If the 1970s were the golden age of the cop drama on TV, it started out a little closer to shined-up brass for the ladies. In spite of co-starring roles for crime-fightin' ladies in the mid-'60s (Peggy Lipton in The Mod Squad, Susan Saint James in McMillan and Wife . . . okay, she was married to a cop, but still!), the genre remained more or less a boy's club for a spell. Until 1974, when a mature, mini-skirted blonde took center stage and landed NBC an instant hit: the blonde was Angie Dickinson, and the series was Police Woman, the first season of which... More >>>