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Airs Next: NBC at Thursday 9:00 PM (30 min.)
Status: Ended    Premiered: December 16, 1951    Last Aired: August 23, 1959
Show Categories: Drama, Soap
Dragnet (1951)
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, from the documentary-style narration by Joe Friday, to...
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Last episode: The Big Red
Friday and Smith investigate a series of robberies. This is the final episode.
Aired: August 23, 1959
275. The Big Counterfeit August 16, 1959 0 Reviews 8.47
274. The Big .38 August 9, 1959 0 Reviews 7.50
273. The Big Operator August 2, 1959 0 Reviews 7.00
272. The Big Appetite July 26, 1959 0 Reviews 7.60

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George Fenneman - Announcer
Jack Webb - Sgt. Joe Friday
Ben Alexander - Officer Frank Smith
Barney Phillips - Sergeant Ed Jacobs
Barton Yarborough - Sergeant Ben Romero
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10.0
Perfect
"Classic"
The grandaddy of them all.
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