Will ‘Magnum P.I.’ Be Saved With New Freevee Streaming Deal?
As Magnum P.I. prepares to air the second half of its fifth and final season on NBC starting October 4, a new streaming deal could give the beloved show new hope of returning.
According to TVLine, the reboot’s first four seasons will land on Amazon’s free streaming service Freevee on Friday, September 1, making it the only place where viewers can watch old episodes. Currently, NBC’s streamer Peacock only carries the fifth and final season.
Could Freevee give the show another chance of survival? After all, Freevee has brought back the previously axed long-running Australian soap opera Neighbours, which is set to return on September 18.
The Jay Hernandez and Perdita Weeks-led Magnum P.I. was already saved once by NBC after CBS dropped it after four seasons. However, in June, it was reported that NBC opted not to order additional episodes beyond the ten-episode second half of Season 5, choosing instead to let the cast options expire on June 30.
But streaming has been known to save series in the past. You only have to look at the resurgence of Suits — which has been breaking streaming records on Netflix — to see how canceled shows can reach new audiences. And Freevee itself has a history of saving axed series.
Take the American-Filipino crime drama Almost Paradise, for example, which WGN dropped in 2020. A deal was made with Freevee to stream the entire first season to gauge public interest in another season. In the end, Freevee (then IMDb TV) picked up the show for a second season, which debuted on February 8, 2022.
Similarly, the Jeff Daniels-starring American Rust, which was canceled after one season on Showtime in January 2022. Once again, Freevee swooped in to save the day, reviving the show for a second season in June 2022.
So if Magnum P.I. is a hit with Freevee viewers, it isn’t out of the realm of possibility that the show might yet return for a sixth season and beyond.
Magnum P.I. debuted on CBS in 2018 as a reboot of the 1980s series of the same name, which starred Tom Selleck. In the new version, Hernandez plays the titular private eye, a former Navy SEAL living and solving crimes in Hawaii.
Will you be watching Magnum P.I. episodes on Freevee? And would you like to see the show continue? Let us know in the comments.
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Absolutely! I know it isn’t the original Magnum P.I. but I never expected it to be. I view it as its own show and love it. I want to see how the relationship develops between Magnum and Higgins so I will definitely watch.
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I enjoyed the original with Tom Selleck and I enjoy the reboot with Jay Hernandez and crew, as much if not more. I believe Freevee would be making a large financial mistake by not picking-up the series. It seems to have a rather substantial fan base. Freevee and "Magmum PI" producers need to keep in mind, that "Cheers" was almost cancelled in its first season.
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I would definitely like to see Magnum PI continue the series.
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I love Magnam PI! Please keep it on the air. It floors me thatore aren't watching it. Then again with the way shows are being moved around, it's hard to follow.
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I grew up on Magnum PI and still watch it daily through streams. Tom Selleck is amazing in all his shows.
When the new Magnum PI came on, I immediately took to it. It's a fantastic show with great chemistry between Thomas and Higgins. My wife and I watch it every week and I will definitely watch the streamed first 4 seasons, hoping it gains enough traction to get picked up again. It really is an hour of entertaining television.
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My wife and I think The new Magnum PI show is fantastic. We will definitely look forward to watching more episodes in the future.
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I would love to see the show continue. This show is wonderful. Love all the characters!
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Definitely! Loved the series.
Please give us another season.
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Yes, bring it back. My wife & I watch it every week.
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Absolutely! I have had so many friends want to watch the show and not be able to unless they purchase it. I am so excited to finally share with them. We are going to bring it back. #SaveMagnumPI Part 2!
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Will definitely be watching new and old episodes. Cast is great. Like the partnership of Magnum and Higgins. One of our favorite shows. Despite polling figures people over 60 still spend money but for smart purchases and not necessarily impulse junk.
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I have been enjoying the reboot of Magnum P I as much as the original, and would definitely love to see the the series continue.
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I love Magnum PI please keep it going one of the best shows , The chemistry between Magnum and Higgins you can't miss,and the friendship that's more like family that's the best between them all
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oh my gosh, so happy if this is pick up again. It is my favorite show other than Friends. Please please pick up Magnum PI. I don’t understand why CBS canceled it to begin with. It is so much better than shows on CBS, NBC AND ABC. Please save it.
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The new Magnum P. I. Is great. Please continue it.
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One of the best show i like frewee to renew magnum pi for a Sith season and beyond
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Love the show and could not believe CBS and now NBC dropped it. So much awful stuff on tv these days and here’s a show the family can watch and all be entertained. Bring it back!
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YES, SAVE MAGNUM PI! Yes we'll be watching when it returns! Yes we love the show and cast! Yes we want saved! It's a fantastic show, delightful cast, showingscenery of Hawaii in a different way from other shows. Love everything about it. Thank you!
