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Sonya Friedman is an American psychologist, author, and former television host.[1]
Career
editIn the 1970s, Friedman worked on Good Morning America. She then had a program on WXYT-AM, and WDIV-TV.[2]
columnist for the Detroit Free Press
Ladies’ Home Journal column
From 1982 to 1985, she hosted “Sonya” on the USA cable network.
Commutes to Detroit on weekends[4]
In 1986, Friedman was hired by KABC to replace Toni Grant as one of its radio psychologists.[6] The station stopped airing the program in September 1988.[7]
In 1986, she produced The Masters of Disaster, a short documentary film about a group of inner city children learning how to play chess. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.[8]
After an April 1988 arrest for domestic abuse, James Brown went on Friedman‘s CNN program Sonya Live in L.A.. The interview became notorious for Brown's irreverent demeanor, with some asserting that Brown was high.[9] In 2023, the interview was parodied in a teaser for the release of the Offset and Cardi B song Jealousy. Two days prior to the release of the song Offset posted a spoof of the infamous interview with himself dressed as Brown and Jamie Lee Curtis portraying Friedman. [10][11]
Interview with Paul Jennings Hill[13]
In 1994, her show was replaced with Talk Back Live.[14]
Awards and honors
editIn 1991, Friedman was awarded the first annual Star award from the American Women in Radio and Television. In 1993, she was awarded the Presidential Award of the American Psychological Association. Also in 1993, she was given the America's Women of Distinction Award from the Crohn & Colitis Foundation.[16]
Books
editReferences
edit- ^ "CNN'S SONYA FRIEDMAN LOVES THE FAST TRACK". Chicago Tribune. October 13, 1988.
- ^ https://www.proquest.com/docview/277779695/3C3E94B788634633PQ/7?accountid=196403&sourcetype=Newspapers
- ^ https://people.com/archive/on-the-sunny-side-of-50-pop-psychologist-sonya-friedman-has-legs-as-talk-cables-new-queen-vol-28-no-20/
- ^ https://www.proquest.com/docview/277779695/3C3E94B788634633PQ/7?accountid=196403&sourcetype=Newspapers
- ^ https://www.nytimes.com/1983/02/06/arts/cable-woos-the-daytime-viewer.html
- ^ Margulies, Lee (December 5, 1985). "FRIEDMAN TO REPLACE TONI GRANT". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ Klady, Leonard (September 3, 1988). "Sonya Friedman, 'Money Talks' Silenced on KABC". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ Goodman, Walter (1986-02-19). "Tv Reviews; 'Masters of Disaster,' Young Chess Winners". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-06-12.
- ^ "1988: Is this James Brown's strangest interview ever?". CNN. May 29, 2013. Archived from the original on March 13, 2014. Retrieved February 16, 2014 – via YouTube.
- ^ Denis, Kyle (July 26, 2023). "Offset Enlists Wife Cardi B for New Single 'Jealousy'". Billboard. Retrieved July 27, 2023.
- ^ Rice, Nicholas (July 27, 2023). "Cardi B and Offset Tease 'Jealousy' Collab After Cheating Allegations — See the Cheeky Cover Art". People. Retrieved July 27, 2023.
- ^ Archives, L. A. Times (January 30, 1991). "Short Takes : Friedman Puts Down Her Pen". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ McFadden, Robert D. (July 30, 1994). "DEATH OF A DOCTOR: THE WARNINGS;News Accounts Presaged Trouble" – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1994/03/23/the-tv-column/eb9e8f1e-86bf-43b3-ba07-4e20b99c4d57/
- ^ https://www.proquest.com/docview/294267310/3C3E94B788634633PQ/4?accountid=196403&sourcetype=Newspapers
- ^ "Dr. Sonya Friedman". Northwood University. January 1, 2019.
- ^ https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780517590522
- ^ https://www.proquest.com/docview/259844562/3C3E94B788634633PQ/1?accountid=196403&sourcetype=Newspapers