Any Prentiss

There were a trio of police dramas featuring a female lead that debuted in the fall of 1974. Unlike Police Woman or Get Christie Love, Amy Prentiss was in charge!

The death of the chief of police of the San Francisco Police Department leaves a vacancy to be filled by the most senior officer. That would be 35 year old widow and single mother Amy Prentiss (Jessica Walter). The resentment of her less qualified male counterparts plays a major role in this short-lived series.

Of course, she also proves herself worthy of the promotion but viewers were perhaps not quite ready for a woman police chief; it was cancelled after the few episodes that aired as part of the NBC Mystery Movie rotation were used.

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