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| − | |Sgt. Joe Friday (Jack Webb) and his partners (Ben Romero, Ed Jacobs, and Frank Smith in the 1951 original, Joe Gannon in the 1967 revival) solving actual cases from the files of the Los Angeles Police Department (with people's names altered to protect the innocent involved in the cases inspiring each episode). The officers educate viewers in law enforcement jargon and the Rule of Law, all the while showing fine examples of moral conduct, honor of oneself and others, and sacrifice for the good of the public. The 1967 revival also included more contemporary themes, such as increased drug use in society due to the rise of the counterculture, along with hippies, leftist and racist revolutionaries and other products of the counterculture 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. | + | |Sgt. Joe Friday (Jack Webb) and his partners (Ben Romero, Ed Jacobs, and Frank Smith in the 1951 original, Joe Gannon in the 1967 revival) solving actual cases from the files of the Los Angeles Police Department (with people's names altered to protect the innocent involved in the cases inspiring each episode). The officers educate viewers in law enforcement jargon and the Rule of Law, all the while showing fine examples of moral conduct, honor of oneself and others, and sacrifice for the good of the public. The 1967 revival also included more contemporary themes, such as increased drug use in society due to the rise of the counterculture, along with hippies, leftist and racist revolutionaries and other products of the counterculture 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. A second revival of ''Dragnet'' was planned by Webb in 1982, with him reprising his Joe Friday role again and with ''Adam-12'' star Kent McCord cast as Friday's new partner (possibly reprising his Jim Reed role from ''Adam-12''), but the revival was shelved following Webb's death from a heart attack on December 23, 1982. |
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| | |''Duck Dynasty'' | | |''Duck Dynasty'' |
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| − | |United States Marshal Matt Dillon keeps law and order in Dodge City, Kansas. He protects the town from danger with the aid of his friends Doc Adams (Milburn Stone), Kitty Russell (Amanda Blake), Chester Goode (Dennis Weaver), Quint Asper (Burt Reynolds), Festus Haggen (Ken Curtis), Thad Greenwood (Roger Ewing) and Newly O'Brien (Buck Taylor). ''Gunsmoke'' is the longest running Western in television history, running for twenty seasons before being cancelled by CBS due to the "Rural Purge" of the 1970s. Prior to its television run, Gunsmoke ran as a radio series from 1952 to 1961. James Arness, the actor that played Matt Dillon was both a Republican and a World War II veteran. | + | |United States Marshal Matt Dillon keeps law and order in Dodge City, Kansas. He protects the town from danger with the aid of his friends Doc Adams (Milburn Stone), Kitty Russell (Amanda Blake), Chester Goode (Dennis Weaver), Quint Asper (Burt Reynolds), Festus Haggen (Ken Curtis), Thad Greenwood (Roger Ewing) and Newly O'Brien (Buck Taylor). ''Gunsmoke'' is the longest running Western in television history, running for twenty seasons before being cancelled by CBS due to the "Rural Purge" of the 1970s. Prior to its television run, ''Gunsmoke'' ran as a radio series from 1952 to 1961, with William Conrad playing the voice of Matt Dillon in that version. James Arness, the actor that played Matt Dillon in the TV series, was both a Republican and a World War II veteran. |
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| − | |Even in what might be expected to be a lazy, hazy paradise, the law is still the law. Jack Lord starred as Steve McGarrett, the head of a Hawaiian state police force tasked with solving high-profile cases, assisted by detectives Dan Williams (played by James MacArthur), Kono Kalakaua (Zulu), Chin Ho Kelly (Kam Fong), Ben Kokua (Al Harrington), Duke Lukela (Herman Wedemeyer), James Carew (William Smith), Lori Wilson (Sharon Farrell) and Truck Kealoha (Moe Keale) as they take on Communist spies, gangsters and other criminals. As with many other police shows made during this period, many episodes from the early seasons of the series (from its 1968 debut to about 1973-74) showed the contemptuous and disrespectful behavior and attitudes displayed by the then-current young generation toward the police and traditional values due to the influence of the counterculture, along with the consequences paid by those of the counterculture who choose to flout the law