- 243
- Episodes
- 98
- Transcribed
- 392
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2022
- First episode
About Dragnet
Dragnet was created and produced by Jack Webb, who starred as the terse Sgt. Friday. Webb had starred in a few mostly short-lived radio programs, but Dragnet would make him one of the major media personalities of his era.Webb was a stickler for accurate details, and Dragnet used many authentic touches, such as the LAPD's actual radio call sign (KMA-367), and the names of many real department officials, such as Ray Pinker and Lee Jones of the crime lab or Chief of Detectives Thad Brown. Dragnet was perhaps the most famous and influential police procedural drama in American media history. The series gave millions of Americans a feel for the boredom and drudgery, as well as the danger and heroism, of real-life police work. Dragnet earned praise for improving the public opinion of police officers. Actor and producer Jack Webbâs aims in Dragnet were for realism and unpretentious acting. He achieved both goals, and Dragnet remains a key influence on subsequent police dramas in many media. The shows cultural impact is demonstrated by the fact that even after five decades, elements of Dragnet are known to those who've never seen or heard the program.
- Publisher
- Humphrey Camardella Productions
- Category
- kids & family · tv & film
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 24 Jun 2022
- Latest episode
- 21 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
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[…] Hi. How's it going? I'm good. Just saw the doctor. Well, how's that? He just died. You are listening to Dragnet, the authentic story of your police force in action. When an officer is first accepted by the police force, he spends 13 weeks at the police academy. In that period, he learns the basic fundamentals of being a peace officer. From graduation from the academy, he is assigned either to traffic or to a tour of duty in one of the city jails. Then, depending on his aptitude and the way he conducts himself in the field, he's checked on for possible transfer to one of the detective divisions as an investigator. […]
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.3 / 5
- 251 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.8 / 5
- 141 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 52 / 100
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- Quality
- 64
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 99
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