Wednesday, July 16, 2008

You’re Busted!

How ridiculous is this? TV Guide puts together a list of what it claims are the “Top 12 Female [TV] Cops of All Time”--a roster that includes Police Woman’s Pepper Anderson (Angie Dickinson) and In Plain Sight’s Mary Shannon (Mary McCormack)--but fails to include either Christine Cagney (Sharon Gless) or Mary Beth Lacey (Tyne Daly) from Cagney & Lacey? Judging by the rest of the rundown, though, the bias is definitely toward characters introduced within just the last decade, so I guess it must’ve been put together by folks too young to remember most of the history of television.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Swear to God, before I opened the link, I KNEW Olivia Benson would be #1

pattinase (abbott) said...

Although Sharon Gless in Burn Notice is giving me pause, Cagney and Lacey was a terrific series. They were tough, smart, real and fun to hang with.
I haven't looked at the list, but Dexter's sister, Deb, is my new hero.

Benjie said...

Choosing Stacy Sheridan (Heather Locklear) from T.J.HOOKER over Lucy Bates (Betty Thomas) from HILL STREET BLUES seems a little compromising as well.

Anonymous said...

Wait a minute, where's Karen Sisco (Carla Gugino)?
And let's not forget Dana Plant (the great Paula Marshall) from "Snoops" (1999).

Elizabeth Foxwell said...

What? No Christie Love (from _Get Christie Love_)?