“ 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 writer
Hosts 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 pivotal LAPD ride-along that inspired her first produced Cagney & Lacey episode, “An Unusual Occurrence,” which won a WGA Award.
She compares the culture of Cagney & Lacey with China Beach, discusses unproduced pilots and projects (including HBO series, and an unmade Cher/Jessica Lange/to-be-directed by Frank Oz movie, Confessions) She reflects on writing episodes that tackled addiction, AIDS-era conversations, and sexual assault. Jeffries also shares details about her novel, The Younger Girl, current writing projects, and advice to emerging writers.
00:00 Welcome and Guest Intro 01:33 Childhood TV Influences 03:56 Good Girl Expectations 05:16 Finding Writing Path 07:48 Early Jobs and Teaching 10:43 LAPD Ride Along Story 14:34 Cagney and Lacey Breakthrough 16:09 Feminism and California Move 18:09 Film Journalism to Screenwriting 19:34 Unmade Cher Lange Film 24:16 Women in Film Opens Doors 29:47 HBO Script to Book Rights 34:54 Working Mother on Set 36:14 Writers Room Culture Then 39:55 Favorite Episodes Tease 40:09 Why This Story Matters 40:47 Writing Cagney and Lacey 44:28 TV Breaking Taboos4 6:45 Breaking Into Screenwriting 48:17 Saying Yes and No 49:11 Joy and Rejection 51:11 Unmade Pilots Heartbreak 52:55 China Beach Bigger Canvas 55:55 Writers Room Culture 57:50 Showrunner Dream Team 58:39 Vista Clara and Timing 01:00:31 Teaching at USC 01:01:07 Resist AI Stay Original 01:02:00 You Write Like a Man 01:04:33 Working on Sisters 01:06:27 The Younger Girl Novel 01:14:36 Prose Versus Screenwriting 01:16:49 New Work and Wrap Up 01:19:11 Where to Find Everything 01:21:58 Final Thanks and Callouts
AUDIOOGRAPHY Find out more about Georgia Jeffries at georgiajeffries.com Get Georgia’s book, The Younger Girl at Bookshop.org Find out more about the groundbreaking and Emmy-winning show at CagneyandLacey.com Call your Reps. Let your voice be heard. Go to 5calls.org Watch on Roku for Sisters and China Beach.
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