Why CBS Canceled Magnum P.I. Reboot After Five Seasons

When “Magnum Pi” was first restarted on CBS in September 2018, it was a modest start of the series, which was first shown to 8.12 million viewers before viewers ’numbers decreased with each new episode broadcast. The first season was average somewhere in the range of 5 million, but it seems that the decrease in the classifications of CBS, which gave the offer a complete order for the season after only 13 episodes. Things improved from there, as the network renewed the display for the second, third and fourth season, which reached the average number of viewers about 5 million (although the second season witnessed a simple bump of a group of six million).

It is clear, then, CBS was happy with “Magnum Pi” to encourage the medium brand 5 million, but by the end of the fourth season, something changed. In May 2022, in the same month that was broadcast at the end of the fourth season, “Magnum Pi” was one of the many offers that were destroyed by CBS. At that time, the deadline stated that the offer was canceled as a result of the “work decision”. Specifically, the CBS appears to have been struggling to agree to the display license fees with the Universal Television Company in the wake of reduced classifications in all areas of the network series. According to the port, “Magnum Pi” was in a more dangerous position just because it was produced by an external studio, which was working against it at a time when CBS was looking to reduce costs.

CBS Entertainment Kelly Kahl spoke to Tvline at the time, confirming that a lack of agreement on the license fees was a major factor in the decision to cancel “Magnum Pi”. [the licensing fee] Outside one of them. It was a great team to work with him, and one of the most striking decisions we had to make.

However, the following month, NBC came to save, as she requested 20 episodes of the show, which would form a fifth season. However, the term did not last, as on the deadline in June 2023 again that the series will end. This time, NBC chose not to renew the show amid the 2023 book strike, which lasted 146 days before it ended in September 2023. NBC was forced to consider its options in June because of the fact that the actors’ options ended at the end of the month. In the midst of the uncertainty created by the strike, the network chose the non -renewal and the fifth and last season that ended on January 3, 2024.