Gretchen Mol Is From Venus, But She Lives Her 'Life On Mars'

Actress Gretchen Mol stars as Annie Norris on ABC's Life On Mars, which airs Thursdays at 10pm.

It's 1973 and "NYPD Detective Sam Tyler (Jason O'Mara) finds himself in the cultural hotbed of New York City in the tumultuous times of the Vietnam War, Watergate, women's lib and the civil and gay rights movements," according to ABC.

In the show, "Annie Norris is a member of the Police Women's Bureau. At a time when females were only allowed to do menial tasks and not real police work, she's the smartest person in the room. Little does she know that her dream of becoming a real cop will come true. Right now she's struggling to deal with being undermined, under-used and in general against the sexism of the times."

And don't forget to catch Life On Mars tonight! The CW11's own actress-in-residence Tyra Richards plays the role of call girl in tonight's episode "Tuesday's Dead." Richards is a news assistant for the CW11 Morning News.

For more information on the show, visit abc.go.com/primetime/lifeonmars/index.

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