Pilot
Jane Lynch on Glee, TV, and ‘Happy Accidents’
It’s fall, so a new crop of TV pilots are beginning, and many of them center on female characters – many of which are young or on the prowl for husbands. But there’s one show that continues to depict a slightly older, stronger, and certainly more interesting female character: “Glee.” Sue Sylvester, the bossy, overly-confident cheerleading […]
Elementary, Dr. House
For six seasons, “House, M.D.” has been diagnosing patients with the same reason, deduction, and flair that Holmes relied upon to solve crimes. And that’s no accident. The show’s creator David Shore tells Kurt that his series was originally conceived as a police procedural in a hospital where germs are the suspects.
The X-Files’ XX factor
Ironman and Batman. Both are summer box-office heroes but neither is a woman. With the arrival of The X-Files’ Special Agent Dana Scully to the big screen Friday, that’s set to change. Scully reminds us there are female protagonists who aren’t interested in Manolo Blahniks. Guest: Rebecca Traister, Salon.com staff writer