'On the Basis of Sex' begins in 1956, when Ruth Ginsburg was starting out as one of only nine women in a class of 500 at Harvard Law.

While we're waiting for the Windsors to return to the small screen, we can find multiple queens at the multiplex.

In 'Tea with the Dames,' there's very little action. But there's plenty of drama.

In recent years, we've seen a number of anti-heroes, but it's rare to have an anti-heroine. Lee is an unlikely heroine, to say the very least. And, as Lee, Melissa McCarthy is simply marvelous.

Eva Vives has made an important and powerful film, against some odds. She's a woman and Hispanic. She refused to take advice when people urged her to make Nina "nicer." It isn't surprising that funding for 'All About Nina' was hard to come by.

I'm glad that "Murphy Brown" is back. When the first episode ended, I felt like I sometimes do when getting together with old friends after a long absence. Things are different; but the times you shared are still cherished.

As so many programs demonstrate, PBS has always had success in adapting literature for television.