TV Is Changing for the Better. Just Look at the Records Broken at the 2017 Emmys

When Nicole Kidman and Reese Witherspoon took the stage on Sunday night to accept the Best Miniseries Emmy for Big Little Lies, they had a mandate for Hollywood: Embrace female stories. "This is a friendship that created opportunities out of our frustration," Kidman said. "So now: more great roles for women."

It's long been a complaint in Hollywood that most stories on the big and small screen are about white men, told from a white man's perspective.