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TLC’s Wendy Douglas: From Teen TV Host to Grown Up TV Executive

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Jacqueline Cutler

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Shattering the Glass Ceiling

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The adorable girl had just slid into her teens and in 1988 had the wispy curled bangs and oversized blouses to prove it. Wendy Douglas was a host of Nickelodeon’s Don’t Just Sit There. That show had an innocent sweetness that today’s over-produced kids’ shows do not, and it highlighted a girl who even at 13 was poised in front of the camera.

Jacqueline Cutler

Jacqueline Cutler is a longtime journalist covering television on a national and international level, after many hard news beats. She serves on the executive board of the Television Critics Association and currently writes the "Shattering the Glass Ceil… read more