Barry Primus role on the CBS TV series "Cagney and Lacey" (1982 — 1988) as Christine Cagney's (Sharon Gless) boyfriend Sergeant Dory McKenna, whose drug problem compromises his value as a police officer. He also guest starred in "Murder, She Wrote". After working as director Mark Rydell's assistant on "The Rose" (1979), Primus increased his behind-the-camera activities; in 1992, he directed his first theatrical feature, the "inside" Hollywood comedy/drama "Mistress". A member of the Actors Studio, Primus has taught acting and directing classes at the American Film Institute, The Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute, the UCLA campus, and at The Maine Media Workshops
Tyne & Wear TV licence areas, including Tyne & Wear. Tyne & Wear TV is required to broadcast 37 hours a week of first-run programming. As of February 2018, the station's sole local programme is "North East Live", a rolling four-hour block of pre-recorded local news, sport and features airing each weeknight from 5-9pm. A half-hour block also airs on the generic "Made Television" networked feed on digital satellite each weekday evening at 7.30pm. Programmes produced by the other Made TV stations also air on the channel along with acquired programming from independent producers and other broadcasters around the UK, including the thrice-daily programming