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CBS Prepares Hawaii 5-0 Comeback

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10/11/09 at 12:38pm
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http://www.accesshollywood.com/hawaii-five-o-hulas-back-to-tv_article_24049

Interesting, that we see a resurgence of comebacks.  But Hawaii 5-0?  Wow.  Let's bring back Gunsmoke ;)
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10/11/09 at 1:38pm
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 Did you notice the story said the original show starred Jack Lord, and Danny Williams. Forget James MacArthur, he can just be Dan-O! Bet the story was written by someone who never heard of the show, in the first place.

Might as well call it CSI: Hawaii! Thats what everything else on CBS is called.
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10/11/09 at 2:21pm
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Might as well call it CSI: Hawaii! Thats what everything else on CBS is called.



They could also revive their other past hits that way, like Gunsmoke as CSI: Dodge City or Murder, She Wrote as CSI: Cabot Cove. The possibilities are endless, but apparently the well of new ideas is not.

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Might as well call it CSI: Hawaii! Thats what everything else on CBS is called.
 


 

I think it'll be closer to CSI than the original Hawaii Five-O.


I haven't seen them but I imagine that the new 90210 and Melrose Place are disimilar enough to their original incarnations that with a few minor changes, they could have been called something else and they would have had no legal problems. It's that they want the name recognition of a show that's already been on.
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I'd rather see a Magnum revival, but that's just not going to work without Selleck.  And, I'm sure he's too old for the studio's tastes.  Hawaii 5-0, Dallas.  It's getting nutty out there.  What's next?  Falcon Crest?
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I'm trying to think of other old shows I'd like to see make an updated comeback.   Quincy MD?  I'm trying to think of procedurals or night time soap stuff... LA Law?
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You also have House Creator David Shore doing a new Rockford Files for next fall.  When this new Hawaii Five-O was talked about a year or so ago. There was also mention of an updated Streets of San Francisco being in the works. But, I guess nothing has come of that just yet.
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What is interesting is I read about this last August on the Hawaii Five-O website created by HTF member Mike Quigley. He reported that the producer of Criminal Minds, Ed Bernero was very interested in the revival including asking fans for input, IIRC.

I'm surprised that there are new poeple involved in the project now. I guess this is how Hollywood works. I guess since CBS owns the rights, they can assign the project to who they feel will do the job well. I continued to be amazed at how many projects Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci was involved in. They are really lucky or really talented. While I really liked the work they did for Star Trek, I didn't think it was that great. Of course I know certain things are compromised to suit a modern audience.

So it will certainly apply that they'll rethink Hawaii Five-O and alter certain aspects to suit the modern audience. I agree it will be very CSI-like. Can't imagine the Iolani Palace insides looking like the CSI-Miami set. Though the original CSI set is probably a lot more realistic. Though often too dark!

I'm sure they'll maintain that relationship of McGarrett and Williams. How do you re-cast Jack Lord, probably going to be as hard as it was to recast Shatner as Kirk.

I didn't know about a new Rockford FIles, c-mon! You can't recapture that show with out Garner! Same with Magnum, can't do it without Selleck. But I'm sure they will anyway with that goofy Magnum PI movie.
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