This is for an alphabet challenge at another site. I'm doing television shows as my theme this go-round. This one is a classic originally from radio, that can be considered the grandfather of all police procedurals. As usual, this is an ATC. JOURNALING: "Dragnet" was a radio/television/and movie series enacting cases of a Los Angeles police detective, Joe Friday, portrayed by the series creator/producer Jack Webb. Webb had appeared in a 1948 movie "He Walked By Night", playing a forensic scientist. He convinced the technical advisor, LAPD Robbery Sergeant Marty Wynn, that they could do a radio show based on the everyday activities of the police. Starting on radio in 1949, it jumped to the new television medium in 1952. The original TV series ran until 1959; the remake from 1967-1970. The show can be considered the grandfather of the police procedural. Dragnet spun off the 1968-1975 "Adam 12" which spun off "Emergency!" which ran from 1971-1977. Webb immersed himself in the police culture, even attending Police Academy courses to perfect his "cop" persona. He was planning a revival of the series in 1982, possibly with Kent McCord (of “Adam 12”) as his partner, when he died in 1982. He was given a funeral with full police honors and badge #714 was retired by the LA police department.
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