re: #196 urbanmeemaw

I’m watching reruns on Encore every night. When I watched it in the 80’s off and on it was mostly for the Tom Selleck eye candy. Now I really appreciate what a great series it was - the variety of plots, relationships between Magnum, Higgins, TC and Rick, the exploration of social issues (PTSD, racism), balance of comedy and drama - I think it’s one of the best series in the history of television. Selleck is a great actor.

The co-creator of Magnum PI was Donald Bellisario, who also created JAG and NCIS. He wanted a detective show with a different setting than NY, or LA, and specifically one with Vietnam vets as characters. It built on the film industry created by Hawaii Five-O.