DRAGNET — Pictured: (l-r) Harry Morgan as Officer Bill Gannon, Jack Webb as Sgt. Joe Friday (Photo ... [+] by NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images via Getty Images) "Just the facts ...

First created by producer and actor Jack Webb (who played Detective Joe Friday in all iterations of the show until his passing in 1982), Dragnet started out as a radio show back in 1949.