This is the city. Los Angeles, California. My name’s Friday. I’m a cop.
    Probably the most successful police drama in television history, Dragnet’s hallmark was its appearance of realism, from the documentary-style narration by Joe Friday, to the cases drawn from the files of the real L.A.P.D., to its attention to the details of police work. Viewers were reminded of the unglamorous dead ends and the constant interruptions of their private lives that plague real policemen, and this made the final shoot-out and capture of the  criminal all the more exciting. At the end of each episode, after the criminal was apprehended, an announcer would describe what happened at the  subsequent trial and the severity of the sentence.  The series was created and directed by Jack Webb himself. It’s catchphrases and devices became bywords and were widely satirized.  “Just the facts, ma’am”.