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Television and movies are heavily HEAVILY skewed towards male writers. Your only real alternative is fanfiction, if you consider that an alternative.

Since it can take some work to find the few female-authored shows, I list them here: (particularly ones that are available online)


Up All Night

Created by Emily Spivey

New Girl

Created by Elizabeth Meriwether.

Weeds

[wikipedia]
[metacritic: #2 #4 #5: 72]
[sidereel]
[amazon]
[netflix]
Created, 90% written, and produced by Jenji Kohan (full credits).

It originally aired on Showtime, and got the channel's highest ratings. The show won an Emmy and several awards.

My So-Called Life

[wikipedia]
[metacritic]: 84
[sidereel]
[autostraddle]
[amazon]
[itunes]
Intended audience: teen girls.

Created and written by Winnie Holzman (full credits).

The show only had 19 episodes, and ended in 1995. But it had a cult following.

Fangrrrl resources: [autostraddle] [tvtropes] [avclub] [wisdom] [mscl.com]

Switched At Birth

[wikipedia]
Intended audience: teen girls.

Lizzy Weiss is the creator, writer, and executive producer. (full credits)

Love Bites

[wikipedia]
[sidereel]
Created and written by Cindy Chupack. (full credits)

Pretty Little Liars

[wikipedia]
[metacritic]: 52
[sidereel]
[autostraddle]
Novels written by Sara Shepard, shows adapted by I Marlene King; they are credited as co-writers for each episode. (full credits)

Grey's Anatomy

[wikipedia]
[sidereel]
[autostraddle]
Created by Shonda Rhimes; written by her and several other women.

Her shows have a predominantly female audience.

Private Practice

[wikipedia
[sidereel]
Created by Shonda Rhimes.

Off The Map

[wikipedia]
[sidereel]
Created by Shonda Rhimes.

The show was cancelled in April 2011, after 13 episodes.

The Secret Life of the American Teenager

[wikipedia]
[metacritic]: 47
[sidereel]
Written by Brenda Hampton. (full credits)

Make it or Break It

[wikipedia]
[metacritic]: 63
Created and written by Holly Sorensen (full credits).

Rookie Blue

[wikipedia]
[metacritic]: 52
[sidereel]
Written by Tassie Cameron, Morwyn Brebner, and Ellen Vanstone. (full credits)

30 Rock

[wikipedia]
[metacritic]: 67
[autostraddle]
Created and 80% written by Tina Fey.

The Good Wife

[wikipedia]
[metacritic]: 76
[sidereel]
Co-written by Michelle King (full credits).

It won a bunch of awards.

Reviews by feminist-type sites: thumbs up, thumbs up, thumbs down

The Nine Lives of Chloe King

[wikipedia]
Created and co-written by Liz Braswell (full credits)

State of Georgia

[wikipedia]
Co-written by Jennifer Weiner (full credits)

Daria

[wikipedia]
Created and written by a dude (full credits)
Others that aren't women-written:









* Note: this is not a complete list of shows that are currently airing and available online. When in doubt, consult IMDB's "full cast and crew" page.