Hawaii Five-O

Synopsis

Hawaii Five-O is an American police procedural drama series produced by CBS Productions and Leonard Freeman. Set in Hawaii, the show originally aired for 12 seasons from 1968 to 1980, and continues in reruns. Jack Lord portrayed Detective Lieutenant Steve McGarrett, the head of a special state police task force which was based on an actual unit that existed under martial law in the 1940s. The theme music composed by Morton Stevens became especially popular. Many episodes would end with McGarrett instructing his subordinate to "Book 'em, Danno!", sometimes specifying a charge such as "murder one".

First Air Date: 1968-09-20

Last Air Date: 1980-04-05

Number of Seasons: 12

Number of Episodes: 284

Created By: Leonard Freeman

Networks: CBS

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Top Cast

Jack Lord as Det. Steve McGarrett
James MacArthur as Danny Williams
Kam Fong as Chin Ho
Al Harrington as Ben
Harry Endo as Che Fong
Zulu as Kono
Herman Wedemeyer as Duke
Richard Denning as Governor
Sharon Farrell as Lori Wilson
William Smith as Det. James 'Kimo' Carew

Seasons

Specials (Unknown Year) - (3 Episodes)

Season 1 (1968) - (25 Episodes)

Season 2 (1969) - (25 Episodes)

Season 3 (1970) - (24 Episodes)

Season 4 (1971) - (24 Episodes)

Season 5 (1972) - (24 Episodes)

Season 6 (1973) - (24 Episodes)

Season 7 (1974) - (24 Episodes)

Season 8 (1975) - (24 Episodes)

Season 9 (1976) - (24 Episodes)

Season 10 (1977) - (24 Episodes)

Season 11 (1978) - (22 Episodes)

Season 12 (1979) - (20 Episodes)

Specials

No overview available for this season.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: Hawaii Now: Hawaii Five-O Vintage Documentary

Behind-the-scenes documentary. (Originally aired on PBS in 1971).
Ep. 2: Emme’s Island Moments: Memories of Hawaii Five-O (1996-10-20)

No overview for this episode.
Ep. 3: Memories of Five-O (1996-06-05)

DVD Extra