New York's cops on the box

CAGNEY & LACEY: Two female cops, one blonde, one brunette. One a working mom, the other more of a freewheeler. A big hit in the early Eighties.

McCLOUD: Sam McCloud - played by Dennis Weaver - was a sheriff from the sticks who joined the New York police. His simple country ways helped him nab the bad guys.

NYPD BLUE: Dennis France was brash Detective Andy Sipowicz in this gritty portrayal of crime in the Big Apple in the mid-Nineties.