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 The 1967 revival followed the same direction as its predecessor as Sgt. Friday and his new partner, Officer Bill Gannon, investigated various cases for the LAPD's varied divisions.  During the show's pre-credit cold open, Jack Webb, in character as Sgt. Friday, would do a brief narration giving a description of some aspect of Los Angeles, such as this example from the episode "The LSD Story":
-{{cquote|This is the city — Los Angeles, California.  It's a fine place to enjoy life.  There are places reserved just for kids... when they're young and feel young.  Places they go when they're young and feel old... beginning the big search for something that often doesn't exist in the places they look for it.  They might find it here (''image of a church''), or here (''image of a synagogue''), or maybe here (''image of another church''). They could try looking here (''image of Griffith Observatory'')... their search might end with a college degree.  One thing sure — whatever they're looking for cannot be found inside a number five capsule.  When they try, that's where I come in.  I carry a badge.}}
+{{cquote|This is the city — Los Angeles, California.  It's a fine place to enjoy life.  There are places reserved just for kids... when they're young and feel young.  Places they go when they're young and feel old... beginning the big search for something that often doesn't exist in the places they look for it.  They might find it here (''image of a church''), or here (''image of a synagogue''), or maybe here (''image of another church''). They could try looking here (''image of Griffith Observatory'')... their search might end with a college degree.  One thing's sure — whatever they're looking for cannot be found inside a number five capsule.  When they try, that's where I come in.  I carry a badge.}}
 The ''Dragnet'' revival also included more contemporary themes for the new decade, such as increased drug use in society due to the rise of the [[counterculture]], along with [[hippie]]s, [[leftist]] and [[racism|racist]] revolutionaries and other products of the counterculture and its influence openly displaying their contempt for the law and those who enforce it, although such characters invariably pay the price by the end of each episode for their bad choices; for example, in the Season Two episode "The Big High", Friday and Gannon, on assignment with the Narcotics division, deal with a young couple who have begun using [[marijuana]], who dismissively make excuses and justifications for their use of the drug to the detectives, only to end up paying tragic consequences when the couple's infant daughter dies by drowning in a bathtub, unsupervised, while her parents are too busy getting high on pot to realize what has happened until it is too late.

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	'''''Dragnet''''' is the name for two related police procedural/crime drama TV series, both created by and starring actor/producer Jack Webb, that aired in two different decades on [[NBC]]. The original 1951 series, along with its 1967 revival, were produced by Webb's production company Mark VII Limited, with the 1967 revival co-produced with [[Universal Studios\|Universal Television]].		'''''Dragnet''''' is the name for two related police procedural/crime drama TV series, both created by and starring actor/producer Jack Webb, that aired in two different decades on [[NBC]]. The original 1951 series, along with its 1967 revival, were produced by Webb's production company Mark VII Limited, with the 1967 revival co-produced with [[Universal Studios\|Universal Television]].

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 The 1967 revival followed the same direction as its predecessor as Sgt. Friday and his new partner, Officer Bill Gannon, investigated various cases for the LAPD's varied divisions.  During the show's pre-credit cold open, Jack Webb, in character as Sgt. Friday, would do a brief narration giving a description of some aspect of Los Angeles, such as this example from the episode "The LSD Story":
-{{cquote|This is the city — Los Angeles, California.  It's a fine place to enjoy life.  There are places reserved just for kids... when they're young and feel young.  Places they go when they're young and feel old... beginning the big search for something that often doesn't exist in the places they look for it.  They might find it here (image of a church), or here (image of a synagogue), or maybe here (image of another church). They could try looking here (image of Griffith Observatory)... their search might end with a college degree.  One thing sure — whatever they're looking for cannot be found inside a number five capsule.  When they try, that's where I come in.  I carry a badge.}}
+{{cquote|This is the city — Los Angeles, California.  It's a fine place to enjoy life.  There are places reserved just for kids... when they're young and feel young.  Places they go when they're young and feel old... beginning the big search for something that often doesn't exist in the places they look for it.  They might find it here (''image of a church''), or here (''image of a synagogue''), or maybe here (''image of another church''). They could try looking here (''image of Griffith Observatory'')... their search might end with a college degree.  One thing sure — whatever they're looking for cannot be found inside a number five capsule.  When they try, that's where I come in.  I carry a badge.}}
 The ''Dragnet'' revival also included more contemporary themes for the new decade, such as increased drug use in society due to the rise of the [[counterculture]], along with [[hippie]]s, [[leftist]] and [[racism|racist]] revolutionaries and other products of the counterculture and its influence openly displaying their contempt for the law and those who enforce it, although such characters invariably pay the price by the end of each episode for their bad choices; for example, in the Season Two episode "The Big High", Friday and Gannon, on assignment with the Narcotics division, deal with a young couple who have begun using [[marijuana]], who dismissively make excuses and justifications for their use of the drug to the detectives, only to end up paying tragic consequences when the couple's infant daughter dies by drowning in a bathtub, unsupervised, while her parents are too busy getting high on pot to realize what has happened until it is too late.

