Roger e. mosley bio12/10/2023 ![]() Dallas has the worst (2.3/4 Nielsen average). consistantly has the highest ratings of any major market (10.1/25 Nielsen average). When "Laura" wrapped, Sinatra received a captain's hat, a Magnum P.I. ![]() "Joining Tom Selleck: As Tough as Ever, Frank Sinatra Bounces Up off the Canvas" Sinatra met Selleck at a dinner party (the summer before, after a Sinatra concert in Hawaii) and expressed interest in appearing on the show. Magnum P.I.'s rise in the ratings, Frank Sinatra "Laura" is Sinatra's first (and only) appearance in a television episodic drama. Selleck has a deal whereby he can exit the show midseason if he chooses. Selleck did some post-production work for "Limbo" in Toronto between rehearsals for Three Men and a Baby. Negative review of "Novel Connection", the Murder, She Wrote crossover episode, by TV critic Kay Gardella. leaves about half of the $22M it spends annually in Hawaii. producer) saw an episode of Moonlighting with Dana Delaney and told her husband she must be on the show. The wife of Charles Johnson ( Magnum P.I. CBS announced plans to do a crossover with The Equalizer! Over the summer Selleck turned down movie offers and spent the 10-week break working with the writers and producers. "No foolin': hard work pays off for Magnum" "Dear Magnum: Get Tough, Get Passionate, Get Smart."īest-selling romance novelist Janet Dailey advices Tom Selleck on how to spruce up his show. He no longer will be a bookcase for Higgins." The show will also use more guest stars. Quentin Crisp's Your Show of Shows column. Confirmation that Jack Lord will NOT be appearing in any upcoming episodes. Manetti bumps into Ringo Starr in London who accidentally burns his jacket with a cig. Jack Lord to appear in a Season Six episode (turns out to only be a rumor). Also features a great review/interpretation of "The Woman on the Beach". "Thighs & Whiskers: The Fascination of Magnum P.I."Ī scholarly deconstruction of Magnum/Selleck's sex appeal - the magnum opus of masculinity - and other aspects of the show. The credited screenwriter of "Flashback", "Lance Madrid III", is actually a pseudonym for Robert Hamilton, a veteran Magnum P.I. Very interesting 3-page interview with Don Bellisario. Selleck gave Manetti, Hillerman and Mosley a Porche 928 as a "thank you" present. "Part of the magic is that we enjoy working together. Hillerman has a 10-room, 38th floor apartment overlooking Honolulu. made $70M, shattering the previous record! In its first week in syndication Magnum P.I. NTSB appeal - pilot originally received a 270-day suspension. ![]() "Copter Pilot Gets 90-Day Suspension In Magnum Crash" The price of fame, female fans, long work hours, the tabloids. "What could possibly be bothering Tom Selleck?" ![]() "From the time he was 12, John would travel alone by train to Dallas, check into a hotel and go to the opera." Hillerman became a fan of opera at 10 and would see The Met every year when they visited Dallas. W/ pictures of Hillerman's Honolulu apartment. "The Lean Years Are Over For John Hillerman." "The network said: Don't play it again, Rick"īackground info on Manetti, working on Magnum P.I., the forced change to the character of Rick after the "Pilot Movie". Petersdorf eventually loses the $5M suit. The deal with the Hawaii state government cost Universal $900,000 (in addition to the regular monthly lease). Hillerman bio, the creation of Jonathan Quayle Higgins (and the British accent), working with Selleck, Bogdanovich friendship. "Higgins - not Hamlet - will be fine, thank you" While filming in Hawaii, Mosley coached a little-league football team - the Kaimuki Eagles. He founded the Watts Repertory Company and helped form the Watts Swim Club. Mosley owns a Rolls, an '82 Cadillac, a '63 Corvette Stingray, a truck and a van. "One foot in the ghetto, one in his Rolls Royce" filming, High Road to China, Divorce Wars: A Love Story, Tom's parents, family pictures. "He's Hawaii's Magnum Force, But Tom Selleck Is Far From Pacific" Hillerman "loves fine art and caviar and hates excercise". "This is a more benign and languid Hawaii than the one in Hawaii Five-0, which managed to make paradise look nasty."Ī very well-written review by Tom Carson. "If the scripting does not become repetitive or too silly, this series could give CBS one of the top rate private eye shows on the tube."ĭon Bellisario threatened to pull the show out of the islands because of the studio lease issues. "Sexy, Macho Tom Selleck Carries New Series" "Magnum is still another Burt Reynolds lookalike striving to market the offhand style that has made Mr. ".Its key to success would seem to be the good-looking Selleck and he created enough interest in the pilot to suggest that Magnum could be in for a successful run." Written by legendary TV critic Kay Gardella. A collection of Magnum P.I.-related magazine and newspaper articles (scanned) in PDF format.
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