Pose”

Since the last time we saw Blanca (Mj Rodriguez), Pray Tell (Billy Porter), Angel (Indya Moore), Elektra (Dominique Jackson), and the rest of the “Pose” crew, things have changed....

News

Tamara Mariam Dawit’s “Finding Sally” Will Air as Part of WORLD Channel’s “AfroPoP” Series

Tamara Mariam Dawit’s investigation into a family mystery is headed to WORLD Channel. A press release has announced “Finding Sally” will debut on WORLD Channel as part of its...

Features

Pick of the Day: “Chad”

As monumental as adolescence is in a person’s life, I always appreciate when artists underscore just how ridiculous it is, too. “Chad,” starring and created by “SNL”...

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April 2021 Television Preview

An interview series featuring one dope queen, an awkward comedy that sees an “SNL” alumna playing a pubescent boy, and an action series remake that reclaims the problematic...

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