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Cagney & Lacey

CBS

1980-1988

First Broadcast: October 8, 1981

Last Broadcast: May 16, 1988

One’s blonde. One’s brunette. One’s strong. One’s sensitive. They’re both women. They’re both cops. They’re partners.

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Actor	Character(s)	# Episodes
Tyne Daly	Mary Beth Lacey	126
Al Waxman	Lt. Bert Samuels	126
Sharon Gless	Christine Cagney	119

There were 7 seasons and 126 episodes of Cagney and Lacey. We have not completed an episode guide for Cagney & Lacey yet.

Mary Beth Lacey: Chris, lemme tell ya: cop feet weren’t meant for hooker shoes.
Det. Sgt. Christine Cagney #2: She’s got a black belt in mouth karate and she’s arrogant as hell.

Loretta Swit played Chris Cagney in the Cagney and Lacey pilot movie, but couldn’t continue in the role in the series due to her MAS*H commitment. Meg Foster took over the role for the first season. A decision was made to replace her with Sharon Gless because they thought it was too hard to distinguish the two leads apart.
The show was taped in a warehouse on Lacy Street.
After filming the pilot movie, Loretta Swit thought the show should’ve been her next series, but Alan Alda and Gene Reynolds would not let her out of her MAS*H contract.
The license plate on Cagney and Lacey’s Dodge is 437BLA.