26 Iconic TV Shows Created by Kickass Women

Mara Brock Akil has been working in TV for the last two decades, and after serving as a writer on shows like Moesha for four years, she created the seminal TV series Girlfriends for UPN, starring Tracee Ellis Ross. Akil has gone on to even bigger things, creating being Mary Jane and most recently, teaming up with her husband to create The CW's new superhero series Black Lightning.