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I will definitely be watching magnum pi on freevee!!
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My favorite show on regular networks. Since Magnum was cancelled we spend all our time in streaming stations
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Save Magnum pi for a 6 th season please save great cast suspenful show
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Love the reboot and certainly hope it can continue
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I like the new reboot Freevee please pick them up mahalo!
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I love the new magnum P.I. Would love to see it continue!
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I enjoy Magnum PI, truly hope they find a way to save it, and continue making new episodes..
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I want a sixth 7 and 8th season of magnum pi love jay hernandez 100 épisodes and beyond its my favorite show ever !
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I truly hope Freevee saves it! It's disappointing that NBC only revived it to then cancel it. We will be watching the former seasons on Freevee and the new season on NBC!
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Magnum PI on Freevee is a great idea. I am currently watching Season 2 of Almost Paradise. It is also, just like Magnum PI, an excellent show with a lot of heart and humor.
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Love the show! Cheers to Freeve for picking up seasons. They have a lot of great stuff on there. I plan on watching seasons 1-4 on there. Looking forward to new season of Bosch. Almost Paradise is great! I love the closeness of the characters on Magnum. Bring it on! Maybe they could continue All Rise.
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I definitely will watch. I love the new Magnum P I. So much better than reality shows or some of the other stuff out there. I love a good story and great characters and magnum has that.
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I will definitely be downloading the Freevee app and watching Magnum PI. Can’t wait for Sept. 1st!!!
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I was disappointed when I found out that Magnum was firstly moved to NBC to die. Yes, I will watch it if the show continues to be produced.
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Magnum is one of my fav shows, and I will follow where they go as long as Jay Hernandez is still producing and Perdita Weeks is still Higgins kicking it !
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Yes and Yes...it would be wonderful to find a home on Freevee. It would be great for Hawaii now to have the show there with all the heartache they have endured since the fire.
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Magma with Jay Hernandez has been one of my favorites since it aired. Yes I will watch it just as I watch Almost Paradise.
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Keep Magnum!!!
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Definitely would love to have more seasons. The best show on TV. Love the characters and the cast. Has action, humor and friends that are family.
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I was skeptical about a new Magnum PI the first season and decided to give the show a try. My husband and I really enjoy it and watch every episode! We would love for the show to continue on Freevee! The cast members are great together and of course the beautiful Hawaii scenery adds some magic too! Keep the show Freevee!
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I love magnum pi jay h love it for it à sixth season and beyond its my favorite show please have it 100 épisode mark and beyond
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I will definitely watch Magnum, Higgins and the crew wherever the show comes on. Great show, I have never missed an episode.!
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Yes, I would definitely watch it! It is my favorite show and was so disappointed when CBS canceled it and then NBC. All the characters are great and it's always a good family show.
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Absolutely save Magnum PI, it is the best show on tv these days.
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Another favorite show I can't afford to pay for. So sad, the greed
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I only watch one weekly show & that is Magnum. It's a wholesome, fun look at great characters & their struggles & love for each other & their sometimes quirky jobs. The cast are each great at giving their character life, hope & love. It is a diverse cast & the scenery is beautiful. Hawaii needs a win right now after having fires that caused senseless loss of lives. Please give them another chance!
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I will watch Magnum PI on Freevee and hope they pick it up for additional new episodes
I enjoy the show and cast
I feel the show is at a critical juncture that if no one picks it up many fans will be greatly disappointed
I also feel that like Almost Paradise has helped the Philippines, continuing Magnum PI would be a great help to Hawaii. So many natural disasters occurring it would help our 50th state financially and promotionally
Along similar lines, an hour of Magnum is like a virtual escape in paradise for viewers. At least, I find it a visually beautiful and love seeing the islands.
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Yes! I live this series and want it to come back, no question!
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Yes please keep Magnum PI coming. I watched the original and I love the new one. Would be sad to see it go.
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Yes, I'll be watching!! I love Magnum, PI!!
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I would ❤️ if the series continued. Freevee would be a good home for it. Honestly, I felt it was too sunny for NBC. They prefer depressing Dick Wolf shows only.
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Oh yes!! Save it!!
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Yes most definitely would watch Magnum, please keep it going!
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I absolutely want the jay hernandez magnum pi to continue!!! I like it better than the original!
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Keep Magnum on TV! Great show!
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I have to believe this is a sign. We need this show to come back. It’s the only show I really look forward to every single week.
#SaveMagnumPI
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I like magnum pi it a good show for all of us to watch on the TV you don't no wat is going to happen next in the show
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Yes we will watching Magnum. We love the show and hope it has a 6th season.
