![]() ![]() If you think of it more like the early Internet, you can kind of understand. That was where the power and the money really was still. ![]() And in this case, they were still in radio. What I like to say is that if you see a lot of women doing something, it is probably because the men have either not gotten there yet, or they've already left. KEISHIN ARMSTRONG: That is exactly correct. Was their success in part enabled because few male executives were willing to take a risk on this new medium of television? JENNIFER KEISHIN ARMSTRONG: Thank you for having me. Jennifer Keishin Armstrong brings this company of four talents back from the black-and-white kinescope of history in her book, "When Women Invented Television: The Untold Story Of The Female Powerhouses Who Pioneered The Way We Watch Today." Jennifer Keishin Armstrong, who's written popular histories about "Seinfeld," "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and other cultural touchstones joins us from New York. SIMON: Women were not only the stars in the 1940s and 1950s but creative forces of their own shows and franchises. ![]() UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #1: How's the piano, Hazel? (SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, "THE HAZEL SCOTT SHOW") UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR #1: (As character) Hello, Mrs. (SOUNDBITE OF "THE GUIDING LIGHT" OPENING ORGAN) Before Mary Tyler Moore, Oprah and Ellen, there were Gertrude, Betty, Hazel and Irna Phillips' "The Guiding Light." ![]()
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