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New York Dragnet

Reward for cop killer's capture boosted to $50,000

As police continued a "blue alert" search for a man wanted for questioning in the point-blank shooting death of a Lakewood police officer...
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And a stolen child shall lead them: Old-time radio listening, 22 December

Dragnet: The Big Little Jesus (NBC, 1953)Leave it to Dragnet to leave you with gentle admiration for a Christmas thief.To get there, though, you&...
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An unlikely tearjerker: Old-time radio listening, 21 December

Dragnet: The Big .22 Rifle for Christmas (NBC, 1952)What could have remained a harrowing holiday crime drama equivalent to the proverbial lump of...
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Harry Morgan's career was a lot larger than 'M*A*S*H' (pics, video)

Whenever a veteran actor dies as Harry Morgan did today at age 96, writers quickly point to his trademark role for a sort of brand recognition.That...
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Harry Morgan, veteran character actor and star of 'Dragnet,' 'M*A*S*H,' dies

Harry Morgan, veteran character best-known for creating not one, but two iconic TV characters, Officer Bill Gannon on “Dragnet,” and...
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“M*A*S*H” star Harry Morgan has died at age 96 (Video Tribute)

  • Harry Morgan MASH
  • December 7, 2011
California – After having pneumonia, TV star Harry Morgan died on Wednesday at age 96 at his Brentwood home.Morgan was one of the oldest...
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"As real as a guy pouring a cup of coffee"--Old-time radio listening, 5 October

Dragnet: The Big 38 (NBC, 1950)It takes Jack Webb a year to develop and get Dragnet on the air in the first place, but getting what he wants for...
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How to Succeed the Indispensable: Old-Time Radio Listening, 19 April

Dragnet: The Big Rip (NBC, 1953)Barton Yarborough's unexpected death threatened the very existence of this classically understated, little...
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REVIEW: 'Dragnet 1970: The Fourth Season' was final hurrah for Sgt. Joe Friday

Jack Webb called it quits in after the fourth season of the revitalized "Dragnet," which began in 1967, and retired his iconic character...
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Not all hit songs are from the Great American Songbook

On this date in 1953, the number one song was a novelty number based on Jack Webb's NBC police detective series "Dragnet". The song was ...
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