“The story you are about to see is true. Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent.” And so began each episode of “Dragnet,” which premiered on NBC on this day in 1952 after a pilot ...

If any television series past or present could be called a tribute to the Los Angeles Police Department, it would be Jack Webb’s Dragnet. Dragnet ran on television in the 1950s and then several years ...

DRAGNET — Pictured: (l-r) Harry Morgan as Officer Bill Gannon, Jack Webb as Sgt. Joe Friday (Photo by NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images via Getty Images) "Just the facts, ma'am"... If you ...

Actor Herb Ellis, known for collaborating with Jack Webb to create the iconic TV series “Dragnet” died on Dec. 26 at age 97. Deadline reports that Ellis passed away in San Gabriel, California just ...

Jack Webb spent years working in radio and television. In fact, he worked up until the moment he died in December 1982 and left a project unfinished. Even with a variety of works under his belt, Webb ...