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This is a list of episodes from the first season of the 1967 Dragnet series. ... "The Big Explosion" Jack Webb: Robert C. Dennis: January 19, 1967 ()
Dragnet is an American crime drama television series starring Jack Webb and Harry Morgan which ran for four seasons, from January 12, 1967, to April 16, 1970. To differentiate it from the earlier 1950s Dragnet television series, the year in which each season ended was made part of the on-screen title—the series started as Dragnet 1967 and ended as Dragnet 1970.
Dragnet is perhaps the most famous and influential police procedural crime drama in American media history. Webb's aims in Dragnet were for unpretentious acting and a realistic depiction of policing. The series portrayed police work as dangerous and heroic, and helped shape public perception of law enforcement in the 20th century, improving the ...
It was also picked up as a television series by NBC, which aired episodes each season from 1952 to 1959. Webb played Sgt. Joe Friday and Barton Yarborough co-starred as Sgt. Ben Romero. After Yarborough's death, Ben Alexander joined the cast. [13] Webb with Harry Morgan in Dragnet 1968. Webb was a stickler for attention to detail.
"The LSD Story" is an episode of the American television series Dragnet that appeared on the NBC network on January 12, 1967. It was written, produced and directed by Jack Webb, who also starred as Joe Friday. This was the first color episode broadcast of Dragnet and the first episode of the later series broadcast.
Dragnet (1967) (Season 1 Episode 2: "The Big Explosion") as Donald L. Chapman; Dragnet (1967) (Season 2 Episode 9: "The Big Ad") as Steve Deal; Dragnet (1968) (Season 2 Episode 21: "The Big Clan") as Billy Catcher; Dragnet (1969) (Season 3 Episode 16: "Narcotics: DR-21") as Bob Buesing; Dragnet (1969) (Season 4 Episode 6: "Juvenile: The Little ...
This episode was originally scheduled to be the final episode of the second season, to be aired on April 4, 1968. However, NBC coverage of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. preempted the program.
Friday and Gannon retrace a 14-year-old investigation to determine whether charges can be brought against a man up for parole, an investigation that takes a decisive turn when a businessman who had employed the suspect makes a startling admission about the original crime.