Why does every prime time TV feature a violent manly female lead?

[renard_ruse]

Anyone else notice that just about every new primetime TV drama's star character is a violent female lead who goes around beating up men, shooting people, and/or kicking dude's in the head? Every show. WTF?

There seem to be zero manly male leads on these sorts of shows anymore. What happened to the Magnum PI's, the Knight Riders, even the A-Teams? Its all violent, manly girls. Of course, they are usually dressed up to appear "sexy," at least to a certain extent (though some of the shows don't even particularly bother with anymore). They act completely like men, and always beat up or kill men, I guess to show female physical supremacy or something.

The argument that the market is driving this programming doesn't hold up, when you consider the almost pathetic ratings for many of these shows. Ratings for primetime network TV are shockingly low, when you consider the US population today is well over 300 million. Most of these shows get a couple million or less. Primetime TV shows draw far fewer viewers than they did 30 years ago despite more people in the country. The argument is that its the multipilicity of channels, social media, internet, YouTube, etc, that leads to the low numbers not the programming. I call BS. If the networks were putting out programming that was compelling and what the public wanted, ratings would be there.

No, clearly, these violent feministic women leads are on every program, because its part of an agenda not because its what's most or even a large number of the public actually want.

 

[JohnnySavage]

Dumb shit.

 

[hashtag45]

Maybe because a large part of viewers are younger women just below/above 20 ? I am far from that age, but I love dystopian movies or movies featuring empowered women who kick ass (figuratively speaking)…

Or maybe the reverse: Maybe because some viewers are teens or v. young men, and sex -aka women in sexy outfits- sells... Moreover, their view (at that young age) of an empowered person means someone who could literally kick ass?

Interesting question, but I can't think of anything else.
What's your take on that, Renard? (provided you were not aiming in the same direction as LJ)

 

[sybarite_1]

Blacklist has some violent men!

 

[Desiremakesmeweak]

RR - you are so right here.

There is also a dirth of male roles that are not defined by this obsession with violence.

In real life, leadership is not reliant on violence to demostrate power, as much as Hollywood and network television appears to believe that it is.

The immensely important Howard Hughes - who literally invented the so-called 'Red Carpet' - never showed violence in his movies as anything other than extremely stupid and counter-productive.

I would have absolutely no objection to female roles who are also 'strong' in the physical sense, as well as violent too - except that there are far too many of them at the moment and there is a distinct socio-political bent to the whole thing and anyone who thinks otherwise is naiive.

 

[Disgustipated]

RR - you are so right here.

There is also a dirth of male roles that are not defined by this obsession with violence.

In real life, leadership is not reliant on violence to demostrate power, as much as Hollywood and network television appears to believe that it is.

The immensely important Howard Hughes - who literally invented the so-called 'Red Carpet' - never showed violence in his movies as anything other than extremely stupid and counter-productive.

I would have absolutely no objection to female roles who are also 'strong' in the physical sense, as well as violent too - except that there are far too many of them at the moment and there is a distinct socio-political bent to the whole thing and anyone who thinks otherwise is naiive.

Do you get paid per hyphen like eyer gets paid per ellipse?

 

[hashtag45]

Do you get paid per hyphen like eyer get paid per ellipse?

Do you get paid per hyphen like eyer GET? paid per ellipse?
(and he said I'M the illiterate moron)

 

[Disgustipated]

Me missing a letter doesn't make you less illiterate, moron.

 

[hashtag45]

Me missing a letter doesn't make you less illiterate, moron.

At least I have an excuse (for my occasional grammar mistakes - e as a 2nd lingo)
What's yours? Other than being a moron, of course

 

[sigh]

Anyone else notice that just about every new primetime TV drama's star character is a violent female lead who goes around beating up men, shooting people, and/or kicking dude's in the head? Every show. WTF?

There seem to be zero manly male leads on these sorts of shows anymore. What happened to the Magnum PI's, the Knight Riders, even the A-Teams? Its all violent, manly girls. Of course, they are usually dressed up to appear "sexy," at least to a certain extent (though some of the shows don't even particularly bother with anymore). They act completely like men, and always beat up or kill men, I guess to show female physical supremacy or something.

The argument that the market is driving this programming doesn't hold up, when you consider the almost pathetic ratings for many of these shows. Ratings for primetime network TV are shockingly low, when you consider the US population today is well over 300 million. Most of these shows get a couple million or less. Primetime TV shows draw far fewer viewers than they did 30 years ago despite more people in the country. The argument is that its the multipilicity of channels, social media, internet, YouTube, etc, that leads to the low numbers not the programming. I call BS. If the networks were putting out programming that was compelling and what the public wanted, ratings would be there.

No, clearly, these violent feministic women leads are on every program, because its part of an agenda not because its what's most or even a large number of the public actually want.

Of course you call it BS, regardless that it's obviously true. Otherwise, you'd have no argument at all.

 

[BotanyBoy]

Who cares? TV is stupid....cable TV is even dumber because you pay for extra shit.


Internet....is kicking the fuckin' piss out of network TV. Soon PBS and local news and whackadoodles will be the only thing you can get without a high speed connection and it has nothing to do with the population at large rejecting your alleged 'values' wholesale.

Isn't capitalism great? Enjoy your shitty TV programming grandpa.