The original Cagney & Lacey that ran from 1982 to 1988 and won multiple awards -including 2 “Best Drama” Emmy- never became as iconic as other buddy cop shows from the same time period like Starsky & Hutch, Miami Vice or The Streets of San Francisco, at least on the international market. How come? Maybe because it was not about men. There has not been any successful equivalent since then, apart from Rizzoli & Isles I think. Things are about to change, finally, with a slew of pilots starring female cops. CBS also has Chiefs -and they probably won’t pick-up both- while NBC has the Bad Boys spin-off I already talked you about (HERE). For some reason, they all take place in Los Angeles. Is it because of the blue sky making them look like lighter fares? The original Cagney & Lacey was set in New York. Like ABC’s The Finest, also in the running this year. While reading this script, I thought a lot about ABC’s pilot The Trustee, that was not ordered to series last year. My review (HERE) was called “Cagney & Lacey New Generation”, and it was before we knew a reboot would be in the works. In fact, we learned about it the day they picked up the pilot, never before. Anyway, The Trustee was a superior script despite its flaws because it was really modern, different and also funnier. 2018 Cagney & Lacey‘s is lazy and gives the impression that nothing really changed since the 1980s. And when I look at CBS schedule, sometimes I feel the same…
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