Letterman Gets A New Writer. She Doesn't Have a Y Chromosome. Will Late Night TV survive?
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Feb 4 2010, 11:02 AM
The New York Times' Bill Carter reports that the show has promoted writer's assistant Jill Goodwin to a writing job which is a drop in the bucket in terms of parity. In terms of comedy? I'm looking forward to seeing if it makes even a bit of difference. Comedy isn't really as gender based as old men and screeching quasi-feminists would have you believe.
The writers’ rooms on several late-night shows — including Mr. Letterman’s, Jay Leno’s and the one for Conan O’Brien’s “Tonight Show” — were described as male enclaves in recent reports about the male dominance among comedy writers. At the time, all the shows noted that they had had women on writing teams in the past and were always seeking to add them.
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The New York Times' Bill Carter reports that the show has promoted writer's assistant Jill Goodwin to a writing job which is a drop in the bucket in terms of parity. In terms of comedy? I'm looking forward to seeing if it makes even a bit of difference. Comedy isn't really as gender based as old men and screeching quasi-feminists would have you believe.
The writers’ rooms on several late-night shows — including Mr. Letterman’s, Jay Leno’s and the one for Conan O’Brien’s “Tonight Show” — were described as male enclaves in recent reports about the male dominance among comedy writers. At the time, all the shows noted that they had had women on writing teams in the past and were always seeking to add them.
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