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Yvette Lee Bowser on running the first season of Run the World, which shot in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, and on the show getting a second season 06:10
Interview: Yvette Lee Bowser | Topic: COVID-19 Pandemic
Yvette Lee Bowser on running the first season of Run the World, which shot in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, and on the show getting a second season 06:10
Interview: Yvette Lee Bowser | Topic: Health and Medicine
Yvette Lee Bowser on running the first season of Run the World, which shot in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, and on the show getting a second season 06:10
Interview: Yvette Lee Bowser | Topic: Historic Events and Social Change
Yvette Lee Bowser on how pandemic production operated on Unprisoned and on the Zoom writers' room on the show 04:19
Interview: Yvette Lee Bowser | Topic: Historic Events and Social Change
Yvette Lee Bowser on how pandemic production operated on Unprisoned and on the Zoom writers' room on the show 04:19
Interview: Yvette Lee Bowser | Topic: Health and Medicine
Yvette Lee Bowser on how pandemic production operated on Unprisoned and on the Zoom writers' room on the show 04:19
Interview: Yvette Lee Bowser | Topic: COVID-19 Pandemic
Yvette Lee Bowser on how television has changed since she first started in the industry 00:47
Interview: Yvette Lee Bowser | Topic: Television Industry
Yvette Lee Bowser on discussions with Justin Simien that led to the "Chapter V" episode of Dear White People in which "Reggie" has a gun pulled on him by campus police 05:34
Interview: Yvette Lee Bowser | Topic: Historic Events and Social Change
Yvette Lee Bowser on discussions with Justin Simien that led to the "Chapter V" episode of Dear White People in which "Reggie" has a gun pulled on him by campus police 05:34
Interview: Yvette Lee Bowser | Topic: Representation on Television
Yvette Lee Bowser on discussions with Justin Simien that led to the "Chapter V" episode of Dear White People in which "Reggie" has a gun pulled on him by campus police 05:34
Interview: Yvette Lee Bowser | Topic: Underrepresented Voices
Yvette Lee Bowser on discussions with Justin Simien that led to the "Chapter V" episode of Dear White People in which "Reggie" has a gun pulled on him by campus police 05:34
Interview: Yvette Lee Bowser | Topic: Memorable Moments on Television
Yvette Lee Bowser on writing a couple episodes of Dear White People, including co-writing "Volume 2: Chapter IX", in which "Sam" returns home after her father's death; on the female friendships on Dear White People 03:20
Interview: Yvette Lee Bowser | Topic: Historic Events and Social Change
Yvette Lee Bowser on writing a couple episodes of Dear White People, including co-writing "Volume 2: Chapter IX", in which "Sam" returns home after her father's death; on the female friendships on Dear White People 03:20
Interview: Yvette Lee Bowser | Topic: Representation on Television
Yvette Lee Bowser on writing a couple episodes of Dear White People, including co-writing "Volume 2: Chapter IX", in which "Sam" returns home after her father's death; on the female friendships on Dear White People 03:20
Interview: Yvette Lee Bowser | Topic: Underrepresented Voices
Yvette Lee Bowser on writing a couple episodes of Dear White People, including co-writing "Volume 2: Chapter IX", in which "Sam" returns home after her father's death; on the female friendships on Dear White People 03:20
Interview: Yvette Lee Bowser | Topic: Women
Yvette Lee Bowser on the legacy of Dear White People 00:24
Interview: Yvette Lee Bowser | Topic: Historic Events and Social Change
Yvette Lee Bowser on the legacy of Dear White People 00:24
Interview: Yvette Lee Bowser | Topic: Representation on Television
Yvette Lee Bowser on the legacy of Dear White People 00:24
Interview: Yvette Lee Bowser | Topic: LGBTQIA+
Yvette Lee Bowser on the legacy of Dear White People 00:24
Interview: Yvette Lee Bowser | Topic: Underrepresented Voices
Yvette Lee Bowser on the legacy of Dear White People 00:24
Interview: Yvette Lee Bowser | Topic: Women
Yvette Lee Bowser on working with Onyx Collective on UnPrisoned 01:37
Interview: Yvette Lee Bowser | Topic: Historic Events and Social Change
Yvette Lee Bowser on working with Onyx Collective on UnPrisoned 01:37
Interview: Yvette Lee Bowser | Topic: Representation on Television
Yvette Lee Bowser on working with Onyx Collective on UnPrisoned 01:37
Interview: Yvette Lee Bowser | Topic: Underrepresented Voices
Yvette Lee Bowser on advice to aspiring writers and showrunners 01:10
Interview: Yvette Lee Bowser | Topic: Advice
Yvette Lee Bowser on advice to aspiring writers and showrunners 01:10
Interview: Yvette Lee Bowser | Topic: Television Industry
On her childhood and early influences; on moving to Los Angeles when she was five years old; on her early interests in reading and writing; on television programs she watched growing up; on attending Stanford University; on deciding not to go to USC law school after college and moving into comedy writing instead -- on A Different World; on her first impressions of being in the writers' room during the show's early days and on her early pitches for A Different World 13:06
Interview: Yvette Lee Bowser
On her path from an unpaid apprentice writer to a staff writer on A Different World; on the format of the scripts; on the transition between seasons one and two of A Different World and changes made to the show, including developing the relationship between "Dwayne'" and "Whitley"; on the season two writers' room on A Different World 08:44
Interview: Yvette Lee Bowser
On balancing serious subject matter within the context of a comedy on A Different World -- including the episode "If I Should Die Before I Wake"; on writing Part 1 of "Save the Best for Last" - the episode where "Dwayne" and "Whitley" get married on A Different World; on why she left A Different World; on working with guest stars on A Different World; on the legacy of A Different World 15:00
Interview: Yvette Lee Bowser
On her experience of working on Hangin' with Mr. Cooper; on the path to creating Living Single, crafting the idea for the show, and creating the core six characters; on pitching her idea for Living Single, pushing back on network notes in order to keep "Maxine Shaw", and finalizing the pilot script for the show; on taking two weeks off from Hangin' with Mr. Cooper to write the pilot for Living Single and on several white male writers getting promoted during her absence; on forming her production company, SisterLee Productions 16:46
Interview: Yvette Lee Bowser
Yvette Lee Bowser on her work on A Different World 28:05
Interview: Yvette Lee Bowser | Genre: Comedy Series