Good Girls Revolt


Good Girls Revolt is an American period drama television series. It is inspired by Lynn Povich's 2013 book The Good Girls Revolt and based on real-life events. The show was released on October 28, 2016, on Amazon Prime Video.
On December 2, 2016, Amazon cancelled the series after one season.
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Plot

The series follows a group of young female writers at the fictional News of the Week magazine beginning in 1969.
Women in the newsroom are relegated to low-level positions as researchers. Many researchers are more talented and better educated than their male colleagues, the reporters, and do original writing that the reporters later incorporate more-or-less directly into their stories, often without adaptation, and always without attribution. The researchers are also paid considerably less.
These women have a sense that they're paid a lot less, and during the series it emerges just how much lower their pay is. But also at issue is the fact that their writing is not recognized; on a rare occasion when a female researcher's writing is openly accepted, such as when a male reporter quits just before a deadline, the researcher's story is nonetheless published as written by her, but under the departed reporter's byline only.

Cast

Main

Recurring

Reception

Good Girls Revolt has received generally positive reviews from critics, with most comparing it to Mad Men and some calling it a female version of that show. On Rotten Tomatoes, a score of 71% was reported with its critical consensus saying: "Good Girls Revolt features a compelling true story, told by a talented cast, even if the period drama hasn't yet achieved Mad Men-level mastery". On Metacritic, it has a 66 out of 100 score indicating, "generally favorable reviews".