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Glazer, Ilana, 11, 199, 201, 208–16, 222, 286
background, 209–11
Broad City and, 211–16, 222–23
pitching to Comedy Central, 211–12
as showrunner, 212–13
Glover, Donald, 141, 184
Goldbergs, The (TV show), 4
Golden Girls (TV show), 7
Golden Globe Awards, 2, 140, 186
Goldwyn, Tony, 125
Gone Girl (Flynn), 221
Good Girls Revolt (TV show), 286, 287
Goodman, John, 53–54, 69
Goranson, Alicia “Lecy,” 60
Gordon, Mark, 107
Gore, Al, 77
Gould, Alexander, 232, 233
Graham, Lauren, 73, 82–88, 91, 94, 97, 98, 100, 101, 102
Gray, Spalding, 227
Greenberg, Kathy, 235
Greenblatt, Robert, 229
Greenfield, Max, 153
Grey’s Anatomy (TV show), 3, 103, 108–19, 120–25, 131, 136, 144, 162, 260
ABC and, 107–9, 111, 113–15, 117
abortion and, 117–18
“color-blind casting,” 112–13, 122, 123
gender and LGBTQ issues, 121
pilot, 109, 111, 113, 114, 122, 128
ratings, 115
reviews, 114–15
Sandra Oh’s exit from, 132–33
vajayjay and, 117
writers, 112, 115, 116
Gross, Terry, 146, 203
Group, The (film), 23
Growing Pains (TV show), 47
Growing Up Laughing (Thomas), 5
Gubbins, Sarah, 280
Gunn, Sean, 84, 102
Gunzenhauser, Norman, 28
Gyllenhaal, Jake, 113
H
Hahn, Kathryn, 262, 264, 280
Hairpin, The (blog), 13, 169
Hanchell, Tejado, 127
Handler, Chelsea, 203
Hansen, Ryan, 165
Harney, Michael, 239
Harper, Valerie, 78
Harris, Jeff, 56, 57
Harris, Susan, 7
Harvard Lampoon, 140, 141
Harvie, Ian, 265, 275–76
Haskell, Molly, 7
Having It All (Brown), 30
Hawkes, John, 207
Hayek, Salma, 66
Heath, Jennifer, 60, 76, 78
Hecht, Ben, 25
Heddatron (Meriwether), 151
Heder, Sian, 236, 237, 240, 243, 247
Heigl, Katherine, 115–16
Heisler, Eileen, 11–12, 63, 65, 66, 71, 174
Heline, DeAnn, 11–12, 63, 65, 66, 71, 174, 289
Helms, Jesse, 17
Help Me Help You (TV show), 172
Hemingway, Mariel, 63
Herrmann, Edward, 82, 86, 100
Hewes, Maybin, 75
Hewitt, Don, 33–34
Heyward, Sarah, 180, 185, 195
Hill, Anita, 48
Hirschfeld, Magnus, 270
Hitchens, Christopher, 137–38
Hoffmann, Gaby, 255–57, 262–64, 267, 273, 275
Holofcener, Nicole, 171, 207, 208
Holzman, Winnie, 90, 173
Home Box Office (HBO), 10, 11, 42, 52, 106, 108, 167, 172–77, 181–85, 196, 229, 235, 257, 259, 261, 263, 264
alpha men, series about, 75–76, 173–74
diversity and, 184, 185, 186, 287
Insecure and, 186, 283, 287
Jenji Kohan and, 228, 229, 236
Jill Soloway and, 258, 259, 261, 263
Sex and the City and, 108, 173, 174
The Sopranos and, 75–76, 173
See also Girls
Homeland (TV show), 90
Honeymooners, The (TV show), 46
Hot in Cleveland (TV show), 286
House (TV show), 236
House of Cards (TV show), 195, 236
Howard, Silas, 266
How to Get Away with Murder (TV show), 120, 133, 134
Hubbard, Matt, 141
Huffington, Arianna, 67
Hulu, 164–65, 287
Hunt, Darlene, 235
Husbands (TV show), 9
Huston, Anjelica, 271
I
Iger, Robert, 107–8
I Love Dick (TV show), 280, 283, 287
I Love Lucy (TV show), 4
Insecure (TV show), 186, 283, 287
Inside Amy Schumer (TV show), 2, 200, 201–8, 211, 216–22
awards and, 2, 216
backlash and, 220–21
Comedy Central and, 200–201, 203, 204–5, 206
pilot, 203
political material, 217–20
premiere, 206
rape jokes, 216–19
sketches going viral, 206, 219
writers, 203–4, 206, 218, 221, 280
Intern, The (film), 191
