FORGET “THE SHIELD” for a while. “Dragnet” is top-notch police drama filled with cool shots of Los Angeles, dramatic music and exciting narration by Sgt. Joe Friday. He lectures the bad guys. He works ...

The LAPD worked closely with the television series, which some called a public relations machine for the department. Staff writer Don Page wrote in the March 10, 1967 Los Angeles Times: “Just getting ...

FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) - For years, filmed entertainment producers and directors have known that having great starring actors and actresses is not enough. It's the surrounding cast, including guest ...

Jack Webb spent years working in radio and television. In fact, he worked up until the moment he died in December 1982 and left a project unfinished. Even with a variety of works under his belt, Webb ...

Dragnet would never have a plot device as suited to grappling with the LAPD’s shortcomings as that 1968 debate. But it substituted polarized views for a true reckoning, helping to set a dysfunctional ...

SERIES "Just the facts" half-hour police drama remains iconic for creator-star Jack Webb's deadpan "Ping-Pong" dialogue. It's step-by-step straight-faced to the point of monotony, as detective Webb ...