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Twilight TV Career of Joan Crawford: Interview with The Concluding Chapter of Crawford's Bryan Johnson
Season 3 Episode 10
Host Cynthia Bemis Abrams interviews Bryan Johnson, the force behind the wildly successful niche fan site "The Concluding Chapter of Joan Crawford." …
9 years, 5 months ago
Mother's Day Without Carol Brady: We Underestimated Florence Henderson
Season 3 Episode 9
Host Cynthia Bemis Abrams has long thought of Florence Henderson's role of Carol Brady as having a worldwide effect. Every year at Mother's Day, Flor…
9 years, 5 months ago
Hot Pants in Hollywood: An interview w/Susan Silver
Season 3 Episode 8
Host Cynthia Bemis Abrams welcomes Susan Silver, writer for TV's The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Maude and Square Pegs to talk about some of the most icon…
9 years, 6 months ago
Miss Sherri, Thalidomide & a Healthcare Tragedy
Season 3 Episode 7
Host Cynthia Bemis Abrams connects the dots between regional children's TV, women's health, and media's invasion of privacy through the story of Miss…
9 years, 6 months ago
Ten Years of Women & Hollywood: An Interview with Melissa Silverstein
Season 1 Episode 49
Host Cynthia Bemis Abrams connects the television dots of the status of birth control, abortion and regional children's programming that led Sissy Sp…
9 years, 7 months ago
Ann Curry, Jane Pauley and the Politics of Morning TV
Season 3 Episode 6
This episode unpacks two defining moments in morning news history: the high-profile departures of Ann Curry and Jane Pauley from The Today Show.
Host …
9 years, 7 months ago
China Beach Tackles the Topic
Season 3 Episode 5
In this episode of Advanced TV Herstory, host Cynthia Bemis Abrams showcases the groundbreaking TV series China Beach (1988-1991), highlighting it as…
9 years, 8 months ago
Latina Grit: Diversity, Representation and Persistence
Season 1 Episode 46
Host Cynthia Bemis Abrams interviews Cuban-born actor Marlene Forte about her powerful career trajectory and the persistence it took to break stereot…
9 years, 8 months ago
Daytime Dramas: Shaping TV Herstory with Dr. Elana Levine
Season 3 Episode 2
In this episode of Advanced TV Herstory, host Cynthia Bemis Abrams explores the cultural significance of daytime dramas with television scholar Dr. E…
9 years, 8 months ago
The TV Legacy of Dinah Shore and Women's Golf
Season 3 Episode 1
Advanced TV Herstory host Cynthia Bemis Abrams explores the feminist legacy of Dinah Shore, 20th century singer, TV icon, and unlikely trailblazer fo…
9 years, 9 months ago