Police Woman

While not the first show to depict a female police officer on tv, Police Woman was the first to show how she does it in an hour. The show, which ran for four seasons and has seen popularity in reruns and on dvd and streaming, stars Angie Dicksinson, once married to Burt Bacharach and whose daughter commited suicide at the age of 40, who is still alive and kicking at 88. The music is memorable and is one of the first TV shows to be distributed by Columbia Pictures Television, as Screen Gems in its previous form released the TV movie, which was a hit a year before. David Gerber produced the show, which did good in its first season but ratings fell due to changes in politics, speaking of which Gerald Ford loved this show but ABC cancelled it a year after Charlie's Angels became popular.