TV Crime Drama
Sue Turnbull
The stars were Loretta Swit as Christine Cagney (who was then co-starring in the network''s hit comedy drama series M*A*S*H) and Tyne Daly as Mary-Beth Lacey. As Julie D''Acci describes it, the pre-publicity for the show demonstrated a struggle over competing definitions of ''woman, women and femininity'' and the telemovie was launched on a wave of feminist approval and support (D''Acci 1994 ). Prominent feminist Gloria Steinem featured Swit and Daly in character on the cover of ...