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Dragnet, the radio series, premiered on NBC on June 3, 1949, and ended on February 26, 1957. A set of 314 original episodes aired between June 1949 and September 1955 with ".22 Rifle For Christmas" and "The Big Little Jesus" usually re-run during Christmas time. [1] Re-runs were broadcast from the end of September 1955 to February 1957.
Due in part to Webb's fondness for the medium, Dragnet persisted on radio until 1957 (the last two seasons were repeats), making it one of the last old time radio shows to give way to television's growing popularity. A total of 314 original episodes were broadcast from 1949 to 1957.
Dunning, John, On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio, Oxford University Press, 1998, ISBN 0-19-507678-8. Michael J. Hayde, My Name's Friday: The Unauthorized but True Story of Dragnet and the Films of Jack Webb, Cumberland House, 2001, ISBN 1-58182-190-5; Jason Mittell, Genre and Television: From Cop Shows to Cartoons in American Culture.
Dragnet – later syndicated as Badge 714 [3] – is an American crime television series, based on the radio series of the same name, both created by their star, Jack Webb. The shows take their name from the police term dragnet, a system of coordinated measures for apprehending criminals or suspects. Webb reprised his radio role of Los Angeles ...
In announcing his vision of Dragnet, Webb said he intended to perform a service for the police by showing them as low-key working-class heroes. Dragnet moved away from earlier portrayals of the police in shows such as Jeff Regan and Pat Novak, which had often shown them as brutal and even corrupt. Dragnet became a successful television show in ...
Joe Friday is a fictional character created and portrayed by Jack Webb as the lead for his series Dragnet.Friday is a detective in the Los Angeles Police Department. [1] The character first appeared on June 3, 1949, in the premiere of the NBC radio drama that launched the series.
This is an episode list for the 1951 American television crime drama series Dragnet. The series pilot premiered on NBC on December 14, 1951. A total of 276 episodes aired between December 14, 1951, and August 23, 1959. [1] Dragnet was on both radio and television from December 1951 through February 1957. [2]
Dragnet, a film version of the television and radio series starring and directed by Jack Webb; Dragnet (1967 TV series), the 1967–1970 revival of the original television series; Dragnet, a parody of the television series starring Dan Aykroyd and Tom Hanks; Dragnet, also known as The New Dragnet, see Dragnet (franchise)#1989 series: The New ...