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NATPE Diversity Fellowship Applications Due April 28
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For all of you interested in getting into TV:
The National Association of Television Programming Executives Diversity Fellowship is a mid-career program that provides a small group of emerging television and video content creators of color with the next ...[Read on] |
Could Supreme Court TV Make America Smarter?
| The very sight of Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.) makes me drowsy so the notion that he is spearheading a drive to bring live television coverage to the public workings of the United States Supreme Court is downright laughable. But yet there he is, calling out...[Read on] |
Violence against women on television, especially teens, skyrockets
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A new report from the Parents Television Council, Women in Peril, found a 120% increase in depictions of violence against women on television since 2004. (In the same time period, violence that occurred irrespective of gender only increased by 2%.)
Cumu...[Read on] |
Hollywood Writers Report 2009
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It’s no surprise to know that women writers in Hollywood have a tough time getting gigs. It’s always great to have the statistics to back up all the anecdotes. So, here are the abysmal statistics from the 2009 Hollywood Writers Report report done ...[Read on] |
First came Katie Couric, and now we have Diane Sawyer. Is gender bias in television journalism a thing of the past?
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Joan Juliet Buck, Joan Ganz Cooney and Liz Smith reflect on whether men still dominate the network anchor chair
Question of the Day | Today 5:00 amJoan Juliet Buck | Today 12:00 amIs Joan Juliet Buck Convinced?It would be so nice to say yes.
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Kim Mulkey: Class Act
| Coach Kim hits all the right notes in discussing her program's upset of Tennessee, noting that she takes no pleasure in defeating one of the game's legends in Pat Summitt. Also in this same round-up, Geno points out that he doesn't give a damn about the...[Read on] |
The Most Powerful Women in Hollywood
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In conjunction with its Women in Entertainment breakfast, The Hollywood Reporter has published its annual list of the most powerful women in Hollywood. My thoughts are that the list is pretty much the same from last year especially in the top 10 with a c...[Read on] |
Miley Cyrus Versus the Chastity Cops, Round 340,982
| Decency! A thing that is in short supply, per the perma-incensed Parents Television Council. But according to this morning’s Times, the culture-policing nonprofit has fallen on hard times—just as $#*! My Dad Says, those naughty Glee kids, and a scanti...[Read on] |
Who Will Be the Next Wonder Woman?
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Lynda Carter made television history when she played Wonder Woman from 1975-1979. Can such an iconic portrayal ever be lived up to? It will have to be, because word is out that David E. Kelley, creator of "The Practice", "Ally McBeal", and "Bo...[Read on] |
Experiencing history in Berlin
| Yesterday my day was chock full of history. I saw it, I read about it, and I experienced it. Being in Berlin is a chance to see firsthand things you’ve only been able to read about in History books…that is if you ever bothered to even read your hist...[Read on] |
TV is So White- DUH
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Shonda Rhimes
The NY Times had a piece yesterday about how TV is still so white. It was titled No Smooth Ride on TV Networks’ Road to Diversity. It actually should have been titled No Smooth Ride for Men on TV Network Road to Diversity.
They piece t...[Read on] |
Daytime television? Still for chicks?
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There used to be a time when the most popular thing to do was to watch soap operas. teens would rush home after school to watch Dark Shadows. Character names topped parents’ lists of potential baby names. Dorm rooms were packed with students waiting to ...[Read on] |
Women dominate top of the Forbes celebrity list
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Two African American women — Oprah and Beyonce — are the two top celebrities according to Forbes. Awesome. They are followed by James Cameron who made a pot of money off Avatar and Lady Gaga who has had a serious breakout year. Other women in ...[Read on] |
The world’s most powerful celebrities are women
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Forbes has published another one of its lists this time the world’s most powerful celebrities. Since it’s a celebrity list and is (as they say) “a measure of power based on money and fame,” I’m not surprised that women dominate the top of the ...[Read on] |
Sexism Watch: The Jay Leno Show- Where are the Women Writers?
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Jay Leno does a lot of good things with his piles of money. He funds very important work being done to support women and girls in Afghanistan through the Feminist Majority, but as Nancy Franklin pointed out in a recent New Yorker story on his new show, ...[Read on] |
Mother daughter team create new TV show
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Being a formerly fat person myself who struggles with food issues each and every day I was really surprised, happy and cautious to see the new ABC Family TV show Huge.
But I did breathe a sigh of relief when I saw that it was co-created by Winnie Holzman...[Read on] |
President Obama on The View: So, How’d He Do?
| This afternoon, Barack Obama joined the gals of the midday news-and-gossip program The View. It was the first time a sitting president has ever appeared on a daytime television show, which is thrilling news for The View and an equally superlative honor fo...[Read on] |
The still sorry stats on women working behind the scenes on TV
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Martha Lauzen and her team at the Center for Study of Women in Television and Film at San Diego State U. have updated the statistics on women creatives working behind the scenes during the 2008- 2009 TV season.
Here are the stats: (keep in mind these are...[Read on] |
Anna Gunn of 'Breaking Bad' Defines 'Wise Woman'
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‘Breaking Bad’ actress Anna Gunn discusses her hit show, stepping behind the camera and how adults still have a lot to learnQ & A | Today 9:40 am
Actress Anna Gunn can currently be seen on AMC’s "Breaking Bad," on which s...[Read on] |
The Super Bowl and Glee: Very Popular Culture
| • The Super Bowl was the most popular program in television history, and the post-game Glee performed well too, attracting more than 26 million viewers. [The Hollywood Reporter/The Hollywood Reporter] • Representative Jane Harman (D-CA) will soon abdi...[Read on] |
Conde Nast axes four women's magazine titles
| We've been hearing for some time that print journalism is dead. Newspapers and magazines have been cutting back or ceasing operation in alarming numbers.
Now comes news that Conde Nast is shutting down four magazines, including the awarding winning Gourm...[Read on] |
Candace Bushnell and More to create web series
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Who said webisodes were just for the young things? More Magazine and Candace Bushnell aka creator of the Sex and the City columns and the woefully underloved Lipstick Jungle (now that Ben Silverman is gone they should bring the show back except the wome...[Read on] |
The Elle Power List – 2010
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For the second year in a row, Elle Magazine asked Nikki Finke to put together a list of the most powerful women in Hollywood.
Personally, I liked the days when the list was 1-100 and it was straightforward. The list seems to have lost its bite (if it ...[Read on] |
Killing Me Softly: Images of Women in Advertising
| In this new, highly anticipated update of her pioneering Killing Us Softly series, the first in more than a decade, Jean Kilbourne takes a fresh look at how advertising traffics in distorted and destructive ideals of femininity. The film marshals a range ...[Read on] |
Two New CW Dramas
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As you know we are keeping track of new TV shows not only about women but created by women.
The CW has greenlit three shows for next season and two have female creators.
The first is called HMS (Harvard Medical School)and the pilot was written by Amy Ho...[Read on] |
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