HawaiiFive-o-related stories
Posted Oct 9th 2009 9:03AM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Programming, OpEd, Reality-Free
A little over a year ago, CBS was all a flutter with thoughts of a new
Hawaii Five-O.
Jane wrote about it and even allowed herself to get geeked about a new Jack Lord and company. Well, that incarnation by
Criminal Minds executive producer Ed Bernero failed to make it into production. I guess it didn't have enough "Book 'em, Danno's" -- or maybe it had too many. Whatever the reason, that version died and a new one has been ordered. CBS now has
a new plan for an updated Hawaii Five-O.
Continue reading CBS orders pilot for a new Hawaii Five-O ... again
Posted Aug 12th 2008 8:03AM by Jane Boursaw
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, TV Royalty, Programming, OpEd, Reality-Free
Ed Bernero is such a big
Hawaii Five-0 fan, he has the show's theme song as his ringtone. But that's not all.
The
Criminal Minds exec producer is also creating a new version of the classic show that starred
Jack Lord as Steve McGarrett, head of an elite branch of the fictional Hawaii State Police. The show won two Primetime Emmys and ran on CBS from 1968 to 1980 (Really?! It ran that long?!).
According to
The Hollywood Reporter, the new version
will feature McGarrett's son as top cop. Bernero says he won't try and re-invent the series, and will "keep as much of the original show as possible."
Okay, let's think about this. Who looks enough like Jack Lord to play his son? (Of course, he'll have to have the same immovable, thick mane.) Jake Gyllenhaal? Kyle MacLachlan? How about Peter Krause?
Dirty Sexy Money can't last much longer, can it?
Continue reading Book 'em, Danno! Hawaii Five-0 2.0 on the way
Posted Feb 21st 2008 6:01PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Sports, Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, Web
Recently, TV Squad reported that
NBC has added all kinds of classic TV shows to their online outlets. Now comes the
announcement that CBS is also bringing a variety of well-loved TV dramas to the web. CBS Interactive is raiding the CBS Library, which is "one of the largest television programming libraries in the entertainment business," to present TV series online across the CBS Audience Network.
Like the NBC fodder, the CBS offering is gangbusters: full-length episodes of classic
Star Trek, Rod Serling's
The Twilight Zone,
MacGyver, Hawaii Five-O and
Melrose Place. CBS plans to add more programs and clips in the coming months, including sports and other kinds of entertainment.
Continue reading CBS adds TV classics to web line up
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