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BLOGGER’S NOTE (April 10, 2014) – Right network, wrong host. Faster than I ever would have guessed, CBS announced today that Comedy Central’s Stephen Colbert (The Colbert Report) will succeed David Letterman when the latter retires at the end ofRead more…
Holy mackerel! Talk about catching lightning in a bottle. What are the odds? Episode 22 of CBS’ Hawaii Five-0 concerns a young girl kidnapped and held hostage for a decade. During the closing credits, local news teases the day’s biggestRead more…
Season 3, Episode 20 of CBS’s Hawaii Five-0 is little more than a time killer. Actors Terry O’Quinn and Jimmy Buffett guest star as McGarrett mentor Joe White and helicopter pilot Frank Bama, respectively, but add little to the plot – whichRead more…
[NOTE: This post brings us up to date for tonight’s Episode 20.] It begins with a misdirection: At night, a man boards a yacht offshore. Armed with a pistol, he enters the cabin and moves forward. At the door toRead more…
For the second time in three episodes, CBS’ updated Hawaii Five-0 involves girlfighting. But instead of fights to the death in the confines of an empty swimming pool, Season 3, Episode 18 moves the combat to the sanctioned arena of rollerRead more…
Season 3, Episode 17 of CBS’ Hawaii Five-0 – in which the gang must solve a corporate murder/espionage case – takes place amid the hoopla of the NFL’s Pro Bowl weekend in Hawaii. It doesn’t advance any of the series’Read more…
I’ve tuned in for Hawaii Five-0, but I seem to be getting Magic Mike. CBS? Check. 9 p.m.? Check. Still seeing a male stripper, though he’s moved from the stage to a table of women who appear to be havingRead more…
For the third time in four weeks, CBS’s new Hawaii Five-0 tried a gimmick to hook viewers. This time, however, the show looked to its own past for inspiration. Season 3, Episode 15 is the first in the new seriesRead more…
Give me a “W”! Give me an “O”! Give me an “F-A-T”! WO FAT! Yes, the major takeaway from Season 3, Episode 14 of CBS’ new Hawaii Five-0 is the return of arch-villain Wo Fat (Mark Dacascos). That’s the goodRead more…
Another week, another programming gimmick for Hawaii Five-0. The soundtrack for Episode 13 featured seven previously unreleased Jimi Hendrix songs. The tunes will be a new Hendrix album, “People, Hell and Angels,” which goes on sale March 5. They sayRead more…