Magnum P.I. Canceled With Season 5 at NBC

The Magnum P.I. reboot is formally set to return to an finish on NBC with the discharge of Season 5, Half 2 in 2024.

As damaged by Deadline, NBC has opted to not order extra episodes of Magnum P.I. past the 20-episode fifth season it picked up final yr. The outlet reviews that NBC is anticipated to “mount a large marketing campaign” for what can be marketed because the present’s last chapter, consisting of the remaining 10 episodes.

Primarily based on the 1980-1988 sequence of the identical title, Magnum P.I. initially premiered on CBS in 2018. The sequence stars Jay Hernandez as Thomas Magnum, a job occupied by Tom Selleck within the authentic ’80s incarnation. Because of licensing price disagreements with Common, CBS canceled the Magnum P.I. reboot in 2022 after 4 seasons. Shortly after, NBC revived the present for a 20-episode fifth season, which might be cut up into two components.

Why did NBC simply cancel Magnum P.I.?

The ten episodes that make up Magnum P.I. Season 5, Half 1 aired on NBC from February 2023 to April 2023. Season 5, Half 2 is presently anticipated to air as a part of the 2024 midseason. Nevertheless, Deadline reviews that the brand new episodes may doubtlessly arrive earlier, relying on the influence of the continued Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike.

Whereas Magnum P.I. Season 5, Half 2 isn’t slated to air till subsequent yr, the choices on the forged expire in only a matter of days on June 30. In line with Deadline, this “pressured the problem now.” Evidently, NBC had three choices: give the present an early Season 6 renewal, prolong the choices on the forged, or launch the forged and finish the present.

An early Season 6 renewal was unlikely, given the truth that networks are hesitant handy out pickups through the aforementioned WGA strike. In the meantime, extending the choices would have imposed an extended maintain on the forged, since — in that situation — NBC wouldn’t need to make a Season 6 renewal resolution for one more yr. As such, the community finally went with possibility quantity three.