I just found a very interesting and unusual newspaper ad for Get Christie Love! from January 1975, when the freshman TV series was tweaked by "a new creative team headed by producer Glen Larson" to give it "a whole new approach and style with delightful humor and lots of action..."
This new approach also meant that sassy policewoman Christie (played by Teresa Graves) got a new, no-nonsense supervisor, "Arthur P. Ryan", played by Jack Kelly ("...of MAVERICK fame.") In the ad below, he tells Christie "I'm Captain Ryan, your new boss. I don't like women cops!":
Unfortunately, not even JK could save Get Christie Love!. Viewers didn't love the "new" version any better than the old one and the show was canceled after only one season.
However, a reboot of GCL! was recently announced in The Hollywood Reporter. According to THR, the reboot is described as "an action-packed, music-driven drama that centers on Christie Love, an African-American female CIA agent who leads an elite ops unit. She transforms into whomever she needs to be to get the job done, especially when it’s down to the wire and the stakes are life and death. The high-adrenaline missions of the series are anchored by an emotional mystery about Christie’s first love — unearthing the truth about this relationship will be the biggest mission impossible of her life."
If you want to read more about JK, you know what to do: get TDS! :)
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