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I just LOVE the Magnum P.I. shows. I hope that they will continue to air it! It's one of my favorite. The characters are great..PLEASE keep it on the air!!!
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💯! Loved the OG Magnum & really love the new one! There is waaaayyyyyyy too much reality TV- which is neither real, nor accurate in depiction. It's rare these days to be entertained. Ty Freevee for saving Magnum pi!
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I will always watch Magnum!!
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I hope it gets renewed by anybody! It’s a great series that I so enjoy watching.
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I think it is a great thing to keep magnum p.i. going nbc and cbs will both see what they missed out on cause I see this show going a very long way.
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Absolutely would watch
Magnum
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As a family we love MagPI!! Hoping Freevee picks it up - if they do we’ll tune in for sure!! #keepmagnumpi
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I would watch it for sure! Go freevee.
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Yes, please save this show! I’ve never been so emotional over a tv series. This series is the best and it’s great for the whole family. Please please please Freevee, save this show!!
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yes SOMEBODY please keep Magnum P.I. One of a few shows left, that's worth watching!!
AND on a regular channel that we don't have to pay extra for!
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Keep showing Magnum. It’s great!
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Yes! Definitely yes!
It's fun, it's, interesting, the cast is very likeable and the story line follows a lost art in television!
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Yes
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Please add more. And fantasy island as well...great reboots
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Yes! I'll be watching on Freevee! We love Magnum. Needs to go another 10 years!
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Yes I will be watching. I also think that it was better written with nice story lines when it moved to Peacock.
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Yes hate to see this show get cancelled.
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We want Magnum back.
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I think magnum pi should be saved it is very good show for us to watch people like that tv show do not let us down
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Luv the show. There are not much where families can joy shows together. We will be watching PI
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I love Magnum. I really hope that Freevee picks it up. I think that Jay Hernandez is a much sexier Magnum than Tom Selleck
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My wife and I look forward to seeing, please keep it going
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I'd love to see Freevee pick up Magnum PI and bring new episodes forward in the coming seasons. I'm assuming it was a financial decision, but I believe CBS made a big mistake not continuing the series and then NBC never really gave it a shot to succeed. I loved the original Magnum with Tom Selleck, but I like this version too.
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I hope a continuation of magnum on freevee will happen. I enjoy watching it.
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Love, Love ,love the current Magnum series. Please, please, please keep it on network channels . We don't use streaming services. Love the characters and what's going on with their relationships as well as their on going great detective work.
Networks wake up, T V is dying,
reality and game shows are awful.
Need all the great shows back. NNCIS, FBI, Mcgiver, Magnum Hawaii Five 0
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Keep Magnum episodes coming. Truly fun to watch!
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Yes!! Love the show!!
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We would love to see magnum continue in any form. My wife and I always looked forward to Friday night when on cbs.
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I'll definitely watch Magnum on Freevee if they bring new seasons.
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I really hope this works to save magnum. I love the show and hate when mainstream TV would rather do crappy reality shows versus good quality shows like magnum p.i. and almost paradise. Here's hoping.
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I love, love, love Magnum PI! I will totally be watching! Please save Magnum PI!
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I love the new mpi I liked the old one but love the new one better I love his sexy partner and all the new cast that you brought in .I believe it will be a hit on Netflix or prime. Because no one like commercial any more I personally can't stand them
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Love the show and it's cast. Keep the episodes coming.
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It's a favorite in our house. We want more.
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Please keep Magnum P.I. on, it has been so refreshing to watch this clean show!!! We looked forward to every Friday night when it was on CBS, then Sunday nights on NBC, so excited that Freebee will be streaming!!! So ready to watch!!!
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I am hoping that Freevee will pick it up. I was so mad when NBC dropped it again. Felt like they got our hopes up for nothing! Magnum is one of my favorite shows. Please freevee save it!
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Love the show. Have every episode saved on Apple TV.
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Absolutely would watch it.
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Yes. Keep Magnum going somewhere, doesn't matter where.
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Love Magnum PI
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I love magnum pi I would love more seasons
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Bring the show back. I enjoy the new cast.
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Face it nbc has its head up it”s a@@. Bring it back
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YES YES YES!!! PLEASE KEEP IT AND BRING MORE SEASONS!!!🙏🙏
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Yes please
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They shouldnt have cancelled it. I just discovered it and i love it. Cant wait to binge on freebee
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I would love for Magnum to come back! I love that show! Save Magnum P.I. Please
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I will absolutely watch it on FreeVee. It’s a wonderful and perfect show with great cast in a perfect location and it deserves a continuation for very much longer.
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My favorite show.
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Yes, I will watch Magnum PI on Freeview. Its a great show. Bring it back for seniors who cannot get to Hawaii.
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Please save Magnum again!!!
