What Would Murphy Brown Do?: How the Women of Prime Time Changed Our Lives

By Allison Klein

Take a fun, engaging, behind-the-scenes ride through how the women on television changed everything. From Mary Richards to Carrie Bradshaw, these women-centered shows from the 1970's to the present... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1580051715
• ISBN13: 9781580051712
• Release Date: September 2006
• Publisher: Seal Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.8" x 5.3"

Customer Reviews

Fascinating topic

I read about this book in a USA Today article. I loved Murphy Brown--one of the few tv comedies that really made me laugh out loud. This book presents the idea that the women of primetime tv help to shape our opinion of how women really live. The contrast between June Cleaver and Roseanne as loving mothers; the difference between the career lives of Mary Richards and Murphy Brown; the challenges faced by Kate and Allie and those faced by the women of Sex and the City are discussed and illustrated with quotes from specific shows. The ideas are sharp and interesting and though I did not always agree with the writer, I did find the whole book interesting and thought-provoking.