A Second Crack in the Glass TV Screen

by Karen Schulman, Senior Policy Analyst, 
National Women's Law Center 

After waiting months to see if ABC would diversify the Sunday morning talk shows when it filled its opening at the anchor desk of  “This Week,” we finally have our answer, and it’s a good one. Christiane Amanpour, CNN’s long-time foreign correspondent, will be taking over the slot as moderator of the show. This follows CNN’s recent decision to make Candy Crowley the anchor of its Sunday morning show, so suddenly the long-time bastion of white males is not so male anymore.

But this doesn’t mean we can be satisfied with the progress that’s been made so far. The Sunday morning shows need to continue to move forward to further increase the diversity of their anchors, their guests, and the topics they cover. And hopefully, the new female hosts will not be content to simply break the glass ceiling by being where they are, but also break some new ground in the way politics are covered on Sunday mornings.