Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Dragnet "Big Beer" (8-16-55)
The\nsuccess of the radio show led to a Dragnet television pilot, aired as an\nepisode of Chesterfield Sound Off Time in 1951, and resulted in a\npermanent slot for the series on NBC Television's Thursday night schedule in\nearly 1952. Yarborogh died suddenly after the pilot aired and was eventually\nreplaced by Ben Alexander, who played Officer Frank Smith from 1953 to the end\nof the series in 1959. Dragnet was an instant hit on television,\nmaintaining a top 10 position in the ratings through 1956.
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