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Magnum, P.I. (1980)

Magnum, P.I. poster
Directed by
Mike Vejar, Ray Austin, Ivan Dixon
Genre
action television series, detective fiction, drama television series
Country
United States
Length
8 seasons, 162 episodes
Rated
TV-PG
Rating
7.3 of 10 from 448 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Thomas Magnum is a private investigator living in Hawaii. He solves crimes while working for a wealthy author. The show follows his investigations around the island.

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What happens

Magnum, P.I. is an American crime drama television series starring Tom Selleck as Thomas Magnum, a private investigator (P.I.) living in Oahu, Hawaii. The series ran from December 11, 1980, to May 1, 1988, during its first-run broadcast on the American television network CBS. Magnum, P.I. consistently ranked in the top 20 U.S. television programs in the Nielsen ratings during the first five years of its original run, finishing as high as number three for the 1982–83 season. The series entered syndication in 1986 under the title Magnum in order to differentiate reruns from new episodes still airing under the original title on CBS. A remake series of the same name was ordered to series on May 11, 2018, and premiered on September 24, 2018, on CBS. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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