I’ve just re-watched (twice) the first season of Cagney & Lacey on DVD, and I’m going to be writing a series on it. To introduce it, I wanted to give some context first. And explain why 80’s TV set me up to be so disappointed with what came later.

The Fight to make a Female Buddy Show

Cagney & Lacey was developed in response to the observation that there had never been a buddy movie about two women. It took nearly a … READ MORE