After a successful run on radio, Dragnet became popular enough to move to
NBC television where it debuted as a special preview on "Chesterfield Sound
Off Time". The show began officially on January 3, 1952 and aired until August
23, 1959. 
 

Jack Webb as Joe Friday (L) and Ben Alexander as Frank Smith.

Camille Bohannon

Samuel Atkinson "Sam" Waterston is 75 today.

Original air dates on NBC: September 13, 1990 – May 24, 2010.

Tim Maguire

The Teddy Bears with Phil Spector (right).

"To Know Him Is to Love Him" was written by Phil Spector and
inspired by words on his father’s tombstone. It went to number 
one on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.

(AP Photo/ California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation)

Phillip Harvey Spector will be 76 years old December 26. In
the 2000s, he became the subject of two trials for murder
and a second-degree conviction. He is currently serving
a prison sentence of 19 years to life.

Sandy Kozel