Dragnet (2003–2004)

An updated edition of the classic police drama, featuring Ed O'Neill as the 2000 version of Joe Friday.

Creator:

Dick Wolf

Stars:

Ed O'Neill, Ethan Embry, Christina Chang

1 nomination.

Cast

Complete series cast summary:
Ed O'Neill	...	Lt. Joe Friday (22 episodes, 2003-2004)
Ethan Embry	...	Det. Frank Smith (12 episodes, 2003)
Christina Chang	...	ADA Sandy Chang (12 episodes, 2003-2004)
Desmond Harrington	...	Det. Jimmy McCarron (10 episodes, 2003-2004)
Eva Longoria	...	Det. Gloria Duran (10 episodes, 2003-2004)
Evan Parke	...	Det. Raymond Cooper (10 episodes, 2003-2004)
Erick Avari	...	Sanjay Ramachandran (9 episodes, 2003)

Storyline

"Dum-de-dum-dum!" Those four notes signaled the 2003 return of one of TV's all-time classic police dramas, "Dragnet." This time, Ed O'Neill (in a role worlds different from hapless family man Al Bundy of "Married ...With Children") played the hard-nosed Det. Joe Friday. He and partner Frank Smith investigated crimes in Los Angeles, usually homicides or other forms of corruption. As with the Jack Webb-produced predecesors, careful attention was paid to realism as Friday and Smith investigated and pieced the clues together before they made their arrests of the bad guys. Like the earlier shows, the fate of those charged in conenction with said crime was announced at the end of the show.

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Plot Keywords:

police | police detective | remake | criminal investigation | detective | 

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Taglines:

The badge is back.

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Genres:

Crime | Drama

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

2 February 2003 (USA)

Also Known As:

L.A. Dragnet

Filming Locations:

City Hall - 200 N. Spring Street, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Wolf Films, Universal Network Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min 60 min (22 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Danny Huston was originally cast in the lead role of Joe Friday but was replaced by Ed O'Neill after completing the first episode, entitled "Three Blondes", and his scenes were re-shot.

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Quotes

Drug Dealer: Cops, the other white meat.
Det. Frank Smith: You hear what he did there, Joe? He called us pigs, but in like a roundabout kinda way.

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Crazy Credits

Jack Webb, creator of the series, does not receive screen credit.

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Connections

Follows Dragnet 1966 (1969)

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Soundtracks

"Danger Ahead"
(Theme From Dragnet)
Composed by 'Walter Schumann' (I)

User Reviews

Excellent.

This show takes a cast of top-notch pros (like Lindsay Crouse and Erick Avari, just to name two) and uses their talents to the hilt.

The storytelling is taut and well-paced, the secondary characters very well-written (check out Cleo the hooker in "Silver Strangler").

In a word, I like this show.