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Five-O continued to do quite well in the ratings throughout the 70s and also the consensus is that the show hits its peak during the middle of its runs from 72-75. One thing Five-O did that "The FBI" never could was showcase bad guys from *within* the Establishment. Five-O reacted to...

A couple other things I picked up from the book as I skimmed through to the finish. Reynolds was indeed fired from the show outright because of the decision that the show which had taken a hit in the ratings in S8 needed to trend "young" in S9. He said he was very upset that he found this...

Yeah, I think Season 6 is where the "no one gets killed no matter how badly shot or left for dead they are" element really starts to kick in (and no more are suspects killed in final shootouts by then. Marvin Miller will always tell us that they "recovered from their wounds" etc.) The problem...

Yeah, I have to admit that it would have been nice if the show had found a better blend. I think early on, Martin erred in thinking that Erskine's domestic situation could be an equal part of the storytelling which is why initially he had the element of his daughter being engaged to Rhodes...

There is 900 page book on the show (unfortunately not available in a Kindle format) and even that book can't find an explanation for why Brooks left the show. He never gave any interviews on the subject and no one reported it in depth at the time. The only thing the book scrounged up was a...