Theory: A TV show will not score well on this test without a woman as the main protagonist. Example: Buffy will talk to Willow about something to do with the plot most episodes, so BtVS will do well. Firefly would actually score pretty poorly because, since all the female characters had different roles within the show they were not often seen discussing anything practical, but rather character stuff, and since all the other characters were male...
Likewise, BSG had a lot of woman as these shows go, but they were spread out across all the different "departments" (political, CiC, fighter pilots, ground crew) and didn't usually get a chance to discuss anything about their day to day work. And cylons don't count because they're robots.
It's only the main character who ties the whole thing together, and gets to interact with each separate group of characters on plot matters, so a show can only have a shot at this if it has a female lead.
Theory: A TV show will not score well on this test without a woman as the main protagonist. Example: Buffy will talk to Willow about something to do with the plot most episodes, so BtVS will do well. Firefly would actually score pretty poorly because, since all the female characters had different roles within the show they were not often seen discussing anything practical, but rather character stuff, and since all the other characters were male...
Likewise, BSG had a lot of woman as these shows go, but they were spread out across all the different "departments" (political, CiC, fighter pilots, ground crew) and didn't usually get a chance to discuss anything about their day to day work. And cylons don't count because they're robots.
It's only the main character who ties the whole thing together, and gets to interact with each separate group of characters on plot matters, so a show can only have a shot at this if it has a female lead.