In the Motherhood (TV show), 172, 210
Ireland, Patricia, 30
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (Kaling), 159
Isherwood, Christopher, 270
It’s Complicated (film), 191
J
Jackie Thomas Show, The (TV show), 66
Jackson, Janet, 17
Jacobson, Abbi, 11, 199, 201, 208–16, 222, 286
background, 209–11
Broad City and, 211–16, 222–23
pitching to Comedy Central, 211–12
as showrunner, 212–13
Jamie Foxx Show, The (TV show), 79
Jane the Virgin (TV show), 2
Jarmusch, Jim, 179
Jenner, Caitlyn, 240, 257, 258
Jessica Jones (TV show), 285
Jezebel (blog), 13, 146, 169, 218
Joey (TV show), 141
Johnson, Jake, 151, 153
Jones, Cherry, 267, 273
Jones, Hettie, 106
Jones, Nick, 237
K
Kahlo, Frida, 182
Kaling, Mindy, 3, 11, 137, 151, 152, 158–66, 200
Fox and, 159, 164
Hulu and, 164, 165, 166
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?, 159
Matt and Ben, 159
The Mindy Project, 159, 160–67
The Office, 158–59
as showrunner, 161, 166
as writer, 159
Kaplan, Bruce Eric, 179–80
Kapnek, Emily, 149
Karpovsky, Alex, 172, 178
Kartheiser, Vincent, 207
Kauffman, Marta, 79
Kazan, Zoe, 151
Keaton, Diane, 31
Kellman, Barnet, 23–24, 25–26, 27, 29–30
Kelly, Chris, 212
Kerman, Piper, 236, 237
Khan, Nahnatchka, 149, 150
Kimbrough, Charles, 25
King, Carole, 92
King, Gayle, 139
King, Michael Patrick, 12, 34, 149, 173
Kirk, Justin, 232
Kirke, Jemima, 177
Klaus, Barbara, 57
Klausner, Julie, 155, 174
Klein, Jessi, 203–4, 206–8, 218, 221, 280
Klein, Robert, 228
Knocked Up (film), 175
Knots Landing (TV show), 25
Kohan, David, 226, 227, 228
Kohan, Jenji, 3, 12, 88, 225, 225–39, 241–52, 257, 264, 286
background, 226–29
Emmy Awards, 228
Gilmore Girls, 88
hiring policy, 233–34
Netflix and, 236, 241–42, 257, 286
Orange Is the New Black, 226, 236–52, 257, 286–87
pitches to Showtime, 229–30, 236
as showrunner, 233, 238, 251
Showtime and, 226, 229, 233
Tracey Ullman and, 228
Weeds and, 225–26, 229–36, 252
Konner, Jennifer, 7, 167, 172, 175, 176, 179–81, 188–90, 192, 196, 197, 210, 228
Girls, 172, 174–76, 179–81, 188–92
Lenny Letter, 196
Konner, Lawrence, 180
Krakowski, Jane, 142
Kraus, Chris, 280
Kudrow, Lisa, 173
Kushner, Tony, 112–13
Kutcher, Ashton, 151
L
Landecker, Amy, 255, 263–64, 266, 272–73
Lathe of Heaven, The (Le Guin), 20–21
Lawrence, Sheila R., 89, 94, 120
Leahy, Janet, 41–42, 68, 71
Lear, Norman, 6
Le Guin, Ursula K., 20–21
LeMasters, Kim, 23–24
Lewinsky, Monica, 48, 124
Leyva, Selenis, 243
LGBTQ issues and themes, 13, 240–41, 257–58, 263, 265, 274–77
See also Orange Is the New Black; Transparent
Liebegott, Ali, 264, 274, 275, 276
Lifetime, 287
Life Unexpected (TV show), 288
Light, Judith, 228, 254, 255, 256, 263, 272
Limbaugh, Rush, 182
Living in Captivity (TV show), 41
Locklear, Heather, 23
Lost (TV show), 108, 114
Louie (TV show), 185, 191–92, 203, 262
Louis C.K., 286
Louis-Dreyfus, Julia, 186, 207, 208
Love & War (TV show), 41
Love and Marriage (TV show), 79
Lowes, Katie, 125–26, 134–36
Lowy, Linda, 112–13, 123, 125, 126
Luce, Clare Booth, 42
Luck (TV show), 10
Lumley, Joanna, 67
L Word, The (TV show), 235, 257
Lynch, Jane, 259, 261
Lyne, Susan, 108
Lyonne, Natasha, 239–40, 245, 248–51
Lysette, Trace, 277, 279
M
M*A*S*H (TV show), 7
Mad About You (TV show), 228
