Set in Hawaii, the show originally aired for 12 seasons on CBS from September 20, 1968, to April 5, 1980, and continues in reruns. At the airing of its last episode, it was the longest-running police drama in American television history, and the last scripted primetime show that debuted in the 1960s to leave the air. [a]

Hawaii Five-O: Created by Leonard Freeman. With Jack Lord, James MacArthur, Kam Fong, Herman Wedemeyer. Follows the investigations of Hawaii Five-0; an elite branch of the Hawaii State Police, and answerable only to the governor, and headed by the stalwart, Steve McGarrett.

Hawaii Five-O is a police procedural television series created by Leonard Freeman for the CBS television network. Starring Jack Lord, the series premiered on September 20, 1968, and ended after 12 seasons on April 4, 1980, during which time 278 episodes were produced and broadcast.

Hawaii Five-O (TV Series 1968–1980) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.

Five-O sets up an undercover operation in which a Honolulu Police Department woman officer will serve as bait. The culprits are a married couple. He seduces the victims, she pretends to be his sister. A state official is killed by a bomb after arriving from a visit to the Mainland.

Hawaii Five-O is an American television series from CBS that starred Jack Lord as Lead Detective for a fictional Hawaii state police department. The show ran for 12 seasons (278 hour-long...

Hawaii Five-O is an American television series produced by CBS Productions, and set in Hawaii. The show originally aired for twelve seasons from 1968 to 1980, and continued in reruns. The show featured a fictional state police unit run by Detective Captain Steve McGarrett, played by actor Jack Lord.

Oct 21, 1996 · The opening credits of "Hawaii Five-O" are among the most distinctive ever created for television, with the soaring wave and tumbling title, the parade-ground rumble of Morton Steven's theme music - where would marching bands be without that tune? - and then a pixilated montage of places and faces that establish the locale as certainly not a ...

Jan 11, 2023 · "Hawaii Five-O" ended in 1980, after a legendary 12-year run. Here's what happened to Jack Lord, James MacArthur, and the rest of the original cast.

Hawaii Five-O was the longest continuous-running police series in television history, airing on CBS from September 1968 to April 1980. Although the men of Hawaii Five-O were based in the Iolani Palace in downtown Honolulu, they were not members of the Honolulu Police Department.