Television pilot costs even if the network chooses to not order the show. Sometimes, a made-for-TV-movie is filmed as the pilot, but because of actors not being available, the series intro is reshot and the first reshot episode is considered the pilot. The original "Cagney & Lacey" movie co-starred Loretta Swit (of "M*A*S*H" fame) as Chris Cagney, but when she could not get out of her contract, they reshot it with Meg Foster, who after the first season was replaced with Sharon Gless; therefore, the original movie is not considered a pilot, and is not included in the series collections on DVD.
Tyne Daly from June 14, 2011 (previews) to September 4, 2011. Daly reprised her role as Maria Callas in the West End production of "Master Class", which opened at the Vaudeville Theatre on February 7, 2012 (after previews from January 21) in a limited engagement to April 28, 2012. Daly performed a cabaret act, "Second Time Around", in January 2010 at Feinstein's at Loews Regency, New York City. She had previously performed at Feinstein's in May 2009. Daly appeared in "John and Mary" (1969), the biker movie "Angel Unchained" (1970), the movie adaptation of "Play It As It Lays" (1972), and "The