- 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) (chuckling) - it was so amazing because all of a sudden there s a black woman that is fighting batman. wait a minute. - with eartha kitt s appearance on batman ,