I'm thinking Dragnet and Behind The Mike. I grew up watching - and even helping - that particular sausage being made first hand, so I don't know if it's a nostalgia trip, or I'm just a glutton for punishment. LOL

"As democracy is perfected, the office represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. We move toward a lofty ideal. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their hearts desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron."
--H.L. Mencken, The Baltimore Evening Sun, July 26, 1920