https://www.metv.com/stories/jack-webb-always-wanted-to-do-a-comedy-program

There was just one problem.

Harry Morgan said that Jack Webb loved the humor people found in Dragnet (https://www.metv.com/stories/harry-morgan-said-that-jack-webb-loved-the-humor-people-found-in-dragnet)

"When you have something that becomes that big in American culture, it's gonna be satirized."

Jack Webb wanted to put the ''entertainment'' back into the entertainment industry (https://www.metv.com/stories/jack-webb-wanted-to-put-the-entertainment-back-into-the-entertainment-industry)

The Dragnet creator and star felt that television had lost sight of one key goal.