Sorry, kids, but the best reason to hire minorities isn’t just to balance out the team and throw the downtrodden a bone. Not at all. The best reason is to bring new perspectives into the Industry and find new directions in which to go. Which is our TVWriter™ way of saying that female showrunners are taking their places at the heads of writers room tables and they’re kicking creative butt:
Jenji Kohan Leads Band of Female Showrunners
Breaking TV’s Old-School Rules
by Cynthis Littleton
In a dynamic marketplace, a rising tide lifts all boats. And the tidal wave of television series production in the past few years has led to an unprecedented number of women serving as captains of their ships — as showrunners and auteur writer-directors of shows.