Another week, another programming gimmick for Hawaii Five-0. The soundtrack for Episode 13 featured seven previously unreleased Jimi Hendrix songs. The tunes will be a new Hendrix album, “People, Hell and Angels,” which goes on sale March 5. They sayRead more…
‘H50’ Viewers-Choice Gimmick Fails on Multiple Levels
Memo to CBS: Phoenix exists. So does Denver. And Salt Lake City and Albuquerque. Those metropolitan areas alone comprise almost 9 million potential viewers. And that doesn’t include folks in the vast rural areas around and in between those cities.Read more…
Asner Joins H50 in Jewel of a Caper
By Stu Robinson, The producers and writers of CBS’s new Hawaii Five-0 are turning stunt casting into the equivalent of an Olympic sport. After a great episode featuring guest star James Caan (Brian’s Song, The Godfather, NBC’s Las Vegas), the H50 brainRead more…
H50 Episode Recalls Real-Life Case
By Stu Robinson, Season 2, Episode 11 of CBS’ new Hawaii Five-0 draws heavily from a real-life 1976 school bus kidnapping in Chowchilla, Calif., in which the hostages were placed underground in the back of a buried truck. The real-lifeRead more…
‘Hawaii Five-0’: The Fall and Rise of Kono
By Stu Robinson, I’ve been busy with the day job this month, so I have to play catch-up on Season 2 of CBS’ new Hawaii Five-0 – starting with Episodes 3-5, a an arc that could be titled, “Oh no,Read more…
‘Hawaii Five-0’: Assessing the First Season
By Stu Robinson, A few weeks ago, I posted a recap of Hawaii Five-0‘s season finale. Now that I’ve had a few weeks to reflect on it, here are my big-picture thoughts on the show’s plot and character developments. TheRead more…