CBS released a very brief press release today to clarify the title of one of the network’s new fall shows. No, they aren’t changing $#*! My Dad Says. It relates to Hawaii Five-0 and addresses something that’s been debated among fans of the original Jack Lord series for years. Here it is…
THIS JUST IN… SHORTEST PRESS RELEASE IN CBS HISTORY
EDITORS NOTE: The “0” in HAWAII FIVE-0 is a zero, not a capital O.
Many have assumed it’s an “O” because that’s the way it’s pronounced but of course, the zeros in James Bond’s 007 are pronounced the same way. Viacom, the distributor of the original, has long maintained that it was indeed a zero but have been inconsistent in their materials.
The title of the series comes from the fact that Hawaii is the 50th state in the union and the show revolves around their fictional police unit.
The CBS website is inconsistent and official videos for the show use “O” on YouTube. Wikipedia, IMDB, and Amazon are also incorrect. If you thought it was “O,” you’re obviously not alone.
If you don’t care, I suspect you’re likely part of an even bigger group.
What do you think? Did you always think it was a “O” or a zero?
Crap! When will present day studios and producers ever learn? We don’t need “Yuck, yucks” to make a series. Instead of reprising the old characters the producers would have been better to just start with an entirely new team and at some point explain what happened to the previous team(s), even if that included “killing off old characters through natural causes, et al”. This is NOT Five-0! Like The Glades, it’s resorting to the schtick formula of “shoot ’em up” and “character in-fighting”, not to mention changing out Kono for a girl just so they could have the modern-day requirement… Read more »
Oh.
I’d bet it’ll do well – even with an untested lead-in before it.
heh, I agree with OleVizer on this one.
Hawaii is the 50th state. Does anyone really need Five-0 explained? It’s pronounced “Oh” the way you’d say the number.
It’s a zero, as in the number. The number zero is pronounced “zero”. Why do you pronounce a number as if it were a letter? Just because that is how you grew up hearing it or that’s how everyone else says it, doesn’t make it correct.
People should be debating on how long this show (which looks expensive) will last on CBS.
Maybe but, that’s not what this article is about.
I knew it was a zero but grew up pronouncing it “oh”. It seems weird to call it Hawaii Five Zero.