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Rising Through the Ranks: Screenwriter and playwright Lisa Dring on the love of linguistics
From the moment Lisa Dring begins speaking, you can’t help but be drawn in—her beautiful command of language is pure poetry. It’s something the Emmy®’s took note of as well, awarding Dring’s 2021 Outstanding Interactive Program win for Welcome to the...
History of TV: How 'Orange is the New Black' redefined television
The year after the Collins English Dictionary declared “binge-watch” the word of the year, Orange is the New Black premiered on Netflix. In June 2013, we met Chapman (Taylor Schilling), Morello (Yael Stone), Red (Kate Mulgrew), Burset (Laverne Cox), ...
History of TV: The many lives of ‘La Femme Nikita'
I was a teenager the first time I watched La Femme Nikita, which is probably why it stuck so prominently in my memory. This woman was fierce. Yet…not. She was something we hadn’t seen a lot of on television or in film yet, though clearly craved, as s...
History of TV: MCU's powerful ‘Luke Cage’
First, we met the sardonic Jessica Jones. Then bullet-proof Luke Cage stepped on the scene in his quietly intense way like in Jessica Jones, then in his own show in 2016 before becoming part of The Defenders along with Jessica, Matt Murdock (Daredevi...
Rising Through the Ranks: CW writer Eric Anthony Glover on good sci-fi and great people
It’s always been about a good story for Eric Anthony Glover.
History of TV: The satirical smarts of 'Dear White People'
Dear White People marked Lionsgate’s second original series for Netflix (behind Orange is the New Black). The half-hour dramedy which premiered April 28th, 2017 and wrapped last year on its fourth season was adapted from creator Justin Simien’s debut...
History of TV: Live, in front of a studio audience 'The Jeffersons'
1975 signified the popularity of Betamax, VHS tapes and a turning point in American television: The Jeffersons. Its predecessor, Good Times (created by actor Mike Evans, writer Eric Monte and producer Norman Lear), featured a Black family from the pr...
Rising Through the Ranks: Tea Ho on perseverance and raising your voice in the room
“It is what I do full-time now, but I had never considered myself a storyteller, actually,” admits Tea Ho. The Viet-American refugee has some pretty cool credits to their name, considering. Their homepage bio states “getting inducted into a now-defun...
History of TV: The ultimate show of 'Power'
The Power pilot sets up a whole vibe before introducing any characters, thus surrounding us in a world we’re instantly curious about — maybe even coveting — just like the scores of people behind the velvet ropes of Truth, James’s “Ghost” St. Patrick’...