Remington Steele, which graced NBC from 1982 to 1987, was an American TV show with a decidedly situation comedy premise: Laura Holt couldn’t attract clients to her detective agency because people didn’t want to hire a woman. She made up a boss, Remington Steele, taking the name from her typewriter, a Remington, and the Pittsburgh [...]
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April 6th, 2011
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Remington Steele is based on someone who doesn’t exist. Some of the other characters are fine with that, and others aren’t. The conceit from the beginning is that since some clients don’t want to hire a female detective, the fictitious Remington Steele heads the agency. This serves both the thief who steps into the identity [...]
