from Time magazine, March 15, 1954 The stucco and chicken-wire cliffs of Hollywood success are alluring from afar, but the pilgrims who cling to the steeps find them treacherous, lonely…

by Peggy Hudson (from "TV 70", published in 1970 by Scholastic Book Services) (Many thanks to Ken Lanza for sending this in.) It must be doing something right. What other…

AMC has been showing this great movie regularly. Please check their site for possible upcoming showings. Jack Webb made a Dragnet TV movie in 1966. NBC was so pleased that…

by Michael J. Hayde (author of "My Name's Friday: The Unauthorized but True Story of Dragnet and the Films of Jack Webb".) We have also added some DVD Reviews sent…

from PoliceScanner.com 15A48 The Unit Number consists of three parts, where the first part is the division number, the second part is the type of unit, and the third part…

(Interrogation room at police building. Sergeant Dave Bradford (played by former Dodger catcher Johnny Roseboro) has been interrogating arrested child-molester suspect Carl Rockwell. Joe Friday enters the room; Bradford tells…

AP reported on Nov. 6th that ABC has, unfortunately, cancelled the show due to its low ratings. Several episodes were completed but never aired, and there is some speculation that…

by Richard K. Doan (from the New York Herald Tribune, 11/19/65 ) (Many thanks to author Michael Hayde for sending this in.) Jack Webb is likely to make a one-night…

(from Pageant Magazine, January 1955) (Many thanks to author Michael Hayde for sending this in.) We've dramatized about 116 actual police cases on Dragnet in the past three years. When…

(from "Jack Benny's Second Farewell Special," NBC, January 24, 1974; written by: Al Gordon and Hal Goldman, Hilliard Marks, Hugh Wedlock Jr.) (transcribed and sent in by Michael Hayde, author…