Feminist Television and Feminist Television Studies (Panel #18)

Panel Columnist: Tara McPherson (University of Southern California)
Participants: Marti Noxon (writer/executive producer, Buffy the Vampire Slayer), Barbara Corday (co-creator/writer/producer, Cagney and Lacey), Wendy West (writer/producer The Closer), Kelly Souders (writer/producer, Smallville), Amelie Hastie (UC Santa Cruz), Susan Douglas (University of Michigan)
Moderator: Alexis Carreiro (University of Texas at Austin)

Question: What is the relationship between feminist television studies and the work women do in the television industry? Or, to approach the topic from another angle, what's feminist about television and TV studies?