| − | |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. | + | |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. In 1989, it was remade for syndication, ex. shown only in acting and broadcasting cities like Los Angeles and New York as ''The New Dragnet'' through 1991. |