Q 01/05

Cagney & Lacey began as a female buddy film script titled after which pair of male movie stars?

A) Lemmon & Matthau

B) Newman & Redford

C) Abbott & Costello

D) Martin & Lewis

Answer · why

B) Newman & Redford

Newman & Redford was the comedy's working title until legal worries forced a change. No film studio wanted the script, so the story went to television...

Q 02/05

In which sitcom does Terry Jeffords have twin daughters named Cagney and Lacey?

A) Angie Tribeca

B) Reno 911!

C) Brooklyn Nine-Nine

D) Parks and Recreation

Answer · why

C) Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Brooklyn Nine-Nine gives squad leader Terry, played by Terry Crews, twins named for the two detectives, plus a third daughter called Ava.

Q 03/05

Which actress played Christine Cagney in the 1981 Cagney & Lacey pilot movie but was unavailable for the series?

A) Stefanie Powers

B) Lindsay Wagner

C) Kate Jackson

D) Loretta Swit

Answer · why

D) Loretta Swit

Loretta Swit was still Major Houlihan on M*A*S*H, whose producers refused to release her from her contract for the new series.

Q 04/05

Which fan protest, organized by the producer of Cagney & Lacey, helped reverse the show's 1983 cancellation?

A) A newspaper petition

B) A studio picket line

C) A nationwide advertiser boycott

D) A letter-writing campaign

Answer · why

D) A letter-writing campaign

A letter-writing campaign, a summer time-slot change that lifted the ratings and an Emmy for its Mary Beth Lacey persuaded the network to bring the se...

Q 05/05

Which illness makes Mary Beth Lacey miss a promotion exam in the fourth season of Cagney & Lacey?

A) Breast cancer

B) Heart disease

C) Tuberculosis

D) Multiple sclerosis

Answer · why

A) Breast cancer

Breast cancer is a fear Mary Beth at first refuses to take to a doctor, and the operation that follows keeps her away from the exam her colleagues sit...