The Forgotten History of the First Sitcom

Host Brooke Gladstone talks with Emily Nussbaum (newyorker.com/contributors/emily-nussbaum), television critic for The New Yorker, about the forgotten story of Gertrude Berg, the woman behind the television sitcom, and the anti-communism campaign that clouded her legacy.

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