Mad Men (TV show), 41–42, 178, 248, 264
Madonna, 17, 38
Maher, Bill, 15
Malle, Louis, 23, 28
Mamet, David, 178
Mamet, Zosia, 178
Manning, Taryn, 239, 243–44
Married, with Children (TV show), 47
Marsden, James, 148
Martin, Peter, 191
Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (TV show), 287
Mary (TV show), 21
Mary and Lou and Rhoda and Ted (Armstrong), 6
Mary Tyler Moore Show, The (TV show), 1, 1, 5–6, 21, 28–29, 32, 70, 104, 138, 176, 258
Masur, Richard, 255
Matoian, John, 79
Matsoukas, Melina, 287
Maude (TV show), 6, 27, 70, 78, 117
McCaffrey, Kathleen, 173
McCarthy, Melissa, 83, 149
McCarthy-Miller, Beth, 148
McDonald, Audra, 119
McGhee, Zahir, 130
McMenamin, James, 244
McNamara, Mary, 116
McPherson, Steve, 113
Mendes, Eva, 42
Men in Trees (TV show), 8
Mercy (TV show), 239
Meriwether, Liz, 137, 149–58
background, 151
Fox and, 149, 151–52
New Girl and, 149, 150, 152–58
Messina, Chris, 162
Metcalf, Laurie, 45, 53, 54
#metoo, 286
Meyers, Nancy, 191
Michaels, Lorne, 139, 140, 280
Middle, The (TV show), 11, 66, 71, 289
Milch, David, 10–11
Milioti, Cristin, 146
Miller, Murray, 192
Mindy Project, The (TV show), 137, 138, 149, 158–67, 200
cast, 162
critics, 162
Fox and, 159, 164
Hulu and, 164, 165, 166
motherhood and, 163, 165
race and, 160, 163–64
ratings, 164
rom-com, 161, 165
writers, 149, 161, 165
Miramax, 106
Modern Family (TV show), 70
Moonlighting (TV show), 33, 95
Moonlight Mile (film), 113
Moore, Adrienne C., 246
Moore, Mary Tyler, 1, 5–7, 21, 41, 70
Morelli, Lauren, 245
Morgan, Tracy, 140, 142, 148
Morris, Lamorne, 153
Mort, Cynthia, 68
Mulgrew, Kate, 239
Mulvey, Laura, 190, 202, 271
Mumolo, Annie, 149
Murphy, Ryan, 261, 285
Murphy Brown (TV show), 3, 12, 14, 15, 17, 19–43, 70–71, 155, 198
cast, 23–27
CBS and, 22–24, 26, 27, 32–33, 34, 36, 40
critics, 28
culture wars and, 33, 35, 36, 43
Dan Quayle controversy, 32–38, 183
Emmy Awards, 30, 32, 38, 59, 60
motherhood and, 31–35
premiere, 19
ratings, 28, 33, 34, 38–39, 40, 42
religious right and, 14, 19
writers, 12, 33, 66
My Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (TV show), 283
Myer, Bob, 60
Myers, Dee Dee, 36
Myles, Eileen, 267, 273
My Life as a Woman (Barr), 49, 50
My Lives (Barr), 53, 56
My Name Is Earl (TV show), 141
M.Y.O.B. (TV show), 82
My Sister Sam (TV show), 21, 26
My So-Called Life (TV show), 3, 90–91, 108, 151, 173
N
Naegle, Sue, 172, 173, 174–75, 177, 184
Nangle, Christine, 218
NBC, 2, 34, 82, 100, 141–43, 147, 149, 159, 239, 286
Mindy Kaling and, 159
Must-See TV, 141
Studio 60, 141–42, 145
30 Rock, 138–49
Whitney, 149
See also Saturday Night Live; 30 Rock
Nealon, Kevin, 231
Nef, Hari, 270, 271
Netflix, 14, 143, 164, 221, 242, 257
Gilmore Girls, 74, 77, 95, 99–102
Orange Is the New Black, 236–52, 286–87
original programming, 141, 236, 287
New Girl (TV show), 137, 138, 141, 148, 149, 150, 152–58, 159, 181
backlash, 154–55
cast, 152–53, 261
Fox and, 149, 151, 152, 158
premiere, 154
ratings, 158
reviews, 154–55
rom-com, 156–58
writers, 148, 153–54, 156, 157, 158
Newhart (TV show), 22
Nickelodeon, 210
Night Full of Rain, A (film), 23
No Strings Attached (film), 151
Not That Kind of Girl (Dunham), 188–89, 193
Nowalk, Peter, 120
Noxon, Christopher, 229, 234
