The police “crime and punishment” TV show Dragnet aired in 1952 and ran for eight years on NBC. One actor who made a guest appearance was future Star Trek star Leonard Nimoy who found the show’s use ...
Every episode of “Dragnet,” the godfather of TV police procedurals that ran in the 1950s, began with these words. They were a promise that what viewers were about to see was a faithful re-creation of ...
On this day, June 3, in 1949, crime drama “Dragnet” first broadcast on radio. Sixty years later, elements of “Dragnet” are known to those who have never seen or heard the program. The show was created ...