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Connect the dots of TV and feminism to American culture and politics with host Cynthia Bemis Abrams. Interviews with top names - in front of and behind the scenes - offer insights into TV that has shaped American culture and influenced the world. Check out episodes with actors Annie Potts, Margaret Cho, Stepfanie Kramer of Hunter, Kim Fields of Facts of Life and Living Single, and daytime's Cady McClain.  Television veteran writers Georgia Jeffries, Victoria Riskin and April Smith are featured in episodes that explain storytelling as a writing craft. These discussions will forever change how you watch TV. Explore issues of race through interviews with academics Robin Means-Coleman and Charlene Regester, and influencer Karly Beaumont. Ever since the #MeToo Movement of 2017-18, Cynthia has highlighted key episodes and events surrounding sexual harassment - fictional and real life.  With listeners around the world, Cynthia celebrates the progress of representation in media and captures the stories and insights that make TV a powerful storyteller and mirror of truth. In 2025, Cynthia started revealing more about the book she and a colleague are writing. Subscribe to our monthly newsletter at www.tvherstory.com. Promise,  your data will never be sold.
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Year 2 Recap & A Look Ahead

Aug 5, 2017

Celebrating her second anniversary of producing Advanced TV Herstory, host Cynthia Bemis Abrams provides insights into lessons learned, pertaining to technology, content and resources that support her efforts to highlight careers and moments of TV women. She explains her selection of themes, such as women's rights to make their own health care decisions (Sissy Spacek's TV Movie & China Beach). This year was the entry into deep discussion about daytime television, both dramas and "spectacle" audience participation talk show.  Cynthia shares her motivation and pride for recognizing the careers & Legacies of actor Marlene Forte and legends Dinah Shore and Shari Lewis. Stick with Cynthia to the end to learn what she has in store her next season of podcast episodes!

 

 

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