The Magnum P.I. reboot is formally set to return to an finish on NBC with the discharge of Season 5, Half 2 in 2024.
As damaged by Deadline, NBC has opted to not order extra episodes of Magnum P.I. past the 20-episode fifth season it picked up final 12 months. The outlet reviews that NBC is predicted to “mount a large marketing campaign” for what will probably be marketed because the present’s closing chapter, consisting of the remaining 10 episodes.
Based mostly on the 1980-1988 sequence of the identical title, Magnum P.I. initially premiered on CBS in 2018. The sequence stars Jay Hernandez as Thomas Magnum, a job occupied by Tom Selleck within the authentic ’80s incarnation. As a result of licensing payment disagreements with Common, CBS canceled the Magnum P.I. reboot in 2022 after 4 seasons. Shortly after, NBC revived the present for a 20-episode fifth season, which might be cut up into two elements.
Why did NBC simply cancel Magnum P.I.?
The ten episodes that make up Magnum P.I. Season 5, Half 1 aired on NBC from February 2023 to April 2023. Season 5, Half 2 is at the moment anticipated to air as a part of the 2024 midseason. Nevertheless, Deadline reviews that the brand new episodes might doubtlessly arrive earlier, relying on the impression of the continued Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike.
Whereas Magnum P.I. Season 5, Half 2 isn’t slated to air till subsequent 12 months, the choices on the forged expire in only a matter of days on June 30. Based on Deadline, this “compelled the difficulty now.” Evidently, NBC had three choices: give the present an early Season 6 renewal, lengthen the choices on the forged, or launch the forged and finish the present.
An early Season 6 renewal was unlikely, given the truth that networks are hesitant at hand out pickups throughout the aforementioned WGA strike. In the meantime, extending the choices would have imposed a protracted maintain on the forged, since — in that situation — NBC wouldn’t must make a Season 6 renewal choice for an additional 12 months. As such, the community in the end went with choice quantity three.
