Hawaii Five-0 updates:

• It’s been a while since we’ve had a good poll, so head over to E! Online to pick which new CBS show appeals the most to you! It’s a no brainer, but it’s such a rush to see Hawaii Five-0 at 58.6%…
• Canadian paper The Suburban published a small piece on Peter Lenkov, who hails from Chomedey, Quebec:
  

  “CBS asked if I’d be interested in coming up with a new take on the series,” Lenkov confided to me. “It was my dad’s favorite show. That’s primarily why I took the gig.”

  One of the interesting casting choices was that of Lost’s Daniel Dae Kim as Chin Ho Kelly. Australian Alex O’Loughlin will play Detective Steve McGarrett and Scott Caan will portray Detective Danny “Danno” Williams. Can we expect to hear a lot of the infamous “Book ‘em Danno,” from McGarrett to Williams as in the original? “Of course,” says Lenkov, a California resident who will now have to take up a secondary residence in Hawaii. And this just in from Lenkov. Hawaii Five-O has been picked up by Global.

• Check out a photo of the original Steve McGarrett’s 1974 Mercury Marquis from the Hawaii Five-0 set. The car will make a brief appearance in the pilot and was loaned to the production by former H50 stuntman John Nordlum.
• If you’re on Twitter, you might want to follow the Hawaii Five-0 writing team: @mike_schaub, @PLenkov, @jrorci and @boborci. Mike Schaub is a writer’s assistant and joined the team recently from Lost and J.R. is Rick, Roberto Orci’s brother. Of the four, J.R. tweets the most and Peter just joined. Here’s a picture posted by J.R. of the writers on Day One.
• Peter Lenkov tweeted that Hawaii Five-0 will be at the San Diego Comic Con, which takes place this year 22-25 July! They are trying to get the whole cast to attend, but “most likely half the cast though.” As long as it’s the right half!  Peter hints at the date possibly being the Friday morning, i.e. 23 July.
• The BBC posted an excellent article based on interviews with Alex O’Loughlin and Daniel Dae Kim at the LA Screenings:
  

  “The difference between this show and the original is that in the original you didn’t know where McGarrett came from,” explains O’Loughlin.

  “You didn’t know his back story and in this one you do. You know why he comes to the island – it’s all revealed in the pilot and that’s how we kick the show off.

  “He’s a navy seal. He has a mission that he sets out on in the beginning of the pilot, and that’s what leads him to the beginning of our adventure which will be Hawaii Five-O.”

Other items:

• Voting for Donate Life Hollywood’s Person of the Year closes at midnight  tonight (Pacific time). Our Aussie is ahead at the moment, but let’s not rest on our laurels and keep voting. Donate Life encourages everyone to vote as often as they can, so here is the link again: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/5926Z2M!
• The TCA 2010 Summer Press Tour will be held 6-8 August, 2010 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills. During this bi-annual industry conference, the networks will present their shows for the new season to the 200+ members of the Television Critics Association who write about television for various media outlets in North America. For us fans this means the start of a hectic period leading up to the premiere of Hawaii Five-0 with undoubtedly lots of photos, interviews and videos! And who knows, maybe our Aussie songbird will show off his warbling skills again and this time an enterprising journalist will capture it for us on video. There is no information yet on when CBS will be hosting their TCA events.
• AdWeek published an extensive analysis of the upfronts per network. About CBS, they write:
  

  CBS headed into upfront week with the strongest schedule, attracting nearly 12 million viewers on average in prime time and with a nearly 2 million viewer lead over the nearest competitor, Fox (which continues to dominate in delivery of adults 18-49). With a combination of smart scheduling moves and development, CBS did more to shore up weaknesses than the other networks, most analysts concur.

• Media Life Magazine also took a close look at CBS’s fall schedule:
  

  After years of stability, CBS’s schedule this fall is all about change. The network canceled seven shows, added five new ones and changed timeslots for five others. But while it represents an aggressive approach for a network most consider conservative, media buyers and planners also think the network will do quite well with the new schedule. It moved several shows that already win their timeslot, “Survivor” and “The Big Bang Theory,” into relatively weak time periods that they will likely dominate. New shows including “Hawaii Five-0″ and “Bleep My Dad Says” are getting the sort of buzz usually reserved for young-skewing programs on Fox, ABC or NBC. And axing older shows like “Ghost Whisperer” and “Cold Case” will save the network lots of money on talent and production over the next year. No surprise, then, that CBS is expected to lead in year-to-year CPM increases when the upfront market breaks.

• The CW’s second promo for the Moonlight rerun is pretty hot – check it out on YouTube!
• Canwest published an article about Moonlight being aired on the CW that was picked up in numerous Canadian papers: “Undead gumshoe revived to duo with Diaries”.
• CBS has also been promoting both the new episodes of Three Rivers as well as Hawaii Five-0, and sometimes both at the same time. Two videos uploaded by Deb: Win-Loss promo and a combined promo.
• Jean Smart will join the Seattle Brain Cancer Walk on June 26th to honor her sister Georgia Smart, who passed away in January after a battle with glioblastoma. Georgia was a resident of Seattle.

Gallery updates:

• I added the one-sheet for Hawaii Five-0 as well as the logo to the promo materials album.
• Many MQ Three Rivers episodic stills have been replaced by HQs, especially in the Ryan’s First Day album.
• Also new: The Back-up Plan posters from Colombia, Greece, Turkey, Romania and a second poster from Spain.
• More HQs have been added to the London and LA premiere albums as well as the upfront album.
• Don’t forget to check out the magazine/newspaper scans too – recently added are Aussie articles from New Weekly and TV Week as well as various newspaper items.

I hope you all have a great week ahead!