Hawaii Five- O (1. TV series) . The show originally aired for twelve seasons from 1. The show featured a fictional state police unit run by Detective Captain Steve Mc.
Garrett, played by actor Jack Lord. The theme music composed by Morton Stevens became especially popular. Most episodes would end with Mc. Garrett instructing his subordinate to . Currently, the program is broadcast in syndication worldwide and via on- demand streaming media from CBS Interactive. Created by Leonard Freeman, Hawaii Five- O was shot on location in Honolulu, Hawaii, and throughout the island of Oahu as well as other Hawaiian islands—with occasional filming in other locales like Los Angeles, Singapore and Hong Kong.
The show centers on a fictional state police force led by former U. S. In the show, Mc. Garrett oversaw State Police officers—a young officer, Danny Williams (played by Tim O'Kelly in the show's pilot but replaced in the regular series by James Mac. Arthur), Chin Ho Kelly (played by Kam Fong) and Kono Kalakaua (played by Zulu). Also, Honolulu Police Department Officer Duke Lukela (played by Herman Wedemeyer) joined the team as a regular, as did Ben Kokua (played by Al Harrington) who replaced Kono. Occasionally, Mc.
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Garrett's Five- O team was assisted by other officers as needed: medical examiner Doc Bergman (played by Al Eben), forensic specialist Che Fong (played by Harry Endo) and a secretary. The first secretary was May (played by Maggi Parker), then Jenny (played by Peggy Ryan) and later Luana (played by Laura Sode- Matteson). With the aid of District Attorney and later Hawaii's Attorney General John Manicote (played by Glenn Cannon), Mc.
Garrett was successful in sending most of his enemies to prison. One such Mafia syndicate was led by crime family patriarch Honore Vashon (played by Harold Gould), a character introduced in the fifth season. Most episodes of Hawaii Five- O ended with the arrest of criminals and Mc. Garrett snapping, . By the 1. 2th and final season, series regular James Mac. Arthur had left the show (in 1.
Kam Fong. Unlike other characters before him, Fong's character Chin Ho, at Fong's request, did not just vanish from the show but instead was murdered while working undercover to expose a protection ring in Chinatown in the last episode of season 1. New characters Jim 'Kimo' Carew (played by William Smith), Lori Wilson (played by Sharon Farrell), and Truck (played by Moe Keale) were introduced in season 1. Duke Lukela. The office interiors were sets on a soundstage. Five- O lacked its own radio network, necessitating frequent requests by Mc. Garrett to the Honolulu Police Department dispatchers, . While the other members of Five- O also .
Mc. Garrett's arch- nemesis was a rogue intelligence officer of the People's Republic of China, named Wo Fat. The Communist rogue agent was played by veteran actor Khigh Dhiegh. The show's final episode in 1. Occasionally, a show would flash back to Mc.
Cast, crew, and production information, as well as user comments, trivia, quotes, and goofs. Danny in the NCIS: Los Angeles/Hawaii Five-0 Season 2 crossover episode, "Touch of Death". In the NCIS: Los Angeles episode, Touch of Death (episode), Danny and Chin.
Garrett's younger years or to a romantic figure. The viewer was left with the impression that Mc. Garrett, at that point in his life, much like Dragnet's Joe Friday, was wedded to the police force and to crime- fighting. Teetotaler Mc. Garrett often worked very late at the office, long after his colleagues had gone home.
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Since Steve Mc. Garrett was also a commander in The Navy Reserves, he sometimes used their resources to help investigate and solve crimes. Hence the closing credits of some episodes mentioned the Naval Reserve. A 1. 97. 5 episode involving Danno's aunt, played by Mac. Arthur's adoptive mother Helen Hayes, provided a bit of Williams's back story.
On Hawaii Five-0 Season 7 Episode 25, McGarrett was put in a tough situation on a case. Watch the full episode online now via TV Fanatic.
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In the 1. 96. 9 episode, . The 1. 2th season was repackaged into syndication under the title Mc. Garrett. One source states the idea for the show may have come from a conversation producer Leonard Freeman had with Hawaii's then- Governor John A.
Another source instead claims that Freeman wanted to set a show in San Pedro, California until his friend Richard Boone convinced him to shoot it entirely in Hawaii. A third source claims Freeman discussed the show with Governor Burns only after pitching the idea to CBS . Before settling on the name . Brown was actually cast, but dismissed without explanation by CBS just days before shooting on the Pilot was to commence.
Ultimately, Jack Lord—then living in Beverly Hills—was asked at the last moment. Lord read for the part on a Wednesday and was cast for the part and flew to Hawaii two days later. On the following Monday, Lord was in front of the cameras. Freeman and Lord had worked together previously on an unsold TV pilot called Grand Hotel.
Freeman took the name Wo Fat from a restaurant in downtown Honolulu. The name Chin Ho came from Chinn Ho, the owner of the Ilikai Hotel where the penthouse shot of Steve Mc. Garrett in the opening title sequence was made. Richard Denning, who played the Governor, had retired to Hawaii and came out of retirement for the show. Zulu was a Waikiki beach boy and local DJ when he was cast for the part of Kono Kalakaua, which he played for the next four years. The show then moved to a Fort Ruger location for seasons two to eight.
