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SEPTEMBER 23-29, 2018 staradvertiser.com MAGNUM .0 2 Private investigator Thomas Magnum returns to TV screens on Monday, Sept. 24, when CBS doubles down on the reboot trend and reintroduces another fondly remembered franchise of yore with Magnum P.I. Jay Hernandez takes on the titular role in the reboot, while the character of Higgins is now female, played by Welsh actress Perdita Weeks. Premiering Monday, Sept. 24, on CBS. WE’RE LOOKING FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY. Are you passionate about an issue? An event? A cause? ¶ũe^eh\Zga^eirhn[^a^Zk][r^fihp^kbg`rhnpbmama^mkZbgbg`%^jnbif^gm olelo.org Zg]Zbkmbf^rhng^^]mh`^mlmZkm^]'Begin now at olelo.org. ON THE COVER | MAGNUM P.I. Back to the well ‘Magnum P.I.’ returns to the show was dropped in May. The person that the show wasn’t interested in being a 1:1 behind the controls is Peter M. Lenkov, a self- remake of its predecessor and was willing to television with CBS reboot professed fan of the ‘80s “Magnum” and a take big, potentially clumsy risks that could at- writer/producer on CBS’s first Hawaiian crime- tract the ire of diehard Magnum-heads. By Kenneth Andeel fest reboot, “Hawaii Five-0.” Lenkov’s secret Magnum’s second most essential posses- TV Media weapon for the pilot was director Justin Lin. Lin sion (after the mustache) was his red Ferrari, is best known for thrilling audiences with his and it turns out that that ride wasn’t so sacred, ame the most famous mustache to ever dynamic and outrageous action sequences in either. The Ferrari appears in the trailer for the grace a TV screen. You have 10 seconds the immensely popular Fast and the Furious show, but after a good-natured meta taunt, the Nto deduce the answer, and should you franchise, and his skill at creating high-energy trailer sends the poor vehicle to explode into fail, a shadowy cabal of drug-dealing, bank-rob- setpieces is bringing Magnum back with a smithereens at the wrong end of a speeding, bing, helicopter-hijacking racketeers will forev- bang. multi-ton transport truck. And then the pulver- er escape justice, in possession of a priceless The original “Magnum, P.I.” first aired in 1980, ized pieces fall off a cliff. So much for tradition. crystal figurine and a dossier of fantastically but for many critics and fans, the show holds These sorts of changes seem like a declara- important government secrets. up in significant ways. It still receives praise tion of intent and a statement that the show With stakes so high, I’m confident that for being an early depiction isn’t interested in superficial fan service. you’ll provide the correct information with- of a Vietnam War vet- Beyond these examples, however, out breaking a sweat and declare that the eran character, and the are other alterations that seem to single, indisputable answer is that of Thomas charisma of its star, come from a more thoughtful place. Sullivan Magnum, the now-iconic namesake Tom Selleck (“Blue The original Thomas Magnum was of the 1980s hit, “Magnum, P.I.” This fall, CBS Bloods”), has something of a boilerplate avatar of is counting on the enduring recognition of that cemented the American heroism — the strapping, iconic character when it reboots the classic titular character as broad-chested former quarterback series with Jay Hernandez (“Suicide Squad,” a memorable part that audiences would have recognized 2016) as the inheritor of the Magnum mojo. of TV history. from countless other stories. Hernandez Catch the premiere when it airs Monday, Sept. The modern sensibili- earned the role in a culture that has made 24, on CBS. ties of figureheads such strides in offering a variety of repre- Hernandez is backed up by Welsh actress as Lin and Lenkov heavily sentation. The Mexican-American Perdita Weeks (“Ready Player One,” 2018) inform the reboot, and actor would have probably been in the role of Higgins, the straight woman to the differences between relegated to supporting char- Magnum’s wild card, and fellow Americans the old “Magnum, P.I.” and acter status in the original Zachary Knighton (“Happy Endings”) and the new “Magnum P.I.” go series, but in 2018, a major Stephen Hill (“Boardwalk Empire”) as Rick and well beyond that missing network is happy to have TC, close friends of Magnum’s from his military comma. For starters, the him as the lead. past. mustache is MIA. The first The pilot for the new series was greenlit in teaser photo of Hernandez Perdita Weeks stars in “Magnum P.I.” February of this year, and a polished trailer for in his new role made it clear 2 STAR CHANNELS September 23 - 29, 2018 SOAP UPDATES By Andrew Warren she’s taken off life sures Maxie for answers while Carly becomes TV Media support. 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