Are Women Responsible for the Success of TV? Irna Phillips, Gertrude Berg, Betty White and Hazel Scott

It's our monthly bonus episode and this month, we're talking about the book "When Women Invented Television: The Untold Story of the Female Powerhouses Who Pioneered the Way We Watch Today" by Jennifer Keishin Armstrong. This book focuses on the stories of four women who pioneered soap operas, talk shows, family sitcoms, and television variety shows. Irna Phillips was a single mother who took her successful soap radio shows to television, Gertrude Berg was a Jewish writer who took her radio family sitcom show to television inventing the family sitcom format, Betty White was a young, independent female who created a daytime talk show and became America's sweetheart, and Hazel Scott, a black performer who pioneered the evening variety shows that were popular of the time. Want to check out some of our favorite books? Check out our booklist Follow Us on Instagram @morethanamuse.podcast See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.