Before Law and Order or NCIS (or any of their gajillion spinoffs, for that matter), there was one crime drama franchise that set the benchmark for excellence on television: Dragnet. First created ...

Reportedly, Jack Webb was comfortable playing Joe Friday on radio but balked at ... This reboot of Dragnet was an early example of a television series continuing in the form of a reboot.

The show takes its name from the police term "dragnet", meaning a system of coordinated measures for apprehending criminals or suspects.