Magnum, P.I.

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Name: Magnum P.I.
Abbreviation(s):
Creator: Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson
Date(s): 1980 – 1988
Medium: Television
Country of Origin: USA
External Links: at IMDb
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Magnum, P.I. was a 1980s detective series set in Hawaii and starred Tom Selleck as Thomas Magnum, a Vietnam vet who'd set himself up as a private investigator.

A remake series was produced on May 11, 2018.[1][2]

Canon Overview

Characters

Canonical Crossovers

The show featured two-part crossover episodes with other crime shows of the day, including Simon & Simon and Murder She Wrote.[citation needed]

There were also nods to Hawaii 5-0, such as when Higgins calls Five-O to report a theft in Season 1, Episode 5, "Thank Heavens for Little Girls, and Big Ones Too." Or Magnum gets on the radio pretending he's with the police and asks: "Billy, this is McGarrett of Five-O. Is David Norman armed?" In in Season 1, Episode 6, "Skin Deep"[3]

Robin Master's Identity

Like Charlie on Charlie's Angels, Robin Masters' face was never shown. As the series went on, there were increasing numbers of hints that Higgins, not "Robin", is the real author and owner of the estate. In the series finale, Higgins finally admits this but then later claims to have been lying. No definitive proof is ever given in canon.

Original Series Fandom Overview

The original series' fandom is relatively small, with only 134 works on AO3.

The majority of the early sharing of fanworks took place in print zines, either Magnum focused ones or multi-media zines.

Print zines with a focus of Magnum P.I. are Robin's Nest (fiction), and the letterzines How to Be a World Class Private Investigator, I Know What You're Thinking, and Little Voices.

Slash Pairings

Slash ships vary between Higgins/Magnum (33 works), TC/Magnum (7 Works) and TC/Rick. This might be expected considering the majority of the fandom took place before the world wide web was introduced. Although, it did have some small popularity in online spaces because there was a slash focused mailing list at one point.

In Crossovers

  • from The Silken Thread That Binds Us: "Another interesting thing in this zine is an illustration of a bar, where Kirk, McCoy and Scotty are having a drink, and if you notice the other patrons, you will find Battlestar Galactica folk, Magnum P.I., I think someone is from Blake's Seven (not sure though) and the bartender is Sam from Cheers. There is no mention of these characters that I saw, just added to the background of the illustration."[note 1]

    from The Silken Thread That Binds Us: "Another interesting thing in this zine is an illustration of a bar, where Kirk, McCoy and Scotty are having a drink, and if you notice the other patrons, you will find Battlestar Galactica folk, Magnum P.I., I think someone is from Blake's Seven (not sure though) and the bartender is Sam from Cheers. There is no mention of these characters that I saw, just added to the background of the illustration."[note 1]

Original Series Fanworks in Multimedia Zines

Alternate Dimensions of Reality | Bellisario's Boys | Brothers 'n Blues | Compadres | Cops and Robbers and Spies...Oh, My! | Dial S | The Eyes Have It! | Frisky Business | Fruit Cocktail | Guardian | Heat | The Karenina Continuity Chronicles | Lions and Tigers and Zines, Oh My! | Of Dreams and Schemes | One Way or Another | Our Favorite Things | The Osiris Files | Ouch! | Panning for Pyrites | Remote Control | Rerun Scenario | | Southern Lights | Subject: Adventure | Suffering Heroes | Sweet Justice | Wild Cards | The Yule Tide

Sample Online Fanworks

Sample Fanart

Fanvids

Mailing Lists

Archives, Communities & Resources

2018 Reboot Fandom Overview

The 2018 series reboot focuses fiction on the Higgins/Magnum pairing. On AO3, there are 1858 works.

Notes

  1. ^ Text extracted from a 2015 eBay seller

References

  1. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (May 11, 2018). "Magnum P.I., God Friended Me & The Red Line Dramas Get CBS Series Orders". Deadline Hollywood.
  2. ^ Andreeva, Nellie; Pedersen, Erik (July 9, 2018). "CBS Fall 2018 Premiere Dates: Big Bang & Young Sheldon To Help Launch Magnum PI & Murphy Brown Revival". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved July 14, 2018.
  3. ^ "Original Series, Season I, Episode 6". IMDb. January 15, 1981.
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