At the airing of its last episode, it was the longest-running police drama in American television history and the last fictional primetime show that debuted in the 1960s to leave the air. The show starred Jack Lord as Detective Captain Stephen "Steve" McGarrett, the head of a special state police task force in Hawaii which was based on an actual unit that existed under martial law after World War II.
Set in Hawaii, the show originally aired for 12 seasons from 1968 to 1980, and continues in reruns.
Many episodes would end with McGarrett's catchphrase, "Book 'em, Danno!" ==Overview== The CBS television network produced Hawaii Five-O, which aired from September 20, 1968, to April 5, 1980.
A 1975 episode involving Danno's aunt, played by MacArthur's mother Helen Hayes, provided a bit of Williams' back story. ==Creation of the show== Sources differ on how the show came to be.
Set in Hawaii, the show originally aired for 12 seasons from 1968 to 1980, and continues in reruns.
Many episodes would end with McGarrett's catchphrase, "Book 'em, Danno!" ==Overview== The CBS television network produced Hawaii Five-O, which aired from September 20, 1968, to April 5, 1980.
In the show's final episode in 1980, titled "Woe to Wo Fat", McGarrett finally sees his foe go to jail. Unlike the reboot the show's action and straightforward storytelling left little time for personal stories involving wives or girlfriends, though a two-part story in the first season dealt with the loss of McGarrett's sister's baby.
Other criminals and organized crime bosses on the islands were played by actors such as Ricardo Montalbán, Gavin MacLeod, and Ross Martin as Tony Alika. By the 12th and final season, series regular James MacArthur had left the show (in 1996, he admitted that he had become tired of the role and wanted to do other things), as had Kam Fong.
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