Directed by Karen Arthur, written by a female team, and starring two filmic heroes of the feminist movement--Sharon Gless as Christine Cagney and Tyne Daly as Mary-Beth Lacey--the show pioneered on-screen presentation of independent, working women. With Cagney as the career-minded single woman, and Lacey as the mother/wife juggling job with home time, the two detectives serve as foil characters, the way other cop shows such as ChiPs, Moonlighting, or Charlie's Angels starred police with opposing opinions. But where other shows cast the foxiest people possible, Cagney & Lacey relied on character development instead of sex.

Cast and Characters

• Tyne Daly as Detective Mary Beth Lacey
• Meg Foster as Detective Chris Cagney (1982)
• Sharon Gless as Detective Chris Cagney (1982-1988)
• Al Waxman as Lt. Bert Samuels
• Carl Lumbly as Detective Mark Petrie
• Martin Kove as Detective Victor Isbecki
• Jason Bernard as Detective Paul La Guardia (192-1985)
• Harvey Atkin as Desk Sergeant Ronald Coleman
• John Karlen as Harvey Lacey
• Tony La Torre as Harvey Lacey Jr.
• Troy Slaten as Michael Lacey

Broadcast History, Episode Guide & TV Schedule

First Telecast: March 25, 1982
Last Telecast: May 16, 1988
Number of Seasons: 7
Number of Episodes: 125
Original Network: NBC
Original Primetime Television Schedule:

• March 1982- April 1982, CBS, Thursday 9:00-10:00pm
• October 1982- September 1983, CBS, Monday 10:00-11:00pm
• March 1984- December 1987, CBS, Monday 10:00-11:00pm
• January 1988- April 1988, CBS, Tuesday 10:00-11:00pm
• April 1988- May 1988, CBS, Monday 10:00-11:00pm

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Theme by Bill Conti

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