Press Tour 411: Highlights from the 'Hawaii Five-0' panel

I am VERY excited for this show. I love all the lead actors. I really, really hope this show takes off; Alex deserves to be on a hit show. As long as they don’t overly mess with the theme song, I’m good!

I will only watch because I love Daniel Dae Kim and LOST.

I absolutely can’t wait for Hawaii Five-0 to begin. I love Alex and I hope this show will be the hit he deserves. I think the Alex haters have taken their attitudes partly because of the more aggressive Moonlight fans and have taken their anger out on Alex. He is not responsible for what his fans do. The people who put Alex down would not recognize a good actor if they saw one. Go Alex !!!

I can’t wait for 5-O because I adore Grace Park and Daniel Dae Kim!!.

I’m so excited about this show, Caan, Park, and Kim, but I really wish AO wasn’t the lead. I find him boring as pants and he’s not a strong actor in my opinion. His performance in Moonlight just left me wanting to see the far superior Jason Dohring as the lead and then go rewatch my Angel dvds.

The problem with this new version/remake/reboot whatever the word of the day is, is that statistically remakes never make it. Bionic Woman, Knight Rider, Melrose Place just to name a few that popped in my head. I know there is more, but I can’t think right now. Add to that they are taking on an icon in television history and an iconic character. It has so much stacked up against it before it even airs. Everyone will be comparing it to the original, they just can’t help themselves. It will be an automatic response. If one thing is not as they remembered it, they will tune out. Sure the pilot will get good ratings. With all the money CBS put into it and the way they are promoting it, it can’t help but get the numbers. They will need to sustain those numbers week after week. To CBS 10 million viewers isn’t enough to stay on the air especially with a show as expensive as Hawaii Five-O is to make. They already said their budgetis about $150,000 less per episode than NCIS:LA gets. All the bells and whistles that the pilot is getting may be a let down week after week if they can’t afford to do that. Also, I may be wrong, but I believe that the two main writers for the pilot (that got a great response) were only there for the pilot. They write for Fringe and have commited themselves for the next two or three years on another project. I remember reading that months ago when the pilot was first announced. That’s why I can have a little bit of an opinion as to how I think the show will do without the benefit of watching it. Also, it has competition on Monday nights. Castle is going into its third season and it has a very loyal fan base. I read posts from Alex fans that said even though they support him, they will not miss Castle for Hawaii they will record Hawaii for a later date. NBC has many great shows this season. Hopefully they will be out of their slump soon. The Chase is getting a great response. It’s lead in The Event was just screened at Comic Con and the reviews were WOW! it was worth the wait. A drama leading into another drama is a good thing. Hawaii has a comedy about overweight people who make fat jokes. How many people will tune in to watch that when America is plagued by obesity. I’m just sayin.

I loved the original Five-O, Moonlight and what I got to see of Three Rivers. (The latter was shown whenever Sunday Night Football ended so it was hard to plan to catch it. By the time I found out it was moved to Saturday night, they stopped showing it. I will probably have to buy the season on DVD like I did Moonlight.) I am truly an Alex O fan and just know he will shine in the new Five-O no matter what part he plays!