Things to research – topics, keywords, etc.:
- history of television
- television industry (current)
- women in comedy
- feminist film/TV studies / media studies
- female writers, producers, creators, showrunners
- depictions of women in leadership roles on TV
- keywords: comedy, women, television, feminist, leadership, Tina Fey
Possible resources:
- Books
- history of America TV/comedy/entertainment/media, to get a historical context
- memoirs and autobiographies, for first-hand accounts, anecdotes, insider perspective
- Interviews
- the shows themselves
- articles from periodicals about:
- feminist media studies
- popular film and television
- cultural studies (21st century America)
- Encyclopedia of Television
I have some things that might be relevant for you–anthologies on gender, race, and media, some other stuff on pop culture…