Comments on: What happens to TV shows that pass the Bechdel Test?

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By: Tanaudel

Tanaudel — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 23:01:12 +0000

I missed the 80s (alive but no tv) and really want to see this show!

By: spiralsheep

spiralsheep — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 21:05:29 +0000

Cagney and Lacey are on my short list of 25 all-time favourite women characters. I love female friendship as a dramatic theme. I wish there was more of it about (and I put my money where my preferences are).

Thank you for the post.

By: L33tminion

L33tminion — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:50:57 +0000

Guess I need to look into that series.

I’m not sure you’re right about FOX’s reasoning, though, since I’ve seen little evidence that FOX understands how to market shows or that they use any reasoning in their efforts to find good material. They put on random stuff (most of which is crap) and then cancel vast swaths of it (including the stuff that’s really good):

Peter: Well, unfortunately, Lois, there’s just no more room on the schedule. We’ve just got to accept the fact that Fox has to make room for terrific shows like Dark Angel, Titus, Undeclared, Action, That 80′s Show, Wonderfalls, Fastlane, Andy Richter Controls the Universe, Skin, Girls Club, Cracking Up, The Pitts, Firefly, Get Real, FreakyLinks, Wanda at Large, Costello, The Lone Gunmen, A Minute With Stan Hooper, “Normal, Ohio”, Pasadena, Harsh Realm, Keen Eddie, The $treet, American Embassy, Cedric The Entertainer, The Tick, Luis, and Greg the Bunny.
Lois: Is there no hope?
Peter: Well, I suppose if all those shows go down the tubes, we might have a shot.

By: SisterCoyote

SisterCoyote — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:02:30 +0000

You know, I was just thinking about Cagney and Lacey yesterday, while watching Burn Notice. (Which I sincerely doubt passes the Bechdel test, but I could be wrong. It’s sexist enough in other ways.) And I was thinking about the fact that it did pass the test, and wondering why twenty years ago we could have a show with two very strong female leads but we can’t have one today.

And what amuses and saddens me most about this is the fact that I never really was a fan of the show.