70s Lady Private Eyes - Drew, Columbo & the Angels

Host Cynthia Bemis Abrams walks through the high and low points of women television detective characters. Detectives followed the emergence of women in title roles of series, which happened at the same time feminist milestones Title IX and the campaign to ratify the ERA was changing American society. High points include Pamela Sue Martin's walk out on the "The Nancy Drew Mysteries" (1978) set, the 13 episodes of "Mrs. Columbo," the spin off from an unseen character from the series "Columbo." Cynthia looks at "Charlie's Angels," Kate Jackson's reported influence on making the series more credible and the undervalued conclusion that there would be no "Cagney and Lacey" without "Charlie's Angels."