The show takes its name from the police term "dragnet", meaning a system of coordinated measures for apprehending criminals or suspects.

To this day, Dragnet remains a popular, ever-present name in conversations about iconic TV police shows. While Webb sadly ... networks like MeTV, allowing old and new fans alike to relive TV ...

In 1987, Dan Aykroyd and Tom Hanks teamed up for a Dragnet movie, one of many films based on old TV shows as well. Finally, ...

A man walks into the station and tells Friday that he wants to confess to a murder, but the cops have a hard time varifying his story. A pawn shop owner alerts Friday and Smith when a man claimed ...

DRAGNET — Pictured ... But NBC insisted that Webb remain Joe Friday and an iconic TV character - and series-turned-franchise - was born. Promotional portrait of American actors Diahann Carroll ...