Dragnet 1967
Intelligence - DR-34
TV Flash files “Intelligence - DR-34” as the last listed hour of season 3 — Dragnet 1967 (1967–1970) on NBC, season 3, episode 27, aired 1969-04-17, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E27: listed hour 72 of 98 in the Dragnet 1967 guide, last listed hour of season 3. It aired 1969-04-17 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Frauds - DR-36” (S03E26). Next is “Personnel - The Shooting” (S04E01).
Viewer FAQ
Where does Intelligence - DR-34 sit in the Dragnet 1967 guide?
S03E27 is listed hour 72 of 98 — last listed hour of season 3, season 3 episode 27.
When did Dragnet 1967 S03E27 air?
Intelligence - DR-34 aired 1969-04-17 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Is this a reboot of the 1950s Dragnet?
Yes — Webb's color revival of his earlier franchise, 1967–1970, with Harry Morgan as Bill Gannon. Same 'just the facts' cadence, new haircuts on the suspects.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Jack Webb brought Joe Friday back in color for a late-sixties America that still wanted just the facts — now with longer hair on the suspects. Harry Morgan's Bill Gannon as partner, moral absolutism intact. Procedural purity as civic sermon: the badge never learned to wink.
The cadence is the star. Jack Webb brought Joe Friday back in color for a late-1960s America that still wanted 'just the facts' — now with longer hair on the suspects. *Dragnet 1967* (NBC, 1967–1970; 98 episodes) revived the clipped procedural with Harry Morgan as partner Bill Gannon and Webb's moral absolutism intact. Cases lectured as much as they solved. Four seasons of Mark VII law-and-order television as civic sermon. Documentary-style police storytelling, uncompromising tone, the badge never learning to…
Filed against
- Jack Webb as Sgt. Joe Friday
Jack Webb built Dragnet around Sgt. Joe Friday’s “just the facts” cadence — procedural minimalism that still sounds like authority. Radio already had the monotone; television gave it a crew cut and a city. Control-freak production legend…
- Harry Morgan as Officer Bill Gannon
Harry Morgan steadied M*A*S*H as Col. Sherman T. Potter after the command shuffle — horse sense, heart, and wartime comedy craft. Dragnet-era roots as Officer Bill Gannon made him institutional memory on legs. On TV Flash he is the…