Aug 26, 2019
Maureen Ryan has been a TV critic for the Chicago Tribune and Variety through the medium’s seismic changes over the last two decades and continues to write about it for basically every high-profile outlet that covers television. She’s also long been among the few prominent female critics during that time, and, as such, she has advocated for more women behind the camera and better representation in front of the camera.
She’s featured in a new documentary, This Changes Everything, discussing sexism in film and television alongside Geena Davis, Marisa Tomei, Meryl Streep, Sandra Oh, Zoe Saldana, Shonda Rhimes, and others. And she’s talking with us this week about how far women have—and haven’t—come in the industry, the state of TV journalism, the political role of TV in the upcoming presidential election, and what you can watch to escape it all.
Here’s just a tiny sampling of Mo’s great work:
- Peak Inequality: Investigating the Lack of Diversity Among TV Directors
- Why Is Television Losing Women Writers? Veteran Producers Weigh In
- Who Creates Drama at HBO? Very Few Women or People of Color
- HBO Hits Important Milestone in Push for Behind-the-Scenes Inclusion
- A TV Executive Sexually Assaulted Me: A TV Critic’s Personal Story
