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Just as we bid farewell to Melissa Joan Hart, famous for the title role in the TV series "Sabrina the Teenage Witch," the creator of the show, Nell Scovell, has written a high profile article about David Letterman and sexual harassment for "Vanity Fair."
According to the article, Scovell considered working for David Letterman her dream job and left promising work in Los Angeles--she had just written an episode for "The Simpsons" and served as a story editor to "Newhart"--to work in New York only to find a hostile working situation. Letterman's sexual predatory ways, which apparently were more regular practice at that show than an anomally, indirectly led to the creation of the TV which ran on ABC from 1996 to 2000 and then moved over to the WB TV Network.
Scovell was an executive producer from 1996 to 1997.
Scovell isn't thinking about filing a lawsuit and the statue of limitations is probably long past. But CBS should consider what a liability Letterman is and Jay Leno and his heir, Conan O'Brien should consider how learning something about what makes women laugh and what women--half of their potential viewers--find less than funny.
This column is, of course, about dancing and to dance you need a leader and a follower but that doesn't mean the follower isn't just as important and since most followers are women. There is no lack of women at dance clubs and parties. The lack of women anywhere is something to think about.
Hart owes her fame indirectly to a sexually hostile environment created and encouraged by Letterman. Some good did come of Letterman's vices. During the run of "Sabrina the Teenage Witch," I wonder if Sabrina, Zelda or Hilda ever had to deal with predatory bosses?
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