Latest Womenrepresentation Podcast Episodes
Talk Show First, Della Reese
Advanced TV Herstory - June 12, 2024 10:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsDella Reese (1931-2017) was a singer, talk show host, actor, ordained minister, and much more. Her career, which spanned seven decades, was marked by faith, resilience, and her ability to break barriers in predominantly white and male-dominated industries. In 1969, Ms. Reese made history as t...
Women Who Raise
Advanced TV Herstory - May 12, 2024 20:38 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsThis Mother's Day we celebrate the women who raise us, nurture and help us find our inner strength and outer voice. Typically, they are our mothers or stepmothers—but they also can be foster moms, grandparents, neighbors, dance teachers—any woman who holds a mirror up to our potential. They oft...
Talking Sci-Fi with a Scientist: Dr. Sherry Ginn
Advanced TV Herstory - April 14, 2024 11:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsOn location at the Pop Culture Association (PCA) National Conference in Chicago, I met with Sherry Ginn, PhD, the current PCA president. Dr. Ginn is an impressive pop culture and science fiction scholar and I’m grateful that we were able to sit down and talk about our mutual interests in televi...
TV Talk Show Moment: Vivien Leigh as Herself
Advanced TV Herstory - March 13, 2024 17:31 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsWe continue to celebrate the female voices that have provided a foundation for cultural advancement and modern discourse by featuring a rare TV talk show appearance by two-time Academy Award winner Vivien Leigh. The year was 1958. The show was “Small World,” hosted by American broadcast jou...
Intimacy Coordinating feat. Daytime's Yvonne Perry
Advanced TV Herstory - February 06, 2024 11:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsHost Cynthia Bemis Abrams welcomes Yvonne Perry to Advanced TV Herstory. Yvonne is an award-winning actor, drama teacher, director, and intimacy coordinator. In addition to her work in film and primetime television, she originated the role of Rosanna Cabot on "As the World Turns." Yvonne’s exper...
Parade of Accomplished Women 2023 - Part II
Advanced TV Herstory - January 20, 2024 11:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsIn this special episode, Cynthia Bemis Abrams is joined by guest co-host Ashley Pacini for the Parade of Accomplished Women 2023. Instead of a somber “in memoriam,” we’re bringing you a celebration of the talented, influential women who helped shape the television industry. In this second part o...
Parade of Accomplished Women 2023 - Part I
Advanced TV Herstory - January 15, 2024 11:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsOUT in 2024 - "In Memoriam" IN - Parade of Accomplished Women This is the first of our two-part celebration of some of the talented, influential females we lost in 2023. Guest co-host Ashley Pacini of The Reel Women joins host Cynthia Bemis Abrams for this discussion. The Reel Women in...
TV Talk Shows: Hellman v. McCarthy
Advanced TV Herstory - December 13, 2023 11:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsWelcome to the next episode in our special series on TV Talk Shows. Big talk show moments, especially the controversial ones, provide snapshots that we can use to examine our politics and culture at a singular point in time. Some of the moments we discuss in this series may be unfamiliar to yo...
Annie Potts: Hooked on Helping
Advanced TV Herstory - November 21, 2023 11:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsWe know her as Meemaw, Mary Jo Shively, Emmie Sims, and the voice of Bo Peep. But Annie Potts is hooked on helping others—she’s very hands on—and she’s here to tell us about that part of her life. In doing so, she inspires us with her commitment and challenges us to “turn the car around.” Ann...
TV Talk Shows: The First in a Series
Advanced TV Herstory - November 17, 2023 11:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsJoin host Cynthia Bemis Abrams as she launches a new limited series, TV Talk Shows, part of the Advanced TV Herstory podcast. In this first episode, Cynthia delves into a study that reveals women are more prominently featured in unscripted television shows than in scripted ones—another exampl...
Pioneer Women Writers of TV with Annie Berke, PhD
Advanced TV Herstory - October 10, 2023 10:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsAdvanced TV Herstory’s commitment to connecting the dots of TV & feminism and American politics & culture continues with an examination of the pioneering women writers during the early days of TV. My guest, Annie Berke, PhD, is the author of Their Own Best Creations: Women Writers in Postwar...
WGA, MTM and Hollywood Stories with Victoria Riskin
Advanced TV Herstory - September 12, 2023 10:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsCynthia Bemis Abrams welcomes Victoria Riskin, a second-generation filmmaker with a rich Hollywood legacy. Victoria's parents—Robert Riskin, a prolific, Oscar-winning screenwriter, and Fay Wray, best known for her role in the original King Kong—were instrumental in shaping the classic years of t...
WGA, MTM & Hollywood Stories with Victoria Riskin
Advanced TV Herstory - September 12, 2023 10:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsCynthia Bemis Abrams welcomes Victoria Riskin, a second-generation filmmaker with a rich Hollywood legacy. Victoria's parents—Robert Riskin, a prolific, Oscar-winning screenwriter, and Fay Wray, best known for her role in the original King Kong—were instrumental in shaping the classic years of t...
Women Leaders of WGA and SAG-AFTRA
Advanced TV Herstory - August 16, 2023 10:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsLabor Day 2023 will mark the major event of a combined strike of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) and the Screen Actors Guild—American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA). Both unions are currently led by women: Fran Drescher, Meredith Stiehm, and Lisa Takeuchi Cullen. Eve...
Year 8: TV Herstory Prepares Us for Progress
Advanced TV Herstory - July 03, 2023 10:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsA lot has happened politically and culturally since this podcast launched eight years ago. In this anniversary episode, I celebrate a number of wins while also reflecting on the importance of learning from history to avoid repeating past mistakes. For example, Lee Grant, an Oscar and Emmy-...
