For those who liked the docudrama style of Jack Webb without some of the overblown moralizing that Dragnet was capable of Adam-12 was your kind of show. Done in the staccato Webb style, Adam-12 focused on the day to day happenings of two uniformed officers as they drove in the squad responding to whatever they saw or were dispatched to.
Like Dragnet which was revived, Adam-12 was created to refurbish the image of the LAPD which was badly damaged after the LA riots in the middle sixties. The difference here was that Jack Webb and Harry Morgan were already veteran cops. In Adam-12 it starts with Martin Milner as the veteran breaking in a rookie Kent McCord. By the end of the series run however, McCord certainly became a veteran.
One thing that they copied exactly from Dragnet was that Officer Reed grew off the job as well. He got married during the show's run and in those alone time scenes in the squad car he would talk about the various problems young marrieds have, especially as they related to the job he was on. But like Joe Friday, Officer Malloy never divulged much if anything about his personal life. Jack Webb and Martin Milner were truly married to the badge.
The episodes were done in nice and compact Jack Webb style. They hold up better than a lot of the Dragnets.
Like Dragnet which was revived, Adam-12 was created to refurbish the image of the LAPD which was badly damaged after the LA riots in the middle sixties. The difference here was that Jack Webb and Harry Morgan were already veteran cops. In Adam-12 it starts with Martin Milner as the veteran breaking in a rookie Kent McCord. By the end of the series run however, McCord certainly became a veteran.
One thing that they copied exactly from Dragnet was that Officer Reed grew off the job as well. He got married during the show's run and in those alone time scenes in the squad car he would talk about the various problems young marrieds have, especially as they related to the job he was on. But like Joe Friday, Officer Malloy never divulged much if anything about his personal life. Jack Webb and Martin Milner were truly married to the badge.
The episodes were done in nice and compact Jack Webb style. They hold up better than a lot of the Dragnets.