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Mar 14, 2024 · Updated. Mar 14, 2024, 8:28 AM PDT. Ali Wong poses with her awards at the 75th Emmy Awards in 2024. ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images. Women have broken barriers and changed the TV landscape...
Oct 10, 2021 · Mo Abudu. Founder, EbonyLife Media (Nigeria) Nigerian producer and television pioneer Abudu made history in 2020 when her pan-African entertainment banner EbonyLife Media signed a multi-title deal ...
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- One small step for woman... EW takes a look back at some of the biggest pioneers for women in and on television through the years. Meet the groundbreakers, fighters, and queens who have been breaking barriers on the small screen since the earliest days of TV.
- 1948: First full-time news correspondent; 1976: First woman to moderate presidential debate. Pauline Frederick was the first woman to become a full-time news correspondent when ABC finally gave her a full-time contract after years of employing her as a freelancer.
- 1958: First family sitcom to focus on the mother, not the father. Actress Donna Reed made history with her series The Donna Reed Show. The half-hour sitcom was the first family comedy to focus on the mother instead of the father.
- 1963: First Black actress to star in a TV drama. Legendary actress Cicely Tyson made history as the first African American star of a television drama with her role as secretary Jane Foster on East Side/West Side.
Nov 15, 2023 · Diane Garrett, Addie Morfoot, Carole Horst, Emily Longeretta, Todd Longwell, Janee Bolden, Matt Donnelly, Sharareh Drury, Selome Hailu, Angelique Jackson, Brent Lang, Brooke Mazurek, Joe Otterson ...
Sep 14, 2021 · Martha Lauzen. A new study of female employment in TV finds that major streaming platforms have made more progress toward gender parity than networks.
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Oct 18, 2022 · The annual Boxed In study from San Diego State University looked at over 3,000 characters and more than 3,800 credits in the 2021-2022 television season to determine the number of women working...
