Cagney & Lacey 5" was canceled by ABC just weeks into the 1983–84 season. "Cagney & Lacey" went back into production in January 1984 and returned to air on March 19 of that year. "TV Guide" celebrated the show's return with the cover reading "Welcome Back, "Cagney & Lacey" – You want them! You've got them!". The show finished in the top 10 for the 1983–84 season, and went on to earn 36 Emmy Award nominations and 14 wins throughout its run until 1988, including six nominations for stars Daly and Gless: four wins for Daly and two for Gless. The series itself
Tyne Daly which ran from 1999 to 2005. Addressing a conference of the National Association of Social Workers in 2000, Daly said she had learned from social workers and social work texts to improve her portrayal of her character, and she added: "I take from you because you are the ones dealing with all the bad institutions of our society: institutionalized poverty, institutionalized racism, institutionalized cynicism." Daly appeared in a made-for-TV movie for Lifetime in 2003 titled "Undercover Christmas," as Anne Cunningham. She played the role of a traditional mother and peacemaker at Christmas time in a wealthy family of lawyers, who