Stealing the show : how women are revolutionizing television

Press, Joy 1966- (author.).

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General Note:	Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Look back in anchor: Diane English's Murphy Brown and the culture wars -- From rage to riches: Roseanne Barr and Roseanne -- Walking and talking as fast as they can: Amy Sherman-Palladino's Gilmore Girls -- The vajayjay monologues: the prime-time empire of Shonda Rhimes -- Sitcom and the single girl: Tina Fey's 30 Rock, Liz Meriwether's New Girl, and Mindy Kaling's The Mindy Project -- A voice of a generation: Lena Dunham's Girls -- Gross encounters: Inside Amy Schumer and Broad City -- Crime family values: Jenji Kohan's Weeds and Orange Is the New Black -- Body politic: Jill Soloway's Transparent.
Summary, etc.:	Female writers, directors, and producers have radically transformed the television industry in recent years, shaking up the entertainment landscape, making it look like an equal opportunity dream factory. Press shows that it took decades of determination in the face of preconceived ideas and outright prejudice to reach this new era. She tells the stories of the maverick women who broke through the barricades, whose iconic shows inspired the next generation of female TV writers and producers to carve out the creative space and executive power needed to present radically new representations of women on the small screen.