Reviews for Waiting for Prime Time: The Women of Television News

The average rating for Waiting for Prime Time: The Women of Television News based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2011-05-25 00:00:00 Charles Ballinger "Still Waiting for Prime TIme" is about modern women in the film industry today. One of my favorite things about this book is the title. In American History class, we studied how men and women were treated unfairly in a lot of circumstances in American History. So this cover means that although women are allowed to be on television and broadcast now, there is still inequality because men still dominate the industry. Although it is more equal today, this book came out in 1988, so it offers an older opinion of the issue. Equality in the broadcasting business has changed a a lot in the past 23 years. 23 years ago television, broadcast and media was mostly men. However, this book tells us about some of the older broadcasters such as Barbara Walters, who have suffered unequality in the broadcasting business. We learn about their career and how they became successful in an industry dominated by men. Overall this was a great book for women even though it offers and outdated viewpoint of the issue.

Review # 2 was written on 2012-02-11 00:00:00 Philip Kimmel Enjoyable but slow. Almost equal to the first but I would buy the first for the info detailed - this one was mostly stories, which was fine but I don't need to own it. I still plan to read the last of the trilogy and want to spend more time in the Welsh countryside next time I am across the pond.