Dragnet (1951): Season 1

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Dragnet

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Season Details & Credits

NBC | Season Premiere Date: December 16, 1951

Starring: Jack Webb, Barney Phillips, George Fenneman

Summary: The program opened each week with these words from
Det. Sgt. Joe Friday: "This is the city, Los Angeles,
California. I work here, I carry a badge." Then that arresting theme music began to play ("Dum-de-dum-dum"). Probably the most successful police drama in television history. Dragnet's hallmark was its appearance of realism, fromThe program opened each week with these words from
Det. Sgt. Joe Friday: "This is the city, Los Angeles,
California. I work here, I carry a badge." Then that
arresting theme music began to play ("Dum-de-dum-dum").
Probably the most successful police drama in television
history. Dragnet's hallmark was its appearance of realism,
from the documentary-style narration by Joe Friday, to the
cases drawn from the files of the real L.A.P.D., to its
attention to the details of police work ("It was 3:55. . .
We were working the day watch out of homocide"). Viewers
were reminded of the unglamorous dead ends and the constant
interruptions of their private lives that plague real policemen,
and this made the final shoot-out and capture of the criminal
all the more exciting. At the end of each episode, after the
criminal was apprehanded, an announcer would describe what
happened at the subsequent trial and the severity of the sentence.
The series was created and directed by Jack Webb himself.
It's catchphrases and devices became national bywords and
were widely satirized. There was Webb's terse "My name is
Friday--I'm a cop," and "Just the facts, ma'am" It was revived in 1967 as Dragnet 1967 and again in 1989 as "The New Dragnet". This was followed by a short-lived revival in 2002 with Ed O' Neill as Joe Friday. The series was renamed L.A. Dragnet in 2003 and canceled shortly thereafter. A theatrical film in 1987 with Dan Ackroyd and Tom Hanks also surfaced. Other spinoffs included Adam-12 (1968-75) and Emergency (1972-77).… Expand

Creator: Jack Webb

Genre(s): Drama

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Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E14. The Big Lamp
Air Date: June 19, 1952
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S1:E13. The Big Casing
Air Date: June 5, 1952
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S1:E12. The Big Phone Call
Air Date: May 22, 1952

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Series Overview
Season 8

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- Season 8 Overview
  Air Date: September 23, 1958
Season 7

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- Season 7 Overview
  Air Date: September 26, 1957
Season 6

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- Season 6 Overview
  Air Date: September 27, 1956
Season 5

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- Season 5 Overview
  Air Date: September 19, 1955
Season 4

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- Season 4 Overview
  Air Date: August 26, 1954
Season 3

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- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: September 3, 1953
Season 2

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- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: September 11, 1952
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: December 16, 1951
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  S1:E14. The Big Lamp
  Air Date: June 19, 1952
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  S1:E13. The Big Casing
  Air Date: June 5, 1952
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  S1:E12. The Big Phone Call
  Air Date: May 22, 1952
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  S1:E11. The Big September Man
  Air Date: May 8, 1952
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  S1:E10. The Big Trial
  Air Date: April 24, 1952
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  S1:E9. The Big Blast
  Air Date: April 10, 1952
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  S1:E8. The Big Moody
  Air Date: March 27, 1952
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  S1:E7. The Big Parrot
  Air Date: March 13, 1952
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  S1:E6. The Big Speech
  Air Date: February 28, 1952
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  S1:E5. The Big Cast
  Air Date: February 14, 1952
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  S1:E4. The Big Mother
  Air Date: January 31, 1952
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  S1:E3. The Big Death
  Air Date: January 17, 1952
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  S1:E2. The Big Actor
  Air Date: January 3, 1952
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  S1:E1. The Human Bomb
  Air Date: December 16, 1951