After nixing her own Johnny Carson-produced prospective sitcom, "The Angie Dickinson Show", in 1980 after only two episodes had been shot because she did not feel she was funny enough, the private-eye series "Cassie & Co." became her unsuccessful attempt at a television comeback. She then starred in several television movies, such as "One Shoe Makes It Murder" (1982), "Jealousy" (1984), "A Touch of Scandal" (1984) and "Stillwatch" (1987). She had a pivotal role in the highly rated miniseries "Hollywood Wives" (1985), based on a novel by Jackie Collins.