"I'd watch shows with female leads if there were any good ones with interesting women"

[meganbmoore]

 Know what's cool?  Amazon having decent prices on a lot of new/still airing TV shows with female (often in multiples) leads that not enough people are watching.  (What's not cool is having to remind myself that no, I actually DON'T have a lot of money to spare, most of what looks like fun money in my account is for WisCon.)

Season 1 of Miss Fisher'

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[lyssie]

BUT BUT, none of those shows has the kind of female character I think is interesting enough white dudes being straight that I can slash , or I don't like those genres, or, or or, ANYTHING that will make them interesting to my higher standards for female characters standards that are insane and impossible to meet, and so I will go back to watching my any two white dudes boring bff pastiche!

to be fair, the lack of new space opera with women is a TRAVESTY, GET ON THAT, TV EXECS

(also, Wish Me Luck the entire series is currently on sale; FEMALE SPIES DURING WWII. I feel everyone should be all over this, despite the show's occasional issues.)

(two hours later, I actually remember to hit post comment, whoops)

[mfirefly10]

Of those, Call the Midwife and The Hour are still on my 'to-watch' list. I actually saw the pilots of both...at some point but never watched the rest. I...don't remember why?

The first two seasons of The Good Wife are excellent. Season 3 is less so and season 4 was kind of a hot mess. But the first two seasons = really, really good.

*wishes Bomb Girls was out so it could be added to the list*

And I know you've seen these but I thought they deserved a mention:

Covert Affairs - obviously there are plenty dudes, but the lead is a female character and she's got an awesome female boss - LADY SPIES, basically :)

Missing - Ashley Judd. Kicking Ass. Former CIA agent gone rouge after her son goes missing, ala the title. Not many ladies but Ashley Judd is worth it. Ends on kind of a terrible cliff-hanger as it was canceled after only one short season.

[meganbmoore]

I knew I was forgetting shows. (Missing, despite it's flaws, actually did some interesting things on the gaze and metanarrative level.)

[_profiterole_]

The Good Wife is amazing, especially the first two seasons. They have some promos that say "Don't let the name fool you" so I guess they realised the title wasn't such a good idea after all.

[meganbmoore]

Well, I always assumed that the title was meant to be a criticism (or at least, commentary) on the idea, but then, that's what I expect from those things. I was just leery initially of the premise, and then kept getting sidetracked by other things when I meant to check it out.

[etrangere]

Enjoyed the Bletchley Circle, thanks for the rec!

[meganbmoore]

Yay! Glad you liked it. (And hoping there will be sequels.)