  I just watched the new Dragnet with Ed O'Neill. This cop show is interesting to me because to me, it's one of the first few shows that I'm aware of that focuses mainly on the cop work, not the personal life of said cops. It was a great first episode, really unsettling, but a solid show. Ed O'Neill was particularly interesting, since my familiarity with him comes from Married With Children.
I don't know much about the original Joe Friday, but I do know that Ed did a very good job separating himself from his old character. There was a vast difference in his movements, attitudes, and even the sneer he makes as Joe versus Al. I think he did an outstanding job. As for the rest of the cast, his partner Frank Smith, played by Ethan Embry, exudes n00bishness. I wonder if that's intentional? Ed has a very strong personality that overshadows Ethan's but that just reinforces the show I guess. All in all that was pretty good. 
