Two female police detectives cooperate with each other both in their professions and in their personal lives.Two female police detectives cooperate with each other both in their professions and in their personal lives.Two female police detectives cooperate with each other both in their professions and in their personal lives.
- Won 14 Primetime Emmys
- 35 wins & 57 nominations total
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- TriviaLoretta Swit played Christine Cagney in the television movie that inspired the series. Swit couldn't continue in the role due to her contract with M*A*S*H (1972), so Meg Foster took over the role of Christine Cagney. After the first season, Sharon Gless won the role, and played Cagney for six years. At the time, a CBS spokesperson said Gless replaced Foster because the audience had trouble telling the two leads apart. It was later revealed that Foster was replaced because they felt that her portrayal made Cagney appear to be a lesbian. When the show was revived from cancellation, CBS demanded that Barney Rosenzweig replace Foster.
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Mary Beth Lacey: We go in together and it's 'Hello, Sgt. Cagney,' 'How ya doing, Sgt. Cagney?' I may as well have stayed in the car.
Christine Cagney: Oh Mary Beth.
Mary Beth Lacey: And when we go to the lab, Solomon offers you sushi, me, I get fiber samples. Don't tell me you never noticed.
Christine Cagney: Well, maybe one or two times. You know how men are.
- Crazy creditsActor Sidney Clute passed away during the run of the series. In every episode after his death, his name and picture still appeared in the opening credits. That was done by the producers as a tribute to him.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The 35th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1983)
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Wonderful Cop Series
Tyne Daly and Sharon Gless did a great job with Cagney and Lacey in the 1980's. Not only did Cagney and Lacey have a great theme tune but it has great plots and dialogue throughout.
Like a lot of great cop shows, this series presented it's characters as real people with real emotions. Tyne Daly and Sharon Gless were aided by a brilliant supporting cast throughout.
The show wasn't just about police work. Both Cagney and Lacey had their fair share of personal problems outside their job ranging from alcoholism to conflicts of interest with their job. We got to seem them convey a whole range of emotions throughout but we still got to see them do some wonderful detective work. I actually think they were both convincing as detectives.
All in all, this was a great series, possibly the greatest buddy cop series of the 80's.
Like a lot of great cop shows, this series presented it's characters as real people with real emotions. Tyne Daly and Sharon Gless were aided by a brilliant supporting cast throughout.
The show wasn't just about police work. Both Cagney and Lacey had their fair share of personal problems outside their job ranging from alcoholism to conflicts of interest with their job. We got to seem them convey a whole range of emotions throughout but we still got to see them do some wonderful detective work. I actually think they were both convincing as detectives.
All in all, this was a great series, possibly the greatest buddy cop series of the 80's.
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