Cagney & Lacey off massive protest, and put Rosenzweig into high gear in his dealings with CBS. The cancellation of "House Calls" was announced among insider circles just before upfronts, and Rosenzweig pressured CBS executives to relaunch "Cagney & Lacey" in the fall with Gless replacing Foster. Gless met with "Cagney & Lacey" producers again to consider the role, but while always having taken to the character, had doubts about joining for the fall of 1982 because, after "House Calls", she "didn't want to make a career of replacing actresses." Ratings, however, were still low during the first year Daly and Gless co-starred
Switch (TV series) Eddie Albert and Robert Wagner are the only actors to appear in every episode. Sharon Gless appeared in all but three episodes, and Charlie Callas did not appear in four episodes during the run. The short-lived ABC 1976-1977 crime drama "The Feather and Father Gang" was seen as an unsuccessful attempt to imitate "Switch". Coincidentally, Wagner would later costar with one of the stars of "The Feather and Father Gang", Stefanie Powers, in another crime drama "Hart to Hart" which ran for 5 seasons beginning in 1979. Switch (TV series) Switch is an American action-adventure detective series starring Eddie Albert