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"Lineup" was a popular radio show that aired in the United States from 1950 to 1953. It was a crime drama series that presented stories based on actual crime events and police cases. The show was unique in the way it portrayed the investigations and workings of the police department.Each episode of "Lineup" typically began with the sound of a police siren wailing, setting the tone for the crime drama that was about to unfold. The show followed two detectives, Lieutenant Ben Guthrie and Sergeant Matt Grebb, as they investigated cases and apprehended criminals. The series was known for its ...

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Following a trend begun by the radio series Dragnet, The Lineup strove to portray realism in a police drama. The title indicated the show's focus, as each story began and ended with a lineup of suspects in a police station in San Francisco. Sergeant Matt Grebb, who was heard giving instructions to participants in each lineup, was "quick-tempered and often bored", while his boss, Lieutenant Ben Guthrie, was "soft-spoken and calm."The program portrayed most activities of the police as part of the job with "few heroics". Episodes were "fast, furious, and realistic." Each episode began with ...

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With the smash success of Dragnet, many networks and producers began to play follow the leader. On NBC, Dragnet was followed up with Tales of the Texas Rangers which dramatized real-life tales from the Texas Rangers. CBS countered with The Line Up and later 21st Precinct, and then Nightwatch which while following an actual policeman in the field was as realistic as it got in a show that was pre-cursor to modern police reality dramas like Cops.The Line Up was a hard-boiled drama of police action. Like Dragnet, it realistically showed police doing their jobs. Unlike Dragnet, it was not...