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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

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

Yvette Lee Bowser on her experience of working on Hangin' with Mr. Cooper 03:22

Interview: Yvette Lee Bowser | Genre: Comedy Series

Yvette Lee Bowser on creating Living Single, coming up with the main characters, and forming her production company, SisterLee Productions 13:21

Interview: Yvette Lee Bowser | Genre: Comedy Series

Yvette Lee Bowser on deciding not to go to USC law school after college and moving into comedy writing instead -- on A Different World 02:00

Interview: Yvette Lee Bowser | Person: Bill Cosby

Yvette Lee Bowser on the transition between seasons one and two of A Different World and on touring HBCUs with fellow A Different World writers That Mumford and Susan Fales-Hill 00:45

Interview: Yvette Lee Bowser | Person: Thad Mumford

Yvette Lee Bowser on the transition between seasons one and two of A Different World and on touring HBCUs with fellow A Different World writers That Mumford and Susan Fales-Hill 00:45

Interview: Yvette Lee Bowser | Person: Susan Fales-Hill

Yvette Lee Bowser on the transition between seasons one and two of A Different World and on Debbie Allen joining the show as a producer/director 01:27

Interview: Yvette Lee Bowser | Person: Debbie Allen

Yvette Lee Bowser on working with the executive producers of A Different World and great advice she received from Marcy Carsey 01:22

Interview: Yvette Lee Bowser | Person: Marcy Carsey

Yvette Lee Bowser on the path to creating Living Single 00:57

Interview: Yvette Lee Bowser | Person: David Janollari

Yvette Lee Bowser on the path to creating Living Single and early meetings with Queen Latifah and Kim Coles to create "Khadijah" and "Synclaire" 05:14

Interview: Yvette Lee Bowser | Person: Queen Latifah

Yvette Lee Bowser on the path to creating Living Single and early meetings with Queen Latifah and Kim Coles to create "Khadijah" and "Synclaire" 05:14

Interview: Yvette Lee Bowser | Person: Kim Coles

Yvette Lee Bowser on creating the character "Max" on Living Single 00:34

Interview: Yvette Lee Bowser | Person: Erika Alexander

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

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

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

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

Yvette Lee Bowser on the legacy of Dear White People 00:24

Yvette Lee Bowser on the legacy of Dear White People 00:24

Yvette Lee Bowser on the legacy of Dear White People 00:24

Yvette Lee Bowser on the legacy of Dear White People 00:24

Yvette Lee Bowser on the legacy of Dear White People 00:24

Yvette Lee Bowser on working with Onyx Collective on UnPrisoned 01:37

Yvette Lee Bowser on working with Onyx Collective on UnPrisoned 01:37

Yvette Lee Bowser on working with Onyx Collective on UnPrisoned 01:37

Yvette Lee Bowser on advice to aspiring writers and showrunners 01:10

Yvette Lee Bowser on advice to aspiring writers and showrunners 01:10

Yvette Lee Bowser on her work on A Different World 28:05

Yvette Lee Bowser on her experience of working on Hangin' with Mr. Cooper 03:22

Yvette Lee Bowser on creating Living Single, coming up with the main characters, and forming her production company, SisterLee Productions 13:21

Yvette Lee Bowser on deciding not to go to USC law school after college and moving into comedy writing instead -- on A Different World 02:00

Yvette Lee Bowser on the transition between seasons one and two of A Different World and on touring HBCUs with fellow A Different World writers That Mumford and Susan Fales-Hill 00:45

Yvette Lee Bowser on the transition between seasons one and two of A Different World and on touring HBCUs with fellow A Different World writers That Mumford and Susan Fales-Hill 00:45

Yvette Lee Bowser on the transition between seasons one and two of A Different World and on Debbie Allen joining the show as a producer/director 01:27

Yvette Lee Bowser on working with the executive producers of A Different World and great advice she received from Marcy Carsey 01:22

Yvette Lee Bowser on the path to creating Living Single 00:57

Yvette Lee Bowser on the path to creating Living Single and early meetings with Queen Latifah and Kim Coles to create "Khadijah" and "Synclaire" 05:14

Yvette Lee Bowser on the path to creating Living Single and early meetings with Queen Latifah and Kim Coles to create "Khadijah" and "Synclaire" 05:14

Yvette Lee Bowser on creating the character "Max" on Living Single 00:34