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I love this show! I will definitely be watching Freevee. Please pick it up for more seasons.
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ABSOLUTELY BRING MAGNUM BACK !!!! Excellent cast and show!!! PLEASE!!!!
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Absolutely bring Magnum back.
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Def want more seasons of my fav “Magnum P.I.”!!!
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Why would NBC save this series when it has instituted all the brilliant game shows and moronic other programs which take a kindergarten IQ to understand when Magnum needs some intelligence to watch. I love it, keep it on.
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Good luck watching it on Freevee. One of my tvs can stream it, my other two cannot. All three use appletv, with all the same settings. All other apps play nice, not Freevee. It's a shame because I really like the show.
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Love the new Magnum as much as the original! Would love to see more seasons!
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Yes absolutely I and my wife would love to see new episodes of Magnum it was our favorite show.
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i love it alot and i hope it gets picked up for more seasons .i use to watch the old ones and now the new ones .
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Please bring the new Magnum P. I. back for more seasons on Freevee!!
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Unfortunately the 5th and final season of Magnum P.I. is only available to buy for 19.99 on Freevee. I just started Peacock hoping to stream it there. They don't have it. NBC only has "clips" of the last season. What croc.
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We watched all the episodes and we love it! We really want to keep watching! We ate hoping the show continues!
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I think the show has amazing chemistry between all the actors. They also have explored amazing topics of veterans..homelessness...drug addiction etc.. and I absolutely love Jay Hernandez and Perdita Weeks now that they have finally gotten together. I think the show could go on another 3 of 4 seasons easily with the story lines they created as well as all the characters
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Bring back Magnum PI as it is the best planned action series on TV! It will be a sad day if not continued.
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Yes I really enjoy watching it
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Mimi... "All Rise" is still on television. It moved to the Oxygen channel. This current season is great. Go find it.
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Yes! I want to see more!! And more and more!!
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This show does not NEED to be canceled. These big TV corporations are so annoying with short attention spans. They are just as impatient as this and the last generation...if they don't see ratings quick enough they drop it. They don't consider the fans who watch and pay for their services STRICTLY because they like the shows that are aired, even the ones they cancel. Too many "new this", and "new that" before the other shows can have ample time to build their momentum. Eventually we will have a library of over a billion canceled shows from one 5 year span.
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Yes! And yes!
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Yes, I would definitely be watching Magnum P I on whatever venue is available. I enjoy viewing all of the different personalities and the loving comraderie. We need to watch loving relationships in this ever crazy world that we live in today!!
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I certainly hope they will continue. I Love the new Magnum
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A definite Magnum fan. Hope the series continues on Freevee!
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It would be great to see this series continue!
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I hate streaming! I want it on the TV so the whole family can watch at the same time, not on a cell phone or computer!!! But I will watch wherever I can find it, just not as happily.
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Keep the new shows of Magnum coming. It's part of our lives. Watched the old shows and now hooked on the new version.
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I really enjoy Magnum PI. I also watched the original show starring Tom Selleck. I would really like to continue to watch this version
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Totally enjoy the show! I was very happy NBC picked it up and very unhappy they didn’t renew it. I agree that it is so much better than the junk that’s on TV today.
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Yes!!! One of our favorite shows, we want more! Come on Freevee pick this one up!
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Bring back Magnum, Leverage & Almost Paradise. Not sure I’ll watch Magnum reruns, I’ve seen them all
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I love the show (also watched the original with Tom Selleck) and hope it gets picked up for at least one more season!
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I like this show, and hope it does get saved. I LOVE #SantaClaritaDiet and would love to see it brought back on one of the platforms you've mentioned. #SantaClaritaDietForever #DrewBarrymore #TimothyOlyphant
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We really love this show. The networks keep creating new reality shows and thinning out quality shows. I really hope Freevee brings Magnum back with the same cast and crew
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Yes, yes, yes bring back this great show & if it's on a streaming platform, go for it! It will be awesome. Mahalo! 😎❤🌴🌴🌴🌴
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The reboot is great and I would love to see Freevee pick it up. I watched the original with my mom when I was a kid. If she was still here I know she would love the reboot.
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Bring it back.
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I love it, I watched it on CBS, NBC, and I will watch it on freevee!
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Yes I would definitely watch Magnum PI if the series continues
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This guy and this show aren not Magnum PI....give me a break...cancel it
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The original "magnum, p.i." was a product of its time, but the new version's less than adequate cgi explosions, fires, stunts, etc. really downgrade the program especially in today's 4 and 8K television worlds. And I don't know why we weren't given a Lily Magnum show based on the original instead.
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I think the show Magnum PI should continue. It has a great cast and fun to watch. I love the cars and the action. It's seems more clean cut then most action shows.
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