Those Jefferson Women with Special Guest Elva Green (Pt. 2)
Advanced TV Herstory - June 16, 2023 10:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsIn the second of our two-part episode, host Cynthia Bemis Abrams continues talking with Elva Green about her book, "The Jeffersons: A Fresh Look Back," which offers insights, interviews, behind-the-scenes stories, and rare photos from the iconic TV series. Ms. Green reflects on one of the b...
Those Jefferson Women with Special Guest Elva Green (Pt 1)
Advanced TV Herstory - June 10, 2023 11:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsIn this first of a two-part episode of Advanced TV Herstory, host Cynthia Bemis Abrams welcomes Elva Green to discuss her book, "The Jeffersons: A Fresh Look Back." Ms. Green shares her personal journey as a writer and the impetus for the book, which offers insights, interviews, behind-the-scen...
1982 Barmaids, Carla and Diane
Advanced TV Herstory - May 10, 2023 15:41 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsHas “Cheers” aged well? Was Norm the norm in 1982? Was the toxic behavior in the show’s Boston-based bar a device to expose the destructive nature of misogyny or was it just a casual reflection of a patriarchal system? Carla Tortelli and Diane Chambers, the barmaids in the first season of the ...
A Look at TV Sitcom Very Special Episodes Featuring Author/Historian Lee Gambin - Part 2
Advanced TV Herstory - April 17, 2023 12:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsI am very excited to share the second of a two-part conversation with author and TV/film historian, Lee Gambin. His double-volume work, "Tonight, On a Very Special Episode: When TV Sitcoms Sometimes Got Serious," provides a launch pad for our thoughtful and fast-paced discussion of the issues ...
A Look at TV Sitcom Very Special Episodes Featuring Author/Historian Lee Gambin - Part 1
Advanced TV Herstory - April 06, 2023 19:17 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsI am very excited to share the first of a two-part conversation with author and TV/film historian, Lee Gambin. His double-volume work, "Tonight, On a Very Special Episode: When TV Sitcoms Sometimes Got Serious," provides a launch pad for our thoughtful and fast-paced discussion of the issues a...
Can ChatGPT Find the Essential Story in Oprah’s “The Women of Brewster Place”?
Advanced TV Herstory - March 22, 2023 19:36 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsIn 1989, Oprah Winfrey produced and starred in the two-part TV miniseries, The Women of Brewster Place, which was based on Gloria Naylor’s award-winning debut novel. The book, and the movie, explore a variety of personal issues and social themes faced by seven African American women who live in ...
Jackie O, Michelle O, and a Backstairs Diary
Advanced TV Herstory - February 15, 2023 22:08 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsOn this episode of Advanced TV Herstory, we connect the dots between TV and feminism with American culture and politics by remembering the 1979 television miniseries, Backstairs at the White House. The series is based on the New York Times bestseller by Lillian Rogers Parks, a seamstress in th...
2022 In Memoriam, Part 2
Advanced TV Herstory - January 25, 2023 01:53 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsAs we wrap up our two-part In Memoriam for 2022 by honoring women with famous names and faces, we also pay tribute to those who were less visible yet made significant contributions to TV, movies, news, and science. This celebration is the perfect time to reflect on the importance of acting as ...
In Memoriam: TV's Broadway and Music Women (part 1)
Advanced TV Herstory - January 06, 2023 03:24 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsOur In Memoriam episodes have become an annual tradition. As the universe of known, talented women in TV gets larger every year, so too does the number of women that we honor. In this first of two episodes, we highlight some of the women of music and theatre who made significant contributions to...
Kids' TV Pioneers Shari Lewis and Lambchop featuring Mallory Lewis
Advanced TV Herstory - December 12, 2022 18:14 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsMallory Lewis joins host Cynthia Bemis Abrams for a fun chat about her book, Shari Lewis and Lambchop: The Team That Changed Children's Television. Mallory's book, published by University of Kentucky Press in fall 2022, is a collection of stories from Shari's childhood and career as a businesswo...
In Memoriam: Angela Lansbury / MSW
Advanced TV Herstory - November 28, 2022 15:18 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsWe celebrate the creative life and career of Angela Lansbury with Bridget Kies, Assistant Professor of Film Studies and Production at Oakland University in Michigan. From MGM contract player to Tony-winning Broadway star to her role as Jessica Fletcher on Murder, She Wrote, Lansbury’s long and...
Year 7: A Brief State of the Podcast
Advanced TV Herstory - August 25, 2022 17:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsCelebrating the podcast's 7th complete year, Cynthia revisits highlights of the past year, muses on the state of TV and streaming today, and preaches the wisdom of owning physical copies of your favorites. CONNECT WITH ATVH AND CYNTHIA ATVH Newsletter - https://cynthiabemisabrams.com/ W...
Top Rate TV Liza
Advanced TV Herstory - June 19, 2022 19:46 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsLiza Minnelli is celebrating 50 years since Cabaret, her big break film.TV revealed of Liza's talents as well as her love of performing which was not always detected on film. Cynthia spotlights Liza sharing the stage with Mikhail Baryshnikov, The Muppets, Goldie Hawn, Robert Plant, Guns & Rose...
Women of The Americans
Advanced TV Herstory - April 14, 2022 16:12 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsCold War espionage with an 80s feminist touch - The Americans (FX, 2013-2018) gave us a new form of anti-hero in Elizabeth Jennings, played by Keri Russell. Cynthia and guest author Linda Mizejewski discuss the award-winning series' women, its commitment to accuracy and the bold approach of depi...
Memoriam 2021
Advanced TV Herstory - January 27, 2022 12:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsCynthia recounts the lives and careers of talented TV women who died in 2021. While some died unexpectedly of disease, the long list features names of women who worked well into their golden years. Join this celebration of their impact on TV and come away with renewed energy to cheer on the amazi...
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