Rita Lakin: The Only Woman in the Room
Original Airdates: Apr. 7-10, 2023
TVC 607.1: An encore presentation of our October 2015 conversation with Rita Lakin, the Edgar nominated screenwriter and television pioneer who not only created The Rookies, one of Aaron Spelling’s first hit series on ABC, but was one of the very first female script writers and producers in network television, opening doors for women in television at a time when the industry was run almost entirely by men. Rita Lakin passed away Thursday, Mar. 23 at age ninety-three; her book The Only Woman in the Room: Episodes from My Life and Career as a Television Writer, a memoir of her twenty-five-years in network television, is essential reading.
Rita Lakin circa 1981 Photo courtesy The Television Academy Emmys.com
Rita Lakin, Aaron Spelling, and The Seat of Power
Original Airdates: Apr. 7-10, 2023
TVC 607.2: From October 2015: Rita Lakin, Edgar nominated screenwriter and author of The Only Woman in the Room: Episodes from My Life and Career as a Television Writer, talks to Ed about working with Arthur Bernard Lewis and her son Howard Lakin at Lorimar Productions; how she came to develop the Gladdy Gold mystery novel series; and what she learned the most from working alongside Aaron Spelling. Rita Lakin passed away Thursday, Mar. 23 at age ninety-three.
Rita Lakin: The Original Peggy Olson
Original Airdates: Apr. 7-10, 2023
TVC 607.4: Rita Lakin, Edgar nominated screenwriter and author of The Only Woman in the Room: Episodes from My Life and Career as a Television Writer, talks to Ed some of the parallels between her career and that of Peggy Olson, the copywriter played by Elisabeth Moss on AMC’s Mad Men. One of the first female writer/producers in network television, Rita opened doors for many other women at a time when the industry was run almost entirely by men. Rita Lakin passed away Thursday, Mar. 23 at age ninety-three.
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