Nell Scovell had a dream career working in television. She’s worked on every classic I can remember. And she even created a show, “Sabrina the Teenage Witch.” She took tired sitcom plots and put them through what she calls a “magical...
Nell Scovell had a dream career working in television. She’s worked on every classic I can remember. And she even created a show, “Sabrina the Teenage Witch.” She took tired sitcom plots and put them through what she calls a “magical blender.” And out came something original. She told me how her ambition to be a prominent female television writer gave her these amazing opportunities that us men can only dream of. And how being on the sidelines gave her the confidence to lead a team to success.
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Just the Funny Parts… And a Few Hard Truths About Sneaking into the Hollywood Boys’ Club by Nell Scovell
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Also Mentioned
Murphy Brown
Monk
It’s Garry Shandling’s Show
The Muppets
Charmed
Late Night with David Letterman
Sabrina the Teenage Witch, created by Nell
90210
Bewitched
I Dream of Genie
Coach with Craig T. Nelson
The Simpsons
Seinfeld
Curb Your Enthusiasm
A Thousand Clowns, the play by Herb Gardner
The Cosby Show
Newhart
The Buttoned Down Mind of Bob Newhart
I’m Dying Up Here: Heartbreak and High Times in Stand-Up Comedy’s Golden Era by William Knoedelseder
Superstud: Or How I Became a 24-Year-Old Virgin by Paul Feig
Gilligan’s Island
Freaks & Geeks
Arrested Development
The Office
Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg
Sheryl Sandberg’s TED Talk: Why we have too few women leaders
NCIS
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