22Apr
This weekend, Lena Dunham’s highly anticipated new series “Girls” officially debuts on HBO. And if early reviews have anything to say about it, the show should quickly become an imperative addition to a long-cherished television genre: the single woman (or women) trying to make it in the big city. In honor of this, Indiewire decided to take a look back at the historical progression of the shows that came before it.
While examples of the genre across the half-century or so of television are clearly fewer and farther between than demographically responsible, there’s a clear trajectory that led to “Girls” (which notably features the youngest characters and frankest discussions of pretty much any of its predecessors).
From 1966′s “That Girl” to a slew of shows that premiered earlier this season (including including the similarly titled “2 Broke Girls” and “New Girl”), here’s a few examples:
That…
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No HBO? No problem. If you weren’t able to catch last night’s premiere of Lena Dunham’s hotly anticipated and much-discussed new series “Girls,” the network has put the first episode up for free (and uncensored — you have to sign in) online.
Though it’s not embeddable, the “Girls” pilot is now up on YouTube, as well as on HBO.com and DailyMotion.com and will be available on those platforms until May 14th.
HBO will do the same thing with the first episode of Armando Iannucci’s “Veep” next week.
Check out our interview with “Girls” creator Dunham and series executive produce Judd Apatow.
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