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Your Feminist Fall TV Guide
Your Feminist Fall TV Guide
As the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences rolls up the red carpet on this year’s Emmys, the new season of must-see TV is just beginning. Women continue to struggle with representation on and off screen, but excitement is in the air(waves) for a fresh crop of women-created and women-centered programming. Here’s Ms. Blog’s roundup of new series with the most feminist potential.
Supergirl (CBS, Oct. 26)
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s Supergirl, kick-ass cousin of Kal-El, swooping in to save the day in fictional National City! Starring Melissa Benoist (Glee) as the titular superhuman and her real world self, Kara Danvers, with Calista Flockhart (Ally McBeal) and Chyler Leigh (Grey’s Anatomy) lifting up the supporting cast, Supergirl‘s sharply drawn women characters may be the otherworldly force necessary to break female superheroes out of the comic books and onto the small screen. Now, if we could only make the leap from calling her “woman” instead of “girl” in a single bound…
The Real O’Neals (ABC, Coming Soon)
Executive produced by gay activist Dan Savage, The Real O’Neals features a devoutly Catholic family who must reconcile their faith and their community after their youngest son comes out. At a time when many Americans struggle to grasp Jesus’ whole “Love your neighbor as you do yourself” thing (I’m looking at YOU, Kim Davis), a sitcom that deals with religion as well as reality may just be the answer to everyone’s prayers. And it stars fierce feminist activist Martha Plimpton! Can I get an amen?
Flesh and Bone (Starz, Nov. 8)
Breaking Bad meets ballet? Yes, please! From the executive producer who made Walter White a household name, writer Moira Walley-Beckett sets the stage for a dancing drama with plenty of attitude. Promising to “rip the Band-Aid off” the soft, pretty pink image of ballet, Walley-Beckett has assembled an all-star cast of badass ballerinas including Black Swan‘s Sarah Hay, American Ballet Theatre’s Irina Dvorovenko and Ballet Arizona’s Raychel Diane Weiner. Flesh and Bone may once and for all raise the barre of respect for the woman-dominated athletic art form.
Hot and Bothered (NBC, Coming Soon)
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Angel From Hell (CBS, Nov. 5)
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Indian Summers (PBS, Sept. 27)
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Jessica Jones (Netflix, Nov. 20)
http://msmagazine.com/blog/2015/09/22/your-feminist-fall-tv-guide/
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