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

In the pilot episode for the series Married With Children, starring Ed O'Neill as Al Bundy the theme song from Dragnet is heard 'honked' by Kelly Bundy's boyfriends van.

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Quotes

Det. Joe Friday: I'm on a budget. I'm not buying a story that changes every day.

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Crazy Credits

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

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Connections

Follows Dragnet (1989)

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Soundtracks

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

User Reviews

Shows promise

I've only seen a couple episodes of this new Dragnet, but so far it looks like the show does have promise. I'm particularly impressed with the job Ed O'Neil is doing as Joe Friday. The Friday character is the exact opposite of the Al Bundy character that O'Neil previously played on Married..,With Children, but he manages to give an convincing performance as Friday. It takes a real good actor to play an idiot, then turn around and give a serious performance. This is especially true given the fact that O'Neil has Jack Webb's shoes to fill.