Hawaii Five-O and The Streets of San Francisco Remakes

It looks like CBS has nothing new to be tossing out so it’s working to rehash some old stuff. They are looking at a Hawaii Five-O remake from Criminal Minds executive producer Ed Bernero.

Bernero is such a big “Hawaii Five-O” fan that he has the iconic theme song from the show as his ringtone. He said he didn’t even hesitate when execs at CBS Par TV, where he has an overall deal, approached him with the idea for a new incarnation of the classic Leonard Freeman cop series.

Bernero is writing the project, which he describes as ” ‘Hawaii Five-O’ 2.0.”

Like the original series, it is a procedural chronicling the workings of the fictional Hawaiian state police department. In the original, the unit was headed by Steve McGarrett, played by Jack Lord. In the new series, McGarrett’s son Chris will be the top cop.

While the characters, storytelling and pacing will be updated, “we will try to keep as much of the original show as possible,” Bernero said. “I’m not trying to reinvent it.”

The famous opening music will be back but may also get a face-lift, much in the vein of the theme from the 1966-73 series “Mission: Impossible,” which was rearranged for the 1990s movie franchise.

As for the staple “Book ‘em, Danno” closing line, there will be a version of it in the new installment, Bernero said.Source

CBS is also looking at a new Streets of San Francisco show and frankly, neither one of these appeal to me. Sure the originals were great, but let get something new going okay people? Speaking of original programming, have you seen USA’s Burn Notice? It’s fantastic.

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