Magnum, P.I. News

Nov. 11, 2009 10:23 a.m. If you wanted to start your own TV station in Milwaukee, you'd have a tough time.

The premiere of ABC's "V" -- and TV's mostly woeful track record for updating beloved TV series -- has us taking a closer look this week at "classic" TV series that just might be able to make a comeback, if done correctly.

I'm actually looking for a Canadian series from the late 80s called "Diamonds." Know where I can find that one? It ripped off "Moonlighting" and don't think it ever came out on VHS or DVD.

Okay, he's really not, but he could have been. Selleck was actually cast for the role of the intrepid archaeologist but couldn't get out of his contract for Magnum, P.I. Harrison Ford stepped in and, as the say, the rest is history.

Eighties and Nineties nostalgia are running rampant in pop culture right now. Television networks and film companies are resurrecting TV shows and movies like 90210 , Melrose Place , Halloween , and Transformers .

If you were watching TV on Sunday night, odds are you were probably watching the Emmy Awards.

A San Diego Superior Court jury on Sept. 3 awarded actor Tom Selleck more than $187,000 after finding he and his wife were hoodwinked when they were sold a horse with an undisclosed medical condition.

Mark McEwen loses lawsuit; writes book about stroke experience Four years after his massive stroke, Mark McEwen is sharing his story.

Tom Selleck has been awarded more than $187,000 after a San Diego County jury found the actor was duped and sold a lame horse.

To name the hosts of reality shows of all times can take you in many directions and decades, but my nomination might surprise many reading this article.

One of the most interesting creators of contemporary TV genre shows, this producer-writer-director is best known for the immensely successful "Magnum, P.I." which propelled Tom Selleck to international stardom..... One of the most interesting creators of contemporary TV genre shows, this producer-writer-director is best known for the immensely ...

One of the most interesting creators of contemporary TV genre shows, this producer-writer-director is best known for the immensely successful "Magnum, P.I." which propelled Tom Selleck to international stardom..... One of the most interesting creators of contemporary TV genre shows, this producer-writer-director is best known for the immensely ...

In comparison with the constant stream of reality drivel on TV today, the 1980's were full of high quality drama, action and comedy.

Like most actors, Tom Selleck did commercials before hitting it big. This spot for Close-Up toothpaste is from 1977, three years before Magnum, P.I. debuted.

Twenty-five years ago, for their inaugural cover, the editors at RFD Publications wanted Hawaii's hottest draw in midsummer 1984: Tom Selleck, star of Magnum PI , then in its fourth, enormously successful season on television.

He reminded us that we are the world... 2009/07/12 NOT exactly an ardent Michael Jackson fan, I surprised myself by staying up until almost dawn on Wednesday morning watching his memorial service at the Staples Centre in Los Angeles, California -- live on television.

This Week's DVD Giveaway is "Thin Ice" starring Tom Selleck as Jesse Stone, the 5th in a series of T.V. movies based on the popular books by Robert B. Parker.

Jesse Stone is a guy with a lot of baggage. He drinks too much and his personal life has had its share of wrecks.

A Denver ad exec decides to open his own agency after he's fired for losing a big account for his firm.

M Y HEART GOES OUT to the family of Police Officer Alejandro "Alex" Valadez, who was shot in the head early Monday in Englewood while responding to a report of shots fired and died hours later at the hospital.