If they gave out Emmys for best book about an Emmy-award winning TV series, Executive Producer Barney Rosenzweig would have another to add to his huge collection. If you love Cagney & Lacey-as I do-this is a must read. Triple love it! -Rosie O'Donnell, comedian, actress, host of award-winning The Rosie O'Donnell Show, and co-host of The View"Cagney & Lacey ... and Me is terrific-a must-read for anyone interested in how the television business really works. From insecure stars with over-sized egos, to network executives blundering their way to success in spite of themselves, Barney Rosenzweig's chronicle of the rise and fall of the hit series Cagney & Lacey has it all: tempers, tears, greed, deceit, duplicity and sex-in short, more juicy melodrama than a daytime soap opera." -Steven Bochco, producer writer of award-winning series Hill Street Blues, LA Law and NYPD Blue"One of Hollywood's greatest producers is also a brilliant storyteller. Barney recounts tales from the front lines of network television battlefields-with candor, intelligence and inimitable wit. If you want to know how television really works, this is the book for you"-Linda Bloodworth and Harry Thomason, award-winning creators, writer, producers and director of Designing Women"Barney wrote a book?" -Peter Falk, Emmy-winning star of iconic television series, Columbo and twice nominated Academy Award star of motion pictures too numerous to mention Heroes and villains, life and death, and sex and betrayal are part of a producer's life in the Hollywood fast lane. For author and Emmy Award-winning producer Barney Rosenzweig, that trip started on the set of the television show Cagney & Lacey. Rosenzweig personally supervised each episode of Cagney & Lacey - every piece of casting, every script, music cue, and film edit. One hundred twenty-five episodes and five Cagney & Lacey movies made him a master of the craft of producing. The show - with its unique social commentary that cemented Rosenzweig's role in television history - gave him a rare insider's view of the show business world. Now, twenty-five years after Cagney & Lacey's debut, Rosenzweig reveals with rare candor the secret society-like machinations of Hollywood's seductive spin machine.The series and the people who made the show possible are responsible for some of the most memorable years of Rosenzweig's life. He fondly recalls that period and provides an intriguing behind-the-scenes view in Cagney & Lacey ...and Me. "If they gave out Emmys for best book about an Emmy Award-winning TV series, executive producer Barney Rosenzweig would have another to add to his huge collection. If you love Cagney & Lacey - as I do - this is a must-read. Triple love it!" - ROSIE O'DONNELL, award-winning TV and motion picture icon."Cagney & Lacey ...and Me" is terrific - a must-read for anyone interested in how the television business really works. From insecure stars with oversized egos, to network executives blundering their way to success in spite of themselves, Barney Rosenzweig's chronicle of the rise and fall of the hit series Cagney & Lacey has it all: tempers, tears, greed, deceit, duplicity, and sex - in short, more juicy melodrama than a daytime soap opera." - STEVEN BOCHO, producer and writer of award-winning shows Hill Street Blues, LA Law, and NYPD Blue."One of Hollywood's greatest producers is also a brilliant storyteller. Barney recounts tales from the front line of network television battlefields with candor, intelligence, and inimitable wit. If you want to know how television really works, this is the book for you." - LINDA BLOODWORTH and HARRY THOMASON, award-winning creators, producers, writer and director of Designing Women."It is the tru nuts-and-bolts story of creating the show putting it on the air, then keeping it on the air. Fascinating and fun." - LIZ SMITH, American's most beloved gossip columnist"Barney wrote a book?" - PETER FALK, Emmy-winning star of the iconic television series Columbo and twice-nominated Academy Award star of motion pictures too numerous to mention. BARNEY ROSENZWEIG One of television’s most honored producers (Cagney & Lacey, John Steinbeck’s East of Eden, The Trials of Rosie O’Neill, Christy) his best productions remain daughters Erika, Allyn, and Torrie and spin-offs, granddaughters Hailey, Greer, and Zoey. Married to his third wife, multiple Emmy Award winning actress, Sharon Gless, the couple lives on Miami’s Fisher Island. Used Book in Good Condition