and societal norms. A reboot of the series was launched in 2010. | + | |Even in what might be expected to be a lazy, hazy paradise, the law is still the law. Jack Lord starred as Steve McGarrett, the head of a Hawaiian state police force tasked with solving high-profile cases, assisted by detectives Dan Williams (played by James MacArthur), Kono Kalakaua (Zulu), Chin Ho Kelly (Kam Fong), Ben Kokua (Al Harrington), Duke Lukela (Herman Wedemeyer), James Carew (William Smith), Lori Wilson (Sharon Farrell) and Truck Kealoha (Moe Keale) as they take on Communist spies (including recurring McGarret nemesis Wo Fat, a Chinese Communist agent), gangsters and other criminals. As with many other police shows made during this period, many episodes from the early seasons of the series (from its 1968 debut to about 1973-74) showed the contemptuous and disrespectful behavior and attitudes displayed by the then-current young generation toward the police and traditional values due to the influence of the counterculture, along with the consequences paid by those of the counterculture who choose to flout the law and societal norms. A reboot of the series was launched in 2010. |
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| − | |This popular series exposes Democrats for what they really are—corrupt frauds and atheists, and conservative Christians are shown in positive light. Following the announcement that series star Kevin Spacey, who plays Democrat politician Frank Underwood on the show (and is a Democrat supporter and a friend of former President [[Bill Clinton]] in real life), had been accused by actor Anthony Rapp of making sexual advances against him in 1986 when Rapp was 14 (followed by Spacey announcing that he was coming out publicly as homosexual),<ref>[http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/anthony-rapp-claims-kevin-spacey-seduce-14-article-1.3598031 Anthony Rapp accuses Kevin Spacey of trying to seduce him when he was 14]</ref> Netflix announced that the upcoming sixth season of the show will be its last. | + | |This popular series exposes Democrats for what they really are—corrupt frauds and atheists, and conservative Christians are shown in a positive light. Following the announcement that series star Kevin Spacey, who plays Democrat politician Frank Underwood on the show (and is a Democrat supporter and a friend of former President [[Bill Clinton]] in real life), had been accused by actor Anthony Rapp of making sexual advances against him in 1986 when Rapp was 14 (followed by Spacey announcing that he was coming out publicly as homosexual),<ref>[http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/anthony-rapp-claims-kevin-spacey-seduce-14-article-1.3598031 Anthony Rapp accuses Kevin Spacey of trying to seduce him when he was 14]</ref> Netflix announced that the upcoming sixth season of the show will be its last. |
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| | |''[[JAG (TV series)|JAG]]'' | | |''[[JAG (TV series)|JAG]]'' |
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| − | |A family oriented variety show that appealed to Midwestern values. Cancelled by ABC in 1971 during the Rural Purge, the show quickly jumped to first-run syndication, where it would enjoy an 11-year run before ending in 1982. | + | |A family oriented variety show that appealed to Midwestern values. Cancelled by ABC in 1971 during the Rural Purge, the show quickly jumped to [[broadcast syndication|first-run syndication]], where it would enjoy an 11-year run before ending in 1982. |
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| − | |A World War II military drama that, similar to Saving Private Ryan, promoted the military and American values in a positive light as well as the Imperial Japanese forces in a negative light. | + | |A World War II military drama that, similar to ''Saving Private Ryan'', promoted the military and American values in a positive light as well as the Imperial Japanese forces in a negative light. |
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| − | |Pro-western culture. Secret Service Agents James T. West & Artemus Gordon solved crimes, protect President [[Ulysses S. Grant]], and foil the plans of megalomaniacal villains trying to take over the United States. | + | |Pro-western culture. Secret Service Agents James T. West and Artemus Gordon solved crimes, protect President [[Ulysses S. Grant]], and foil the plans of megalomaniacal villains trying to take over the United States. |
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| | |''The Wonderful World of Disney'' | | |''The Wonderful World of Disney'' |