HBO Max’s ‘Julia’ Details How Julia Child Got Her First Ever Cooking Show

“At this stage of my life, I want to feel relevant,” Julia says in the HBO Max series. Her cookbook was a hit with those enthralled by cooking — so, housewives, essentially. This was the early 1960s, people. With no desire to play by society’s rules, she hustled to promote her cookbook, landing a promo spot on local Boston station WGBH. She was set to appear on a book review show called I’ve been reading; but Julia didn’t simply talk about her work, she demonstrated it.