‘Dragnet’ series revived on NBC-TV 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 12 1967)


Video: 'Dragnet The LSD Story Blueboy (Episode 1)'

(Thursday, January 12, 1967, 9:30-10:00 p.m. EST)Dragnet 1967, a revival of a police procedural drama television series that aired 1951-1959, chronicling criminal cases investigated by Sergeant Joe Friday (Jack Webb) and his partner (Officer Bill Gannon played by Harry Morgan) of the Los Angeles Police Department, premiered tonight on NBC with the episode “The LSD Story,” voted #85 for “greatest TV episodes of all time” by TV Guide.