"Dragnet" (2003) TV series 2003-2004

User Rating:

6.9/10   

Creators:

Jack Webb
Dick Wolf

Seasons:

1 | 2

Release Date:

2 February 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama

Tagline:

The badge is back.

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Police | Police Detective | Remake | Criminal Investigation | Detective

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

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 Parker	...	Det. Gloria Duran (10 episodes, 2003-2004)
Evan Parke	...	Det. Raymond Cooper / ... (10 episodes, 2003-2004)
Erick Avari	...	Sanjay Ramachandran (9 episodes, 2003)

Also Known As:

L.A. Dragnet (USA) (new title)

Runtime:

USA:60 min (including commercials) (22 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Hungary:16

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Wolf Films

Trivia:

Ethan Embry had to temporarily bow out of filming for a few episodes, due to a sports injury. His character (Frank Smith) was said to be away caring for his ailing father.

Quotes:

Det. Frank Smith: This city owes me a new pair of Italian ankle boots.
Det. Joe Friday: Yeah, Italian by way of Taiwan.

Movie Connections:

Follows Dragnet (1954)

Soundtrack:

Danger Ahead

A pleasant surprise

When I was a kid, I grew up on Nick at Nite's reruns of the late 60s version of Dragnet. I absolutely loved that show, even if my clearest memory of it is how the Blue Boy episode scared the pants off of me. So I was one of the first people to go "aw, crap, what are they doing?!" when I heard about a new Dragnet. I figured ABC had come along to destroy one of my favorite childhood things, just like their parent company Disney ruined Inspector Gadget with that hideous film. I watched the first episode out of a sense of loyalty to the original, so I could tell people every little thing that had been done wrong this time around. Instead, I was telling people how good it was. This new Dragnet may be very different, but there is still that Dragnet FEELING to the show. It feels just like the old one did when I was a kid. It's countless times more like the old one than I thought it would be, and have since watched every episode of it. And, frankly, the cast is great. Ed O'Neil is a fine Friday, and Ethan Embry has realy impressed me. Now here's hoping the network doesn't decide to "retool it"...