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Post by CG Wendy on Jul 10, 2013 16:54:45 GMT
I`m really enjoying watching this again. I never was much of a fan of crime shows, but when C&L first started I was hooked on it because it was nothing like other crime shows I ever watched before. I can remember when the show was in danger of being cancelled, and I wrote a letter to NY begging to keep it on the air. One of the British newspapers had the address asking fans to keep it on the air. I`d like to think I helped to keep it on the air.  |
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Post by sillybint on Jul 10, 2013 21:52:33 GMT
Yes, that was a huge favorite of mine back in the day. I also liked St. Elsewhere and China Beach. Tyne Daly was later on Judging Amy which I know some people really liked but I never caught it much. Apparently it ended with storylines unresolved anyway.
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Post by sootycat on Jul 11, 2013 10:53:55 GMT
Always loved Cagney and Lacey, also St Elsewhere, never watched China Beach though.
I am a big fan of The Walking Dead....I have learnt so many ways to dispatch Zombies. ;D
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Post by CG Wendy on Jul 11, 2013 12:01:28 GMT
Another fan of St Elsewhere here. The final episode was groundbreaking in its day.
I never saw China Beach, it didn`t appeal to me. I did watch some episodes of Judging Amy, but with it being on lunchtimes here, it was an inconvenient time for me to watch it.
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Post by CG Wendy on Jul 11, 2013 12:12:02 GMT
SillyBint...did you ever get to watch 'Any Day Now' on Lifetime? I absolutely loved that show. I remember when Lifetime has a sister channel...Lifetime movies or something like that and 'Any Day Now' was repeated daily. Sadly that channel was abruptly cancelled and I never got to see that show again. Every 6 months or so I email Lifetime to ask if they will put ADN on DVD but I never get a reply.  |
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Post by Nick on Jul 11, 2013 22:11:30 GMT
I loved Cagney and Lacey too
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Post by CG Wendy on Jul 12, 2013 0:01:44 GMT
I used to fancy 'Marcus Petrie' like mad. I still do. I really don`t know why Carl Lumley didn`t get into the movie business after C&L finished - he is such a great actor. And given the right agent he could`ve been as big as Denzil Washington. (who I also like)
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Post by sillybint on Jul 14, 2013 22:12:10 GMT
I sort of remember the title Any Day Now, but I can't remember ever watching it.
China Beach was sort of somewhere between St. Elsewhere and Hill Street Blues I suppose, or later M*A*S*H.
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Post by CG Wendy on Jul 14, 2013 22:53:08 GMT
China Beach is another show that was shown in the afternoons that I never got the chance to see. I think that was on Lifetime too. I just checked to see if China Beach was available at Netflix to watch/rent. Season 1 is listed but in the 'save' section. I hope it will be available soon as i`d like to watch it now that you`ve piqued my interest in it when you said it was like St Elsewhere/M*A*S*H and HSB sillybint |
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Post by CG Wendy on Jul 14, 2013 23:04:42 GMT
I sort of remember the title Any Day Now, but I can't remember ever watching it. China Beach was sort of somewhere between St. Elsewhere and Hill Street Blues I suppose, or later M*A*S*H. sb.... Any Day Now was set in Alabama, and was about 2 best friends (Mary Elizabeth was white and her best friend Rene was black)growing up during the turbulent 60`s til the present day. It was remarkable because in the present day scenes when they were older, whatever problems they had were similar to the problems in the 1960`s. And in flashbacks it was filmed in black and white with a splash of colour maybe in a dress, or some flowers, or a picture on a wall. It was an excellent series. Annie Potts starred in it as an older Mary Ellizabeth. Mary Elizabeth had an uncle who was in the KKK, he was evil pig. Rene`s Father was an attorney and worked with MLK Jr. I would really love to see the show again, but not sure if it would ever be on DVD as there was a lot of music from the 60`s that are probably too expensive to get the copyrights for them. |
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