" BOOK 'EM, DANNO "

Hawaii Five-0 is an American procedural crime drama series and a re-imagining of the original 1968–1980 television series. Some have always mistaken part of the title to be the letter "O"...as this is how it's referred to. However, it's been recently explained that it has always been a zero (0) in the titles of both shows (the 5-0 referring to Hawaii being the 50th state added to the union in 1959), and that most refer to the number zero as the letter O. This new version of the series debuted on CBS, the same network that aired the original version. Like the original version, this one follows an elite unit/task force set up to fight crime in the state of Hawaii.

It premiered on Monday, September 20, 2010--exactly 42 years to the date of the original show...which premiered on September 20, 1968. This new version aired in the Eastern Time Zone at 10:00 PM (9:00 PM in the Central Time Zone).



In February 2010, it was announced that actor Daniel Dae Kim had been cast to play Chin Ho Kelly, an ex-cop trained by Steve McGarrett's father. He was the first actor cast for the remake.

Several days later, Alex O'Loughlin was cast as Steve McGarrett, but in this version Steve is the son of ex-cop Jack McGarrett (portrayed by William Sadler) after the producers decided to reboot the series and make the junior McGarrett a Navy SEAL and chose to name Steve's father Jack in honor of Jack Lord, the star of the original series.

The producers intend to pay homage to the original series by making one of his Steve's hobbies restoring his father's 1974 Mercury Marquis--as this actually is the last car original star Jack Lord used in the original series. Jack Lord's stunt-double was given the car by Lord when the original show ended in 1980, and he's had it ever since.

Producers of this new series borrowed it from him for a few scenes...at this time only in the "Pilot" episode so far. The junior McGarrett will also have a sister as well, with Taryn Manning taking the role of Mary Ann McGarrett. It was later revealed in the series that Steve and Mary have a mother who is supposedly alive after she was reported killed in a car crash.

Actress Grace Park was later cast as rookie detective Kona (nicknamed "Kono") Kalakaua, Chin Ho's cousin (Kona is the female version of the original version's Kono Kalakaua, but will use the Kono name in the remake). Also in the cast are Jean Smart as Governor Pat Jameson, Scott Caan as Dan Williams, and Masi Oka as the Coroner.

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DID YOU KNOW

The names ' Hawaii Fifty ' and ' Hawaii Five Zero ' were originally touted as titles for the show.

The actor Tim O'Kelly was originally cast in the role of Dan Williams, but a test audience in New York was not impressed with his performance, and the part was recast with James MacArthur, who played the role for 11 of the series 12 seasons.

The character Chin Ho was the only original member of the cast to be killed [murdered] on the show, Kono was written out of the series and Danno quit.

Five-O headquarters was in Iolani Palace, the former home of Hawaiian Royalty.

McGarrett always drove a black Mercury (Not a Lincoln as some have suggested and not a Dodge as has been mistakenly written) a 1968 Park Lane Brougham, and a 1974 Grand Marquis Brougham - both of which still exist today.