Today, Leonard has quite a treat for you as he talks with Susan Silver about what is was like working as one of the only female writers on iconic sitcoms like “The Bob Newhart Show,” “Maude,” “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and “The Partridge Family.”
As the lyrics from the iconic Mary Tyler Moore Show said, “She made it after all!” From another Midwestern town, Milwaukee, with all its 1960’s values and normalcy, Susan went on to fame and fortune in Hollywood, had a successful career as one of the first women in TV sitcoms, and reinvented herself in different prominent arenas in New York.
Today on Leonard Lopate at Large, Hugh Ryan discusses a largely untold history. Hugh Ryan’s “When Brooklyn Was Queer” is a groundbreaking exploration of...
On today’s Leonard Lopate At Large Leonard talks with Director Frances Causey and producer Sally Holst: “The Long Shadow.” Of all the divisions in...
Today on Leonard Lopate at Large, Leonard talks to NYU professor of media studies Mark Crispin Miller, who curated the series, about why he...