Dragnet

New Dragnet is a remake of the classic police procedural that premiered in 1989 and has been popular as a radio show, on TV, and in film. The show follows the same format of police solving crimes based on real LAPD cases, but has new characters as the starring roles. Joe Friday and Frank Smith have been swapped out for police officers Daniels and Malina, played by Jeff Osterhage and Bernard White. New Dragnet even retained the iconic opening of the original, where a voice tells you that "the story you are about to hear is true.."The show premiered after original Dragnet creator and actor Jack Webb's death in 1982. Another one of Webb's police dramas, Adam-12, was also remade at this time. This incarnation of Dragnet preceded the 2003 version called L.A. Dragnet, starring Ed O'Neill and Ethan Embry as the resurrected Joe Friday and Frank Smith team. MORE