Use the web link below to answer the questions. Please write your answers on binder paper.

1. Who was the creator and star of 'Dragnet'?

2. Where does the name 'dragnet' come from?

3. What is notable about the opening theme music of 'Dragnet?'

4. Who was the main sponsor os the show?

5. Who did Webb want to bring in to play the role of Joe Friday?

6. Why did the network insit that Webb stay on and play Friday on TV?

7. What year and what night of the week did 'Dragnet' Make its debut on network TV?

8. What happened to Barton Yarborogh?

9. Who replaced Yarbrorogh?

10. Was Dragnet a hit in the television ratings?

11. The series was applauded for its ____________. Do you think this is still true after watching the show today, why or why not?

12. Most early crime-drama shows were stage-bound and shot “live.” How was Dragnet different? 

13. Name two things Friday and his partner did instead of engaging in fistfights and gun play:

14. To save on costly rehearsal time Webb had actors who read off a __________________.

15. Who was the main writer of the program?

16. Moral complexity was eschewed for what type of message that was etched in stark black and white tones?

__________     ________________      _________

17. By 1954 Dragnet was watched by over ________ of American television households.

18. In the late 1960’s why was the title of the show always followed by the year? 

19. The program's ____________ was all the more apparent in the late 1960s as Friday's terse warnings of the fifties gave way to shrill lectures invoking god and country for the benefit of hippies, drug users, and ___________________.

20. Do you watch a current crime-drama show on TV? If you answered yes - what is your favorite crime-drama show and why? If you answered no - how come you don't like crime-drama TV shows?