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The New Adam-12: Watch the Last Episode of the 1989 Remake Series

19 August 2009 4:06 PM, PDT | TVSeriesFinale.com | See recent TVSeriesFinale news »

Unless you've been living under a rock, you've no doubt noticed that Hollywood seems obsessed with remaking old TV shows into new movies and series. While the trend seems to have gotten out of control lately, it's certainly nothing new. Tinseltown has been rehashing old shows for quite some time.

If you grew up in the 1960s or 1970s, you certainly remember the old Adam-12 series. The show ran for seven successful seasons and was created by Dragnet's Jack Webb. By the time the show had come to an end, it seemed like Lapd Officers Pete Malloy (Martin Milner) and Jim Reed (Kent McCord) had responded to every disturbance imaginable.

In 1989, seven years after the death of Webb, some producers decided to revive the concept as The New Adam-12.

The cast and characters had all changed but the name of the black and white squad car -- Adam-12 -- was still the same. »

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Dragnet rates a U.S. postal stamp

11 August 2009 9:02 AM, PDT | AOL - TVSquad | See recent AOL - TVSquad news »

How many people remember Dragnet? Or maybe I should say how many people remember actually watching Dragnet, the "just the facts" police show starring the iconic Jack Webb? The reason I ask is because the U.S. Postal Service is immortalizing Dragnet with a postage stamp tomorrow.

In light of the fact that letter writing and postal service are dramatically in decline, my guess is that there will be an older crowd nodding appreciatively when Dragnet is honored. You see, the younger generation (did I really say that?) doesn't have much use for stamps and won't be buying the Dragnet first class stamp.Continue reading Dragnet rates a U.S. postal stamp

 

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'Twilight Zone' Featured in Classic TV Stamp Set

29 June 2009 11:04 AM, PDT | GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news »

I was in the post office the other day and saw one of the "coming soon" ads for stamp collections that were on the way. It was too distant for me to make out exactly what it was, but one of the upcoming collections was dedicated to the golden age of TV. And now Sci Fi Wire has better quality images and more information about those stamps.

The set includes Lucille Ball and Vivian Vance, the Lone Ranger, Burns and Allen, Ozzie and Harriet, original Tonight Show host Steve Allen, Jackie Gleason and Art Carney, Alfred Hitchcock, Raymond Burr as Perry Mason, Jack Webb from Dragnet, Lassie, Red Skelton, Uncle Miltie, Dinah Shore, Groucho Marx, Phil Silvers, from the world of puppets, Kukla, Fran, and Ollie as well as Howdy Doody, William "Hopalong Cassidy" Boyd, and Rod Serling. »

- Colin Boyd

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