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Dragnet 1967 through Dragnet 1970 is the second of the Dragnet series to grace our television. Beginning in January 1967 and running till September 1970, the series stared Jack Webb as the lead character Detective Sargent Joe Friday. He also directed and produced the series.

This series focuses on two detectives, Sargent Joe Friday and Officer Bill Gannon, played by Harry Morgan. Throughout this series, these two brave men of the LAPD, track down criminals in the city of Las Angeles, California, while also helping its citizens recover their possessions and sometimes their very souls.

The original "Dragnet" (Dragnet 1951) is the grandfather of ALL of today's police drama shows. Dragnet 1967 through 1970 is the first canceled network TV series to successfully come back to life on a broadcast network.

In late 1965, Universal and NBC hired Webb to revive "Dragnet" as a made-for-TV movie. Filmed in early 1966, this TV movie didn't air until January 1969. Titled "World Premiere: Dragnet," this well-made film has Friday and Gannon linking the slaying of photographer's models to the disappearance of a war widow, while Gannon prepares to retire.

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S 4 : Ep 26	D.H.Q. - The Victims	Aired 4/16/70	go Hulu Free Netflix Subscription Amazon Buy
S 4 : Ep 25	Burglary - Baseball	Aired 4/9/70	go Hulu Free Netflix Subscription Amazon Buy
S 4 : Ep 24	Robbery - The Harassing Wife	Aired 4/2/70	go Hulu Free Netflix Subscription Amazon Buy
S 4 : Ep 23	I.A.D. - The Receipt	Aired 3/26/70	go Hulu Free Netflix Subscription Amazon Buy
S 4 : Ep 22	D.H.Q. - Night School	Aired 3/19/70	go Hulu Free Netflix Subscription Amazon Buy

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Harry Morgan	Officer Bill Gannon
Jack Webb	Sergeant Joe Friday

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joe cooks for bill n wife

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By roysma9, Apr 07, 2013

I see bills wife with a ring but bill has no ring
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A Classic Police Show

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By petenv, Sep 10, 2012

Jack Webb and Harry Morgan were the stars of this show. All the shows from Dragnet were all my favorite shows.

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Thank you Jack Webb.... Thank you Harry Morgan... Thank you all the talented musicians who really jazzed up this incarnation from it's 1950's predecesor.

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By BillySchu, May 14, 2011

I love Dragnet, every version ever produced. Jack Webb learned his producing skills for this show from the 1950's version he directed and starred in with Ben Alexander. The style was very similar, with the real notable exeption, that Sgt. Friday gets his long monotonous nonologue each episode.

Harry Morgan was also a gem in this show, just prior to his MASH career. His affable, humorous fall guy to Webb's straight man was outstanding and far and away the biggest and best difference between him and Alexander.

My favorite episode was the one with Friday on a panel discussing the pros and cons of drug use. (Friday obviously on the con side) The major proponent was an actor named Don Sturdy, who would go on to become WKRP's drug-addled morning man, Dr. Johnny Fever.... Mr. Howard Hesseman.

This was television that learned from it's prior incarnation, and exceeded the sum of it's parts.moreless
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The godfather of all detective shows.

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By Lokar, May 14, 2011

This was one of the first police dramas on television. It was simple and straightforward, but very effective. The acting was on the terse side, as the lead stars portrayed no-nonsense cops who didn't really let us into their own lives-- they just solved the case. The scripts were like a procedural novel. They set forth the details of the case and then let the surprises come out of that. Everything here looks and sounds like it's straight out of "The Maltese Falcon." And that's a compliment. So when you want to see some gripping drama in which the officers of the law stand between the public and grave harm, this is what it was like--and this is how it should be done.moreless
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Dragnet was the first successful police series

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By aesgaard41, Oct 17, 2006

Back in the days when TVLand ran Classic TV shows, I became a fan of this series. To me, it seemed what Adam 12 did for criminals, this show did for drug pushers and users. Joe Friday (Jack Webb) and Bill Gannon (Harry Morgan) were buddies and partners in the Los Angelos County Police Force, Detectives Division. A top show in the Sixties, this series educated many watchers on the dangers of alcohol and substance abuse and provided a top notch drama at the same time. There was a bit of wry humor between Friday and Gannon that made the series and the characters so likeable, but there was also a lesson in it's warnings on drugs and how the law worked. The formula was so successful that it worked equally well in Webb's creation and Dragnet spin-off, Adam 12, and again for Emergency. A true classic in TV history, this is a series that everyone needs to watch.moreless
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D.H.Q. - The Victims

S 4 : Ep 26

Aired 4/16/70 (25:07)
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Burglary - Baseball

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Aired 4/9/70 (25:09)
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Robbery - The Harassing Wife

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I.A.D. - The Receipt

S 4 : Ep 23

Aired 3/26/70 (25:08)

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Why no season two DVDs?
It's been over two years since the release of the "complete" first season (the show began in mid-season, so it was actually half a...

By tvking1, Jul 23, 2007

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Describe the show in one word....
"Preachy"....way too preachy even for the time period. Watching these shows in hind sight is a hoot. Hippies, juvenile delinquents...

By Dougo13, Jun 15, 2006

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Sgt. Friday's partner (Officer Bill Gannon) joins hims in the great police
It is with great sorrow I announce that Harry Morgan died on Wednesday, December 7, 2011 at the age of 96 of old age complicated b...

By bmoshier, Dec 08, 2011

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