A third studio was built at Diamond Head, and was used during the last four seasons. Therefore, much of the crew and cast, including many locals who ended up participating in the show, all had to learn their respective jobs as they went along. Jack Lord was known as a perfectionist who insisted on the best from everyone. His temper flared when he felt that others did not give their best, but in later reunions they admitted that Lord's hard driving force had made them better actors and made Hawaii Five- O a better show. Lord's high standards also helped the show last another seven years after Leonard Freeman's death from heart trouble during the sixth season.
But occasionally episodes would focus on the other actors, and let them showcase their own talents. In addition to his on- screen role, Jack Lord is reputed to have been a silent partner in all aspects of the production of Hawaii Five- O, even more so as the series grew in popularity during the 1. At least two episodes were shot in Los Angeles, one in Hong Kong and one in Singapore. Episodes shot in these locations were the only ones not to bear the . Early shows began with a cold open suggesting the sinister plot for that program, then cut to shot of a big ocean wave and the start of the theme song. A fast zoom- in to the top balcony of the Ilikai Hotel followed, showing Mc. Garrett turning to face the camera, followed by many quick- cuts and freeze- frames of Hawaiian scenery, and Hawaiian- Chinese- Caucasian model Elizabeth Malamalamaokalani Logue turning to face the camera.
A grass- skirted hula dancer from the pilot episode was also included, played by Helen Kuoha- Torco who later became a professor of business technology at Windward Community College. The opening scene ended with shots of the supporting players, and the flashing blue light of a police motorcycle racing through a Honolulu street. The line he spoke was, . Most of the teasers are slightly edited to remove references to . All of the primary cast members take turns with the iconic . During the first season, the theme music was played over a short film of a flashing blue light attached to the rear of a police motorcycle in Waikiki heading west (the film is shown at twice the normal speed, as can be seen from people crossing a street behind the police motorcycle). In later seasons, the same music was played over film of outrigger canoeists battling the surf.
The popularity of the Hawaii Five- O format spawned various police dramas on all the major television networks. A typical episode, on average, would have at least two- thirds of all footage shot on location, as opposed to a . It is also remembered for its relatively unique setting, notable during a time when most crime dramas of the era were set in or around the Los Angeles or New York City areas. The first few Magnum P.
I. However, many local people were cast in the show, which was ethnically diverse by the standards of the late 1. The first run and syndication were seen by an estimated 4. Produced and written by Stephen J.
Cannell, it starred Gary Busey and Russell Wong as the new Five- O team. James Mac. Arthur briefly returned as Detective Danny Williams, now governor of Hawaii. Several cameos were made by other Five- O regulars, including Kam Fong as Chin Ho Kelly(even though the character had been killed off at the end of Season 1. The one- hour Pilot for a revived show, called Hawaii Five- 0 (the last character is a zero instead of the letter . The reimagined Hawaii Five- 0 uses the same principal character names as the original, and the new Steve Mc. Garrett's late father's vintage 1. Mercury Marquis is the actual specimen driven by Lord in the original series' final seasons.
The new series' opening credit sequence is an homage to the original; the theme song is cut in half, from 6. Mc. Garrett at the Ilikai Hotel penthouse, the jet engine intake, a hula dancer's hips, the quickly stepped zoom- in to the face of the Lady Columbia statue at the Punchbowl, the close- up of the Kamehameha Statue's face, and ending a police motorcycle's flashing blue gumball light. The tune was composed by Morton Stevens, who also composed numerous episode scores. The theme, which has been performed by The Ventures, is particularly popular with college and high school marching bands, especially at the University of Hawaii where it has become the unofficial fight song.
The tune has also been heard at Robertson Stadium after Houston Dynamo goals scored by Brian Ching, a native of Hawaii. The first, by Don Ho, starts with the familiar tempo, then settles into a ballad style. The second, by Sammy Davis, Jr., titled .
The Radio Birdman version was called .
Hawaii Five- O (TV Series 1. Trivia. Richard Denning, who portrayed the Governor throughout the run of the original series, also appeared in a 1.
Executive Producer and Creator Leonard Freeman's wife, Rose Freeman, who was professionally known as Joan Taylor, when she was an actress. The name of the film was Girls in Prison (1.
Denning portrayed a clergyman, and Taylor portrayed one of the film's inmates.
Hawaii Five- 0 TV show on CBS: season 7 for 2. When Hawaii Five- 0 was moved to Friday nights after three seasons on Monday evenings, many expected the cop drama to be cancelled. The TV show’s continued to do pretty well though and now, it’s been renewed for a seventh season by CBS. A reimagining of the original Hawaii Five- 0 TV show, this police procedural series revolves around an elite state police task force that fights crime in the 5. The series stars Alex O’Loughlin, Scott Caan, Daniel Dae Kim, Grace Park, Masi Oka, Jorge Garcia, and Chi Mc.
Bride. The 1. 7 episodes that have aired so far during the sixth season have averaged a 1. That’s down by about 7% year- to- year but the ratings are apparently good enough to keep this CBS Television- produced series on the air. Great News! Are you still enjoying the Hawaii Five- 0 TV show? How long do you realistically think this series should continue?