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Host Cynthia Bemis Abrams enjoyed researching how MTV launched careers beyond the original five VJs. Talented women creatives had a new outlet at the intersection of video, musical and visual…
Podcast Episode Description In this episode of Advanced TV Herstory, host Cynthia Bemis Abrams provides a compelling analysis of Anita Hill’s historic testimony before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee in…
Host Cynthia Bemis Abrams walks through the high and low points of women television detective characters. Detectives followed the emergence of women in title roles of series, which happened at…
In this heartfelt episode of Advanced TV Herstory, host Cynthia Bemis Abrams honors the remarkable life and career of Anna “Patty” Duke. Just weeks before Duke’s unexpected passing, Cynthia reflects…
Host Cynthia Bemis Abrams concludes, “it’s all in the sound!” Cynthia’s research began when she was reading about First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt who was a pioneering and prolific communicator. While…
Host Cynthia Bemis Abrams welcomes Dr. Wendy Burns-Ardolino, author of TV Female Foursomes and Their Fans, to discuss the groundbreaking 1989 Designing Women episode, “They Shoot Fat Women, Don’t They?”…
Host Cynthia Bemis Abrams welcomes Wendy Burns-Ardolino, PhD and professor at Grand Valley State University (MI) to discuss her study of the four-female character construct found in television sitcoms. Burns-Ardolino’s…
No podcast on women in television is complete without a long hard look at the life and career of Lucille Ball. Host Cynthia Bemis Abrams found that even with a…
Podcast Episode Description In this episode of Advanced TV Herstory, host Cynthia Bemis Abrams explores Diana Ross’ legendary 1983 Central Park concert, where music and leadership collided amidst a torrential…
Treva Silverman, the primary writer for The Mary Tyler Moore Show, broke ground as one of the few women in the writers’ room during television’s golden age. In this episode,…