- Dates: March 25, 1982 - May 16, 1988
- Type: Television Series
This Television Series is referred to by Educated Guess part of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Season 13
When Detectives Benson and Rollins arrive at the mental institution to interview Gia, a woman they believe has been assaulted, Gia doesn't want to talk to them, telling a fellow patient that "Cagney & Lacey were just leaving.".
A police procedural, the show starred Tyne Daly and Sharon Gless as New York City police detectives who led very different lives: Christine Cagney (Gless) was a single, career-minded woman, while Mary Beth Lacey (Daly) was a married working mother. The series was set in a fictionalized version of Manhattan's 14th Precinct (Midtown South), which in real life is located at 357 West 35th Street.