The series Dragnet was one of the most watched and most horrible TeeVee programs aired in the late 1960’s. It used all of the negative stereotypes to produce a vile and completely in disregard of reality program that ever aired, until the Fox “News” Network aired later.
It was created by the alcoholic Jack Webb, who drank himself to death at age 52. It started in the waning days of radio, and came back with a vengeance on the TeeVee in the mid 1960’s. He was Joe Friday on the radio from 1949 until 1954, and was simultaneous on the TeeVee until 1959. Most of those shows are not readily available, but everyone remembers the next series.