Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series)

Hawaii Five-O
Genre	Police procedural
Created by	Leonard Freeman
Starring	Jack Lord James MacArthur Kam Fong Gilbert Lani Kauhi, a.k.a., Zulu Al Harrington Herman Wedemeyer William Smith Sharon Farrell Moe Keale Doug Mossman Danny Kamekona
Theme music composer	Morton Stevens
Composer(s)	Bruce Broughton John Cacavas James Di Pasquale Harry Geller Ernest Gold Les Hooper Jerrold Immel Mundell Lowe Don B. Ray George Romanis Pete Rugolo Walter Scharf Richard Shores Fred Steiner Morton Stevens
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	12
No. of episodes	279 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Leonard Freeman Philip Leacock Leonard Katzman Bill Finnegan
Location(s)	Honolulu, Hawaii
Running time	42–49 minutes
Production company(s)	Leonard Freeman Productions CBS Productions
Distributor	CBS Television Distribution
Release
Original network	CBS
Original release	September 20, 1968 (1968-09-20) – April 5, 1980 (1980-04-05)
Chronology
Followed by	Hawaii Five-0
External links
Website	www.tntdrama.com/shows/hawaii-five-0.html

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. At the airing of its last episode, it had been the longest running police drama in American television history.

Jack Lord portrayed Detective Captain 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".

The CBS television network produced Hawaii Five-O, which aired from September 20, 1968, to April 5, 1980. The program continues to be broadcast in syndication worldwide. Created by Leonard Freeman, Hawaii Five-O was shot on location in Honolulu, Hawaii, and throughout the island of Oahu and other Hawaiian islands with occasional filming in locales such as Los Angeles, Singapore, and Hong Kong.

Hawaii Five-O was named in honor of Hawaii's being the 50th state. Although the show's name has always ended with the numeral "0", the soundtrack album, released in the late 1960s, used the letter "O" instead of the numeral zero. The letter "O" is sometimes used to differentiate the original series and the remake, which premiered in 2010 and always uses the numeral zero. The show centers on a fictional state police force led by former US naval officer Steve McGarrett (played by Jack Lord), a detective captain, who is appointed by the Governor, Paul Jameson. In the show, McGarrett oversees state police officers – the young Danny Williams, veteran Chin Ho Kelly, and streetwise Kono Kalakaua for seasons one through four. Honolulu Police Department Officer Duke Lukela joined the team as a regular, as did Ben Kokua, who replaced Kono beginning with season five. Occasionally, McGarrett's Five-O team is assisted by other officers as needed: Douglas Mossman as Det. Frank Kamana, P.O. Sandi Wells (Amanda McBroom), medical examiner Doc Bergman (Al Eben), forensic specialist Che Fong (Harry Endo), and a secretary. The first secretary was May, then Jenny, and later Malia, Lani and Luana.

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