View Full Version : 'Jiggle TV': How Female-Led Action TV Shows Were Dismissed in the 1970s


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01-21-2026, 10:11 PM
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In the mid-1970s, the term 'jiggle TV' was coined by a TV executive as a way of putting down a rival network's hit shows like Charlie's Angels and Wonder Woman. The term has stuck around like a bad smell, used by critics and commentators to dismiss these pioneering shows. It's time to confront this sneering, sexist attitude.