Stealing the Show

How Women Are Revolutionising Television

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Faber & Faber
11 July 2018

Gender studies: women; Radio & television industry

In recent years, the television landscape has seen the glorious rise of women to key positions of power within the industry, from writers to producers to directors. Successes like Shonda Rhimes's Holy Trinity of shows as a producer - Grey's Anatomy, Scandal, How to Get Away with Murder - and critical darlings like Lena Dunham's Girls, Jill Soloway's Transparent and Jenji Kohan's Orange Is the New Black have heralded a revolution and inspired women creators to put their smartest and boldest art onto screens everywhere.

But this wasn't always the case. The story of how women were able to make their names in an often misogynistic and myopic industry is a decades-long journey full of challenges, hard work, heartbreak, and determination.

Starting with Roseanne Barr and Diane English with their now iconic shows, Roseanne and Murphy Brown respectively, Press shows us how strategic advocating for women in writers' rooms, in producing discussions, and behind the camera as directors led to an inspiring new era for television drama.

Exhaustively researched and featuring insightful commentary and interviews from the key players involved, this book is the essential companion to what has become a game-changer in our culture.

By: Joy Press
Imprint: Faber & Faber
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: Main
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 153mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 436g
ISBN: 9780571342440
ISBN 10: 0571342442
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 11 July 2018
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Joy Press has been writing about popular culture for twenty years and specifically about television for more than a dozen years. In the early 2000s, she was the chief television critic at The Village Voice, where she wrote weekly reviews and features from a perspective that combined feminism and fandom. She then served as entertainment editor of Salon and most recently was a TV editor at the Los Angeles Times, where in addition to commissioning coverage of the latest series, she wrote features and essays on the medium. She has contributed to publications including The New York Times, Slate, Vogue, the Guardian, and Salon. She lives in Los Angeles.

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How Women Are Revolutionising Television

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