• What does one do when the kids have gone off to college and “some old people have died”? If you’re Cynthia Bemis-Abrams YOU START A PODCAST!
• How Charlie’s Angels (and women’s tennis?!) helped Cynthia find her way toward what she wanted to be.
• 80’s MONIED MATRIARCHS: Jane Wyman of Falcon Crest, Barbara Bel Geddes of Dallas and the importance of BIG power, BIG hair – and BIG SHOULDER PADS!
• SAVING FAMILY DINNERS: When you’re struggling to find common ground with older relatives at family functions, ask them what their favorite shows from the 60’s and 70’s were…. And WHY.
• From James L. Brooks to Barney Rosenzweig: how feminist men helped women writers and directors advance in Television.
• The importance of staking out time and space to recognize and elevate women’s achievements – and why it’s so hard for women to do…
• Some favorite episodes of “Advanced TV Herstory”: Robin Means Coleman on “A Different World”; Margaret Cho on “American Girl” and Linda Bloodworth-Thomason’s game-changing “Designing Women” episode “They Shoot Fat Women, Don’t They?”
• The Legend of the “Difficult Woman” – how do powerful, creative women navigate a career through the maze of male Hollywood?
• Betty Thomas, we want to interview you!
• What is it like living a mile from Mary Tyler Moore’s apartment?!

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So join Susan, Sharon – and Cynthia – as they talk what to do about "problematic men", “WKRP in Cincinnati” turkeys – and the importance of a good VHS cassette.

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Thank you all so much for joining us as we begin our journey into Season Two of 80’s TV Ladies!