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 ''Dragnet'' was revived by Webb and debuted in mid-season on NBC on January 12, 1967 and became a respectable hit for the network.  To distinguish it from the earlier black-and-white series, the color ''Dragnet'' revival had the year in which each season ended added to the show's title with each new season (e.g. ''Dragnet 1967'', etc.).
-The 1967 revival followed the same direction as its predecessor as Sgt. Friday and his new partner, Officer Bill Gannon, investigated various cases for the LAPD's varied divisions.  It also included more contemporary themes for the new decade, such as increased drug use in society due to the rise of the [[counterculture]], along with [[hippie]]s, [[leftist]] and [[racism|racist]] revolutionaries and other products of the counterculture and its influence openly displaying their contempt for the law and those who enforce it, although such characters invariably pay the price by the end of each episode for their bad choices; for example, in the Season Two episode "The Big High", Friday and Gannon, on assignment with the Narcotics division, deal with a young couple who have begun using [[marijuana]], who dismissively make excuses and justifications for their use of the drug to the detectives, only to end up paying tragic consequences when the couple's infant daughter dies by drowning in a bathtub, unsupervised, while her parents are too busy getting high on pot to realize what has happened until it is too late.
+The 1967 revival followed the same direction as its predecessor as Sgt. Friday and his new partner, Officer Bill Gannon, investigated various cases for the LAPD's varied divisions.  During the show's pre-credit cold open, Jack Webb, in character as Sgt. Friday, would do a brief narration giving a description of some aspect of Los Angeles, such as this example from the episode "The LSD Story":
 During this series' run, a made-for-TV movie, ''Dragnet 1966'' (the original pilot movie which convinced NBC to buy the series), debuted on the network on January 27, 1969, about three years after it was originally produced in 1966.  As with the previous series, Webb voluntarily ended production on the still-popular ''Dragnet'' revival in 1970 to concentrate on other projects for Mark VII Limited (including his then-running ''Dragnet'' spinoff ''[[Adam-12]]'' and that show's spinoff, ''[[Emergency!]]'').  All four seasons of the 1967 series have been released on DVD.

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 '''''Dragnet''''' is the name for two related police procedural/crime drama TV series, both created by and starring actor/producer Jack Webb, that aired in two different decades on [[NBC]].  The original 1951 series, along with its 1967 revival, were produced by Webb's production company Mark VII Limited, with the 1967 revival co-produced with [[Universal Studios|Universal Television]].
-While the name also covers a 1949 radio series, several related TV series, a 1954 feature film and a 1987 parody film as part of an overall franchise, this article only covers the two TV series Webb starred in, directed and produced.
+While the name also covers a 1949 radio series, several related TV series, a 1954 feature film and a 1987 parody film as part of an overall franchise, this article only covers the two TV series Webb starred in, directed and produced, along with a planned but unproduced third series.
 ==1951 TV series==

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 ==Planned 1983 TV series==
-Webb had planned on reviving ''Dragnet'' again in 1982 for a 1983 debut, reprising his role as Joe Friday and producing five episode scripts for this second revival.  As Ben Alexander, who played previous partner Officer Frank Smith in the 1951 series, had died in 1969 and Harry Morgan, who played Bill Gannon in the 1967 series, was busy with his current series ''M*A*S*H'', Webb needed a new partner for Sgt. Friday and cast Kent McCord, who had first appeared in the 1967 series playing different charatcers in guest appearances (one of which, LAPD officer Jim Reed, later became one of the main characters on ''Adam-12''), in that role, possibly reprising his Jim Reed role from ''Adam-12'' as a plainclothes detective and Friday's new partner.  The 1983 revival was scrapped when Webb died of a heart attack on December 23, 1982.
+Webb had planned on reviving ''Dragnet'' again in 1982 for a 1983 debut, reprising his role as Joe Friday and producing five episode scripts for this second revival.  As Ben Alexander, who played previous partner Officer Frank Smith in the 1951 series, had died in 1969 and Harry Morgan, who played Bill Gannon in the 1967 series, was busy with his current series ''M*A*S*H'', Webb needed a new partner for Sgt. Friday and cast Kent McCord, who had first appeared in the 1967 series playing different characters in guest appearances (one of which, LAPD officer Jim Reed, later became one of the main characters on ''Adam-12''), in that role, possibly reprising his Jim Reed role from ''Adam-12'' as a plainclothes detective and Friday's new partner.  The 1983 revival was scrapped when Webb died of a heart attack on December 23, 1982.
 ==Cast==

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 |Barney Phillips
-|Sgt. Ed. Jacobs
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