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
Sharon Gless playwright Claudia Allen and directed by Wendy Jo Carlton. In 2017, it was announced that Gless would appear in one episode of the BBC's "Casualty", the world's longest-running medical drama, as surgeon Zsa Zsa Harper-Jenkinson. She appears in the thirteenth episode of the serial's thirty-second series. Gless called Zsa Zsa a "wonderful character". Gless was invited to appear in the show by one of the producers and expressed interest in reprising the role. Gless' appearance marked the first time the show has flown an American to the UK to film a role. She reprised the role on the October 13