The TV legend, who won best comedy actress Emmys for each of the three prior seasons on which she played standup comic Deborah Vance, also discusses how TV has changed over the course of her 45 years ...

Female comedians on Netflix offer a mix of seasoned vets and rising stars for endless laughs. Stand-up comedy has evolved through the years, with female comedians now taking the genre by storm.

Why, then, do we persist in specifically elevating the achievements of the relatively few female comedians who’ve made it big? For one thing, male comedians still get the majority of stand-up ...