Thomas Magnum is off the case. CBS has cancelled the Magnum PI TV series so it won’t be returning for a fifth year and the 2022-23 TV season. *Status update below.
An action-drama series, Magnum PI stars Jay Hernandez, Perdita Weeks, Zachary Knighton, Stephen Hill, Tim Kang, and Amy Hill. Recurring performers include Lance Kim, Chantal Thuy, and Martin Martinez. This reboot of the 1980s TV show follows Thomas Magnum (Hernandez), a decorated former Navy SEAL who repurposes his military skills to become a private investigator. He lives in a guest cottage on Robin’s Nest, the luxurious estate where he works as a security consultant to supplement his P.I. business. The “majordomo” of the property is Juliet Higgins (Weeks), a beautiful and commanding disavowed MI:6 agent who keeps Magnum in line. When Magnum needs back-up on a job, he turns to his trusted buddies and fellow POW survivors, chopper pilot Theodore “TC” Calvin (Hill) and Orville “Rick” Wright (Knighton), a former Marine door-gunner who now runs a nightclub. Magnum frequently has run-ins with police detective Gordon Katsumoto (Kang) and the two are more alike than either cares to admit. The unofficial “House Mom” and cultural curator of Robin’s Nest, Teuila “Kumu” Tuileta (Hill) is also one of Magnum’s biggest fans.
Airing on Friday nights, the fourth season of Magnum PI averaged a 0.42 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 5.24 million viewers. Compared to season three, that’s down by 20% in the demo and down by 6% in viewership in the live+same day ratings (including DVR playback through 3:00 AM). In the live+7 day ratings, the reboot averaged a 0.70 demo and 7.38 million with delayed viewing added in. It is likely the most-watched broadcast series to be cancelled this season.
Deadline reports that the cancellation comes after CBS and the show’s studio, Universal Television, couldn’t come to an agreement for a fifth year. As traditional viewing has been dropping, networks are less willing to spend as much on shows that they don’t own. There’s no word yet on the potential of Universal TV shopping the series elsewhere.
In the past 24 hours, CBS has also cancelled B Positive, How We Roll, Good Sam, and United States of Al.
What do you think? Have you been keeping up with the Magnum PI TV series on CBS? Are you sorry to hear that it’s been cancelled and won’t have a fifth season?
*7/1/22 update: NBC has made a deal to revive the Magnum PI series for seasons five and six.
Don’t understand why CBS would cancel such a good show. Ratings were pretty good and they cancel because they don’t want to pay for a series they don’t produce. I hope it gets picked up by another network and show how stupid their executives are
Please don’t cancel Magnum PI!!!!!
I love Magnum P I !!!!!! Please reconsider!!! It’s such a feel good series and all the actors were outstanding! I’m soooo bummed. Hopefully another station will pick it up
Another good show, I watch faithfully has been ditched. And pretty soon there will be no good shows left to watch. All the good shows go and the crap shows are left, and I, for the life of me, ask WHY?
Magnum PI was my favorite show on TV. Enough with all the reality shows, they are not entertaining. I waited for Friday night to watch Magnum. Now that Magnum and Higgy get together, the show is cancelled. I am very disappointed. Please reconsider and keep the show going.
I love to watch Magnum PI every friday night. I’m very disappointed and this is why they cancelled this show on CBS!
Seriously?? Unfrigginbelievable. Just when the show is really coming into its own– the story lines have evolved over the four seasons, each episode getting better and better. Season 5 promised to be the best one yet. The writing and acting are superb and the characters and relationships just keep getting more complex and multidimensional. So many themes and relationships to explore! I guess we should have expected this from CBS. God forbid, you keep a wonderful show like Magnum P.I. around when its ratings are lower than your moronic, vapid reality shows. Thank you, CBS, for continuing your massive contribution… Read more »
Love Magnum will they finish it so we are not left hanging
Seems like cbs was always putting other shows in instead of Magnum. One of the few network shows we watch, can’t stand any of the “reality” shows. Going to miss this show.
Well thanks (sarcasm Sheldon)…. so your canceling the “Best Show” on TV
Work us up with finally Higgins and Magnum kissing for real not a dream…..it was inevitable…..so then that’s it……who makes these insane decisions?????? With world a complete mess someone decided all well its time to cancel this GREAT show
Disappointed can NOT sum up my feelings on this!!!!!
Agree totally!
Tick me off!!!!! Ughhh, I was so looking forward to magnum and higgy together for next season and Rick being a new Dad. I’m going through withdrawals already! Dang, did not see this coming
Sorry to see Magnum Pi canceled. As always the good shows get canceled
I really liked the characters and the show. I hope they find a new home as would be sad to see it go. Watch it every week.
Why do they cancel shows that are good?
I like magnum p i why do they always cancel the good ones