Noxon, Marti, 9, 174
Nurse Jackie (TV show), 76, 200, 235
O
Obama, Barack, 13, 125
Obama, Michelle, 13
Obst, Lynda, 149, 286
OC, The (TV show), 153
Office, The (TV show), 141, 158–59, 160
Off the Map (TV show), 124
Oh, Sandra, 113, 122–23, 132–33
One Day at a Time (TV show), 6, 7
Orange Is the New Black (Kerman), 236, 237
Orange Is the New Black (TV show), 2, 12, 88, 225–26, 233, 236–52
awards, 246
casting, 238–40, 243, 249, 257
Netflix and, 236, 241–42, 257, 286–87
political content and, 246–50
premiere, 241
race and, 246–48, 249
rape and, 244
reviews, 241
sex and, 244–45
story lines, 240–41, 243–45, 246–48
theme song, 248
tone, 247
transgender character, 240–41, 257
writers, 236–37, 245, 251
Orenstein, Bernie, 21
Our Lady J, 266
OWN network, 287
P
Padalecki, Jared, 84, 95
Palladino, Daniel, 68, 74, 78, 79, 88–89, 93, 97, 100, 102
Parenthood (TV series), 100
Parker, Mary-Louise, 230, 231–32, 233
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nbsp; Parker, Sarah Jessica, 8
Parriott, James D., 112, 116
Parrish, Hunter, 232, 233
Pastorelli, Robert, 25, 26–27, 41
Patano, Tonye, 231
Patmore Gibbs, Suzanne, 107, 113, 119
Patterson, Scott, 84, 169
Patterson, Troy, 182
Paz, Octavio, 182
peak vagina, 150, 162, 181
Pedrad, Nina, 147, 148
Pell, Paula, 139
Pentland, Bill, 50, 51, 52, 55
Perkins, Elizabeth, 232
Perry, Matthew, 142
Philbin, J. J., 139, 153, 154
Phillips, Sam, 91–92
Pinkett Smith, Jada, 106
Pitch Perfect (film), 141
Playing the Race Card (Williams), 131
Plec, Julie, 288
Poehler, Amy, 138, 139, 140, 186
Broad City and, 210, 211, 213
Polone, Gavin, 83
Pompeo, Ellen, 113, 114
Portman, Natalie, 151
Posch, Brooke, 211–13
Posey, Parker, 98
Poul, Alan, 278
Powell, Dan, 203, 218
Prebble, Lucy, 235
Prepon, Laura, 239, 244
Pretty Little Liars (TV show), 74
Private Practice (TV show), 11, 119–21, 125
Pugh, Madelyn, 4
Q
Quayle, Dan, 35–38, 39–40, 63
Queen Sugar (TV show), 283, 285, 287
Queer as Folk (TV show), 229
R
Rae, Issa, 186, 287
Rafkin, Alan, 6
Rather, Dan, 36
Reagan, Ronald, 17, 47
Rebeck, Theresa, 174
Regalbuto, Joe, 25
Reilly, Kevin, 140, 145, 152, 159
Reitman, Ivan, 151
Remnick, David, 196
Resurrection Blvd. (TV show), 229
Return of Jezebel James (TV show), 98
Reubens, Paul “Pee Wee Herman,” 144
Revolution Was Televised, The (Sepinwall), 173
Reynolds, Malvina, 234
Rhimes, Shonda, 2, 3, 10, 14, 103, 103–36, 233, 287
background, 105–6
Betsy Beers and, 104, 105, 107, 108, 111, 118–19, 124
black identity and, 123, 128–30
character of, 125, 133, 136
“color-blind casting” and, 112, 123
early career of, 106–7
Emmy Awards, 106
Girls and, 185
Grey’s Anatomy and, 108–19, 131–33, 144
Hillary Clinton and, 134–35
hiring policy, 120
How to Get Away With Murder and, 133–34
Private Practice and, 119–21
Scandal and, 124–32
Year of Yes, 123, 135
Rhoda (TV show), 7, 78
Rice, Condoleezza, 145
Richmond, Jeff, 139
Rise of the Goldbergs, The (radio show), 4
Rivers, Joan, 139
Robe, Blythe, 117
Rogen, Seth, 215
Roseanne (TV show), 3, 11, 12, 14, 20, 45, 45–48, 52–68, 180, 183, 210
ABC and, 55, 59, 63, 64, 66, 69
backlash, 59, 220
cast, 53–54, 56
creative control, 52–57, 59, 64–65, 68, 71, 76–77
debut episode, 19, 45–46, 55
Emmy Awards and, 59–60, 76