Question: where are the cast of cagney and lacey now

title: Cagney & Lacey
text: Ratings , however , were still low during the first year Daly and Gless co-starred on the series . Cagney & Lacey was canceled by CBS a second time in May 1983 , but after almost a year of decreased buzz about the show , an ever - larger public outcry exploded upon the series 's axing . Fans of the show , organized by Rosenzweig , staged a letter - writing campaign . At the same time , CBS switched its time slot for what was to have been its final three months on the air during summer reruns . This relocation resulted in the ratings suddenly rising . The viewer protest , coupled with the post-cancellation improvement in the Nielsens and the Emmy nomination that year ( which Tyne Daly won in September ) , resulted in success for the public . That fall , CBS announced the return of Cagney & Lacey as a mid-season entry . The network would have wanted to return it sooner , but not long after the second cancelation came to pass , the sets at Orion had already been destroyed , and the cast had been let out of their contracts . One cast member , Tony La Torre , had already joined another series , the ABC sitcom 9 to 5 . When nearly all of the Cagney & Lacey cast received new contracts in late 1983 , La Torre returned as well after 9 to 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 .