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Podcast: 80s TV Ladies
Episode: Writing Fearless Women: Cagney & Lacey, China Beach, and Sisters | Georgia Jeffries
Description: “ Barney and I were interviewed about that episode on Entertainment Tonight because the word “condom” had never been used on television before.” - Georgia Jeffries, Cagney & Lacey writerHosts Susan Lambert Hatem and Sharon Johnson welcome writer-producer-professor Georgia Jeffries, an Award-winning writer known for Cagney & Lacey, China Beach, and Sisters. Jeffries recounts growing up as an only child, loving The Twilight Zone, reading history, and finding an early spark for writing through school assignments and UCLA journalism and creative writing courses.She talks about her time working as a freelance journalist while caring for her family. And the pi...