5 Women Who Changed Television
I decided I wanted to make another themed post since it's still Women's History Month . This post focuses on women who changed television. Also this will be my last post on Women's History Month as I have an Easter themed post planned for next week and of course my monthly TCM picks post. Mary Tyler Moore Moore is probably best known for The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970-1977) which I like to say housed the 3 F's: Funny, Feminism and Fashion! The show was groundbreaking for the 1970s and I still feel women today can relate to it. Showing a woman who was 30 and single and had a job- in an all male workplace I might add. Moore won 3 Emmys Awards and the show won a total of 29 Emmys throughout the series run. Moore and then husband, Grant Tinker founded MTM Enterprises which in addition to The Mary Tyler Moore Show also produced The Bob Newhart Show , St. Elsewhere and Hill Street Blues among others. Diahann Carroll Carroll was the first African...