Plot
A private investigator who works when he wants, lives in a beachfront estate in Hawaii, drives a posh Ferrari, runs up an unlimited tab at a swank bar, and charms attractive women in peril - that's the lifestyle of Thomas Magnum, aka Magnum, P.I.
Cast
as Thomas Magnum
as Jonathan Higgins
as Terry 'TC' Calvin
as Rick Wright
Creator
Network
Status
Ended
First Aired Date
December 11, 1980
Last Aired Date
May 1, 1988
Production Companies
Belisarius Productions
Glen A. Larson Productions
Universal Television Entertainment
Universal Television
Type
Scripted
Number of Season
8
Number of Episodes
162
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Reviews
Best show in the 80s! Magnum is the guy who everybody wants to be, and what every lady wants. Magnum, P.I. is a feel good TV series everybody to enjoy.
Had it come out in the 90s, Tom Magnum would have been a paranoid character fighting off the nightmares that plague him for all eternity after losing half his men in combat, or being the last man left in his squad. And had it come out today, he'd be almost perfect, struggling never, with no character development. Stagnate, boring, with no growth to speak of. He'd be right all the time and end …