10 Women-Centered Shows to Watch in 2020
In 2020, let’s consume a TV diet that’s 90% women-led (or more!)and keep pushing the representation ratio in the right direction.
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In “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” Season 3, POCs Step Into the Spotlight
In season three, Amy Sherman-Palladino’s “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” finally gives us what we’ve been waiting for: characters of color!
Sleeping with Your Priest: From “Fleabag” to “El Crimen del Padre Amaro”
Who gets to tell the story of breaking the vow of celibacy? Maybe we’re still waiting – even after “Fleabag” and “El Crimen del Padre Amaro.”
Our Top 10 Shows of 2019
Our criteria? How much we liked it (duh), its overall quality (based on our scientific quality meter), and how smart it was when it came to matters of gender, race, sexuality, etc.
“Charmed” without Feminism is Terrible
Charmed has given up on what made it charming. Season two is a spell that doesn’t work — incantations in accented Spanish, three actresses who don’t interact very much, romance without any sex appeal, demons who are not deliciously evil or even compellingly bad.
“Grey’s Anatomy” Tackles Its Biggest Drama Yet: Motherhood
“I hated maternity leave, too and I am an excellent mother,” says Miranda Bailey in the premiere of Grey’s Anatomy’s 16th season. Would I ever get there?
Making Peace and Rooting for Love: the End of “The Good Place”
There’s a certain “cool girl” factor in watching “The Good Place” for the Big Ideas and not the relationships. But now that it’s almost over, I’m rooting for Eleanor and Chidi.
The Latinidad of Veronica Lodge
I like Riverdale. Everything is both earnest and ridiculous and the same is true of Veronica Lodge’s ethnicity.
Teen Gang Members on TV: “On My Block” and “Riverdale”
I don’t normally watch, let alone recommend, shows about gang members. But there’s reason to watch both “On My Block” and “Riverdale.”
Only 1 Latinx Person Won an Emmy — That’s Just Not Enough
There were many beautiful moments at the 2019 Emmy’s, but we couldn’t help but notice that Latinas were not just absent, but ignored.