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    The Business

    Creating Showtime's 'Masters of Sex'

    Michelle Ashford, creator of Showtime's "Masters of Sex," talks about making a show about sex that's not exactly sexy.

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    By Kim Masters • Nov 23, 2013 • 29m Listen

    Creator of Showtime's Masters of Sex, Michelle Ashford talks about making a show about sex that's not exactly sexy and how The Sopranos changed her view of what's possible on TV. Plus, she reflects gender disparities in show business.

    Banner image: Lizzy Caplan and Michael Sheen in a scene from Masters of Sex. Photo courtesy of Showtime

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      Hollywood News Banter

      Kim Masters and John Horn of the Los Angeles Times discuss some of this week's top entertainment news stories.

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      Masters of Sex

      Michelle Ashford, the creator and show-runner of the Showtime series Masters of Sex  talks about her decades in the television business. She's worked for years writing pilots -- and making a living doing so -- but never got a series on the air until this one.

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      Kim Masters

      partner/writer at Puck News, host of KCRW's “The Business.”

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      Hollywood News Banter

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      Masters of Sex

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