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...this slaughter and assault took place, respectively, on TV's Rocky King, Dragnet, The Mask, Front Page Detective, Martin Kane, The Big Story, Big Town, The Man Behind the Badge, and Foreign Intrigue. More people are killed each year on TV's crime shows than die annually by murder and non-negligent manslaughter in the six largest cities of the U.S. But, in one respect, television has a better record than the nation's police: every TV lawbreaker pays the penalty for his crime...
...Case. The best of the crime shows, NBC's Dragnet, is good enough to challenge I Love Lucy as the nation's favorite show. Many of its phrases ("We just want the facts, ma'am") and its bashful but brave hero, Sergeant Joe Friday (played by Jack Webb), have passed into U.S. folklore. Across the country, children shout: "Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday!" When asked what happened to Friday, they scream: "He's out on a case!" An orchestration of Dragnet's ponderous musical theme (DUM-da-da-DUM) became...
...Between Dragnet and the pack is a qualitative difference. CBS's new The Man Behind the Badge, which borrows techniques both from Dragnet and The Big Story, may develop into a close rival. Badge skillfully adds a dash of sex to its sadism, and makes the dose palatable to the squeamish with a high-sounding dedication to such unsung public servants as probation officers, women wardens, youth counselors and tracers of missing persons...
That's Rich (Fri. 9:30 p.m., CBS radio) stars Stan Freberg, known to televiewers as the voice of Cecil the Seasick Sea Serpent on Time for Beany, and to record fans as the author and star of the bestselling Dragnet parody, St. George and the Dragonet. In his new show, Freberg plays the part of Richard E. Wilt ("When you think of wilted lettuce, think of me"), a gentle bird watcher and shipping clerk, whose lack of aggressiveness makes Wally Cox's Mr. Peepers seem like a pushing extrovert. Scriptwriters Frank and Doris Hursley have supplied Freberg...
...Tues. 9:30 p.m., ABC-TV), starring in a production of Hedda Gabler, Tallulah turned Ibsen's devious, subtly evil heroine into a flamboyant, shouting hussy. It was like a lioness playing Puss in Boots. To TV audiences educated to the quiet underplaying of such shows as Dragnet, watching Actress Bankhead was a startling experience...