Magnum P.I. (2018)

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Season 1
  • Network: CBS , NBC
  • Series Premiere Date: Sep 24, 2018
Season #: 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
User Score
3.5

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 65 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 65
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 65
  3. Negative: 39 out of 65
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  1. Ededed
    Nov 28, 2018
    4
    Adequate scripts and characters. The action and the acting are just good enough to keep me engaged for an entire episode. As is, this show will likely run a few seasons. If they can develop the characters more and improve on the adequate scripts, this is one revival that might deserve to have a 5+ year run of its own.
  2. MaryMarshall
    Dec 4, 2018
    4
    1980s Magnum PI (Tom Selleck et al) I watched it, took a while to objectively grow on me, excellent.
    Keep the Glass Half Full Folks !!
  3. oceanbunny
    Jan 15, 2019
    4
    This could be a terrific TV program on its own. The attempt to remake Magnum PI over is a miserable failure and keeps bringing one back to the realization that these are not the same characters as the original at all. Worse, the program doesn't even attempt to try and create a relationship between the old and new. This is simply the program as a shadow of its former self. The young SelleckThis could be a terrific TV program on its own. The attempt to remake Magnum PI over is a miserable failure and keeps bringing one back to the realization that these are not the same characters as the original at all. Worse, the program doesn't even attempt to try and create a relationship between the old and new. This is simply the program as a shadow of its former self. The young Selleck is irreplaceable so why try? Couldn't he have had a son, nephew, anything but another guy trying to fit into the same pair of shoes? They've tried to keep everything the same but the house and the characters have morphed into entirely different entities. I wish the creators had done a better job.… Expand
  4. Nobilis1984
    Oct 16, 2018
    5
    So this is the new edition of Magnum p. I
    On the one hand there are many connections with the original series but most of it is new.
    There are two beautiful cars but they are destroyed. Did that have to be? Then the cast. Average as you look. Are you serious? The stories are all flat and only on action. That was not as bad at the original as here. Who wants to watch this series should    So this is the new edition of Magnum p. I
    On the one hand there are many connections with the original series but most of it is new.
    There are two beautiful cars but they are destroyed. Did that have to be?
    Then the cast. Average as you look. Are you serious?
    The stories are all flat and only on action. That was not as bad at the original as here.
    Who wants to watch this series should hide the original and put the head on thread.    … Expand

Awards & Rankings

28
#28 Most Discussed TV Season of 2018

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Metascore
48

Mixed or average reviews - based on 18 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 13 out of 18
  3. Negative: 2 out of 18
  1. The New Yorker
    Reviewed by: Troy Patterson
    Oct 9, 2018
    50
    In the new reboot (with Jay Hernandez in the title role, and without that starchy appositive comma in the title), Magnum is a generic, chill dude with an aggro streak. ... The series is ungainly in its rush to get Magnum and Higgins together as a fondly squabbling couple, and it’s uncertain whether the stars share the chemistry to sell a Benedick-and-Beatrice routine, but they sail through the fight scenes just fine.
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  2. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
    Reviewed by: Rob Owen
    Sep 25, 2018
    55
    It’s fine, escapist fare but lacking in much imagination.
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  3. Salon
    Reviewed by: Melanie McFarland
    Sep 24, 2018
    50
    As long as you can forget about what you loved deeply about the original and accept that the new series only shares names in common, you’ll enjoy the ride it’s offering.
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