The longtime television writer and producer isn’t cheering just yet.<\/b>
\nAUSTIN, TX \u2014 In what\u2019s been dubbed \u201cthe year of the woman,\u201d longtime television writer and producer Nell Scovell isn\u2019t cheering just yet.
\u201cThe first time I went to the Emmys was in 1990 and I was working on \u2018The Letterman Show\u2019 and of the five nominees for best comedy, three and a half were created by women,\u201d Scovell, 57, said during ATX TV Festival \u2018s TGIHulu panel when asked about her experience as a female showrunner in the 90s.
\u201cMurphy Brown,\u201d which won the best comedy Emmy in 1990, was up against \u201cGolden Girls,\u201d \u201cDesigning Women,\u201d \u201cThe Wonder Years\u201d and \u201cCheers.\u201d
\u201cI was sitting there in the audience thinking, \u2018Well it\u2019s solved.\u2019 You know, not only were those shows considered the best, but they were huge hits, they were all in the top ten,\u201d Scovell said. \u201cSo I am really fortunate that I believe it can happen. They say you have to see it to be it and sometimes, I think after I did \u2018Sabrina\u2019 there was this sense of \u2018We solved it, it\u2019s done, we can relax, we don\u2019t have to make an effort any longer\u2019 and we slid back.
She continued, \u201cNow the same stories I read back in the 80s, \u2018Women are taking over TV,\u2019 I\u2019m reading now and I\u2019m not as heartened as some because it feels like a re-run.\u201d
Scovell created \u201cSabrina, the Teenage Witch\u201d and has worked on several shows including \u201cCharmed,\u201d \u201cLate Night with David Letterman,\u201d \u201cNCIS,\u201d \u201cWarehouse 13,\u201d \u201cCoach\u201d and \u201cThe Muppets.\u201d
She recently released a book called \u201c Just the Funny Parts,\u201d which talks about breaking into Hollywood\u2019s boys\u2019 club.<\/p>\n

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