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Woman that is fighting batman. wait a minute. >> with the appearance on "batman," television executives began to see what blacks could bring to this world of science fiction, and we got to see more afterwards. >> space, the final frontier. >> as the '60s progressed, a new frontier was being forged. >> and one of those was "star trek," developed and created by gene roddenburg. >> it's very serious. >> engage. >> "star trek" was a landmark moment, where we lived in this new egalitarian society, and jean talked about the idea of having a flight crew of different races. >> when i brought in crew, ...

- even though the "twilight zone" didn't showcase black characters for the most part in that series, by 1967, it does change and we're seeing more black performers and characters on the network schedule. - you gotta go all the way back to eartha kitt when she came on and took over the role of cat woman. - this is cat woman. - in 1967, she's playing a reimagined version of a white character played by julie newmar. - you'll never have another cat woman like that. i don't think anybody else's tongue works like that. i don't care what you say. - purrr-haps. - grrr, not gonna happen. (purring) (chu...