Magnum P.I. — and its passionate followers — have been by the mill.
The profitable reboot launched on CBS in 2018, and we have been hooked ever since.
We’ve watched the trials and tribulations of Thomas Magnum, Juliet Higgins, and everybody of their orbit.
Compared to many different procedurals on the air, It’s been enjoyable, gentle, and infused with romance.
Unfortunately, the sequence has confronted a number of hurdles, a lot of which have left followers gasping for air. It’s not typically {that a} present is canceled and survives on one other community, and when it does, hopes rise for an extended run or a incredible end.
Here we’re on the finish of the street once more, and admittedly, it is a miracle the followers are nonetheless so dedicated to it as a result of now two networks have now mishandled Magnum P.I.
The newest blunder (in a protracted line of them!) is the choice to avoid wasting the sequence’ remaining two episodes till early 2024.
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That’s by no means signal, and it is even worse while you’re ending the sequence with these remaining episodes. The momentum had already been ruined when NBC break up up the 20-episode Magnum P.I. Season 5.
As unhealthy as that was, reserving the ultimate two episodes as followers put together to say goodbye is simply merciless.
While Magnum P.I. Season 5 hasn’t been crafted with an finish in thoughts, we belief that there shall be sufficient of a decision that followers is not going to depart disgruntled. Still, the fixed hiatuses aren’t the easiest way to maintain followers invested.
It’s nearly as if NBC desires the numbers to go all the way down to justify its poor resolution to carry the present to an in depth.
What else ought to we anticipate from the community that originally deliberate on holding the ultimate ten episodes for 2024?
It’s uncommon while you get a present this good, with respectable scores, and one which the followers adore. There are loads of honest to middlin’ reveals that keep on the air with a lot much less going for them.
It’s inconceivable to not really feel disheartened {that a} present with a lot going for it’s coming to a conclusion after such a protracted line of blunders.
Thankfully, the followers usually are not slowing down their efforts to search out the present a brand new residence. Hope is alive, and we’re rooting for the little present that might to search out life elsewhere once more.
It’s arduous to consider that this time final yr, the viewers was thrilled that Magnum P.I. had discovered an thrilling new residence on NBC.
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Instead of treating the present with the respect it deserved, NBC buried it on Sundays regardless of needing a dependable Friday performer.
Magnum P.I.’s viewers had turn out to be accustomed to watching on Fridays, so preserving it on that night time was the perfect likelihood of success.
Sundays are quick turning into a TV wasteland for broadcast networks, with all the pieces not sporting-related struggling to maintain up with the ever-changing nature of broadcast TV.
It’s a shock NBC did not trial it on Fridays after the less-than-stellar preliminary numbers on Sunday.
The transfer to Wednesdays has been a welcome one from followers, and the numbers are respectable. What helped these numbers was the choice to run 5 episodes uninterrupted.
It’s superb how a present truly airing when it is anticipated to air helps the momentum to develop. People do not like fumbling their solution to their favourite characters. They wish to know when the story continues.
After 5 episodes, Magnum P.I. went off the air for 2 weeks, then it crawled again for one episode, and now the present shall be off the air now till December 6.
With so many reveals on NBC’s midseason schedule, these random hiatuses are pointless and are doing the sequence extra hurt than good. It’s additionally why so many individuals have turned to streaming or select to look at cable on Sundays.
Streaming is all the time dependable, and Sundays with out soccer are a welcome respite from a soccer clogged (and all the time time deviating) schedule.
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If there have been a problem of accessible actual property on the schedule, followers would favor to see these remaining episodes airing on Fridays (sure, one other schedule change) slightly than be left ready for weeks to see the story proceed.
But the reality is, NBC lacks content material at this level because of the results of the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes, so except these episodes are being reworked, there is no purpose to maintain them off the air.
At this level, even a Thanksgiving burn-off of the entire remaining episodes being made out there would have been a welcome treasure as a result of, a minimum of then, we might have been capable of see them this yr.
Being a fan of a present that is continually being handled like filth by its personal community is hard, however we have to do not forget that NBC fought to get Magnum P.I. on the air.
The community noticed the worth in bringing the present to NBC, or they would not have accomplished it. What went on behind the scenes with the individuals who made these choices that modified issues so shortly?
In my 9 years as an leisure journalist, I’ve seen a number of mishandled reveals, however most of these had points that wanted to be labored out.
Magnum P.I. is a type of uncommon reveals the place all the pieces works, and with a little bit of nurturing, it could possibly be the crown jewel of any schedule.
That’s a part of the explanation why followers usually are not giving up the struggle to maintain the present alive.
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Magnum P.I. deserves to be on the air, and it is arduous not to wonder if the experiences that the community could possibly be handing the ten p.m. hour again to associates have something to do with its poor remedy of Magnum P.I.
Without that 10 p.m. slot, NBC would prioritize The Voice and the numerous reveals from the Law & Order and One Chicago franchises.
There is a slight glimmer of hope that Magnum P.I. will land someplace that can deal with it with the respect it deserves.
The first 4 seasons hit the ad-supported Freevee earlier this yr.
The Amazon-owned streamer has picked up numerous sequence following cancellation, so there’s that risk they could step as much as preserve Magnum P.I. round for added episodes.
Wouldn’t or not it’s nice for the present to land on streaming after being mishandled by two broadcast networks?
Magnum P.I. will get loads of engagement on social media, and there are already campaigns for Freevee to step as much as the plate, so we’ll need to preserve an in depth eye on the entire gamers.
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For now, all we are able to do is hope we get to see the ultimate episodes very early within the new yr as a result of holding two filmed and edited episodes makes little or no sense.
These episodes have been completed for a while, so it is not like they have not been filmed. It’s simply inconceivable to wrap your head round any justification for making followers wait like this to say goodbye to their beloved present.
What are your ideas on pushing the final two episodes of Magnum P.I. to 2024?
Do you suppose it is one other blunder in a protracted line of them?
Chat with me within the feedback about it, Magnum P.I. Fanatics.
Magnum P.I. airs on Wednesdays at 9 p.m. on NBC.
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