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Veteran TV Writer Nell Scovell Isn’t Convinced Time’s Up For Hollywood’s Boys Club

30/03/2018

We talked to Scovell, whose memoir, “Just the Funny Parts,” is on sale now, about what’s improved for women in the industry since the ’80s—and everything that hasn’t. When Nell Scovell learned that young girls in India are almost twice as likely to die as boys, she despaired....
We talked to Scovell, whose memoir, “Just the Funny Parts,” is on sale now, about what’s improved for women in the industry since the ’80s—and everything that hasn’t. When Nell Scovell learned that young girls in India are almost twice as likely to die as boys, she despaired. The writer, whose résumé reads like a TV Hall of Fame induction ballot, wondered aloud how she could possibly continue her quest to fix the gender imbalance in late-night shows while such weightier problems plagued the world. She learned of the horrifying statistic when she was having lunch with Gloria Steinem and Sheryl Sandberg, with whom Scovell co-wrote the mega-selling, mantra-coining Lean In. With a slight smile, Steinem told Scovell, “You worry about late-night TV. I’ll worry about India.”Read Full Story
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