{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Georgia Jeffries: Writing TV, Fiction &amp; Feminist Stories","description":"Award-winning writer and professor Georgia Jeffries joins Cynthia Bemis Abrams to reflect on her pioneering work in television and screenwriting. From her early magazine articles to Emmy-winning work on Cagney &amp;amp; Lacey, China Beach and Sisters, Jeffries reveals how she broke into Hollywood\u2019s writers' rooms and built a career defined by dramatic integrity and feminist storytelling.  In this rich conversation, Georgia discusses:  Her transition from journalism to writing TV scripts on spec Championing women writers through her work with the Writers Guild Launching USC\u2019s first undergrad screenwriting thesis program How writing fiction compares to television Her 2024 novel The Younger Girl, based on real events in Illinois  Referenced episodes with Cagney &amp;amp; Lacey and Lou Grant writer April Smith are linked in the resources.  Resources:  Georgia Jeffries\u2019 website: https:\/\/georgiajeffries.com\/ TV Writer April Smith on Lou Grant &amp;amp; Storytelling&amp;nbsp; https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/advancedtvherstory\/April_Smith_mixdown.mp3 Mrs. America &amp;amp; TV\u2019s Dimensional Feminismhttps:\/\/advancedtvherstory.libsyn.com\/mrs-america-3-dimensional-storytelling  &amp;nbsp;  CONNECT WITH CYNTHIA and ADVANCED TV HERSTORY   ATVH Newsletter \u2013&amp;nbsp;tvherstory.com   Website -&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/cynthiabemisabrams.com\/&amp;nbsp;   Podcast Archive -&amp;nbsp;tvherstory.com   Instagram -&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/advancedtvherstory\/  Bluesky Social - @cynthiabemisabrams.bsky.social &amp;nbsp; ","author_name":"Advanced TV Herstory","author_url":"https:\/\/www.tvherstory.com\/","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/37244730\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/192713505"}