Rape as a Weapon of War
October 10, 2011 by Natalie Wilson · 1 Comment
On October 11, PBS will kick off its new five-part series Women, War, and Peace, executive-produced by Abigail Disney, Gini Reticker and Pamela Hogan. I interviewed Peggy Kuo, a war-crimes prosecutor ...Read More
An Ex-Bunny Bids a Not-So-Fond Goodbye to NBC’S Playboy Club
October 6, 2011 by Lili Bee · 4 Comments
NBC has officially pulled the plug on the highly promoted new series The Playboy Club after airing only three episodes. The reason given? Poor ratings, which caused seven major advertisers to withdraw ...Read More
Pan Am: Will Women Take Flight?
September 30, 2011 by Natalie Wilson · 14 Comments
Though I agree with Nancy Franklin of the New Yorker that you can’t judge a show by its pilot, I would counter that, in the case of Pan Am, there is quite a bit we can glean from the season opener. ...Read More
Where Are All the Sitcom Lesbians?
September 28, 2011 by Diane Shipley · 6 Comments
News broke last week that Portia de Rossi will star in a sitcom produced by her wife, Ellen DeGeneres. NBC has signed on for a “put pilot”, which means they’ve committed to screening the ...Read More
The New Charlie’s Angels: Being Bad Doesn’t Make You Badass
September 24, 2011 by Holly L. Derr · 5 Comments
In the original TV version of Charlie’s Angels, the three “Angels” were graduates of the police academy who were working in police jobs that failed to make the most of their superior ...Read More
What Would Make “Whitney” Worth Watching?
September 23, 2011 by Diane Shipley · 12 Comments
I’m not familiar with Whitney Cummings’ stand-up, so I watched the pilot of her eponymous sitcom with an open mind. In fact, after reading a New York Times interview in which she was asked if ...Read More
Apparently, “Persons of Interest” Aren’t Women
September 22, 2011 by Aviva Dove-Viebahn · 12 Comments
I’m not one to turn down a new crime show. Give me a detective, a forensic team or a vigilante out for the truth and I’m pretty much a happy camper. So I was expecting to enjoy the new ...Read More
Maria Bello Can Take a Punch
September 22, 2011 by Almie Rose · 4 Comments
Who would want to watch a show where, in the pilot, the female protagonist gets beaten in an alley until she’s bloody? You’re probably assuming that she was a victim of a crime. On the ...Read More
Yes, The Playboy Club IS That Bad
September 20, 2011 by Gail Dines · 28 Comments
There were so many surreal scenes in the pilot of NBC’s The Playboy Club that it is difficult to pick out the most eye-popping. Was it the “bunnies” spontaneously breaking into song, ...Read More
“Unforgettable” Shows Promise for Memorable Female Lead
September 20, 2011 by Paula Kamen · 1 Comment
Tonight’s premiere of the new CBS drama “Unforgettable” brings to mind another cable show, “Monk” (2002-2009). “Monk”‘s detective lead had Obsessive ...Read More
