Ed Asner To Reprise Role From Original ‘Hawaii Five-0′ In The Series’ CBS Reboot

Ed Asner is upgrading his status on Hawaii Five-0 from a guest star to recurring. In a very unusual series guest arc spanning 36 years, the multiple Emmy winner will guest star on CBS’Hawaii Five-0 reboot in the spring, reprising the role of August March, which he played in an episode of the original series in 1975.

In a first for the new Hawaii Five-0, footage from the original series will be featured in Asner’s episode. It will be from the actor’s first Hawaii Five-0 appearance in an 1975 episode titled Wooden Model Of A Rat, in which August March (Asner) was an up-and-coming world class smuggler. Now a reformed man after serving 30 years in prison for murder, March lives on O’ahu and is approached by the Five-0 to assist on a smuggling case. “It is thrilling to, for the first time, merge the original Hawaii Five-0 and our new show by having the classic, versatile and award-winning actor Ed Asner reprise his role of August March, a character Mr. Asner first played 36 years ago,” Hawaii Five-0 executive producer/showrunner Peter Lenkov said. “There is no better way to form a bridge between our reboot and the original series.”

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B.J. Penn films 'Hawaii Five-0' episode

Hilo native and former UFC lightweight and welterweight champion fighter B.J. Penn will appear in an upcoming episode of "Hawaii Five-0."

In his Bleacher Report blog, Penn writes that he finished filming last week.

"I played just a random no-name guy. I guess you would call him like a surf punk type of person," Penn wrote. "The cool thing is they can expand on that character if they want, and I can come back and do other small appearances on the show.

"Kala (Alexander), one of the guys involved with the series, said I was holding my own in the acting department, so that was pretty awesome. He made me feel good!"

CBS said Penn plays a member of a North Shore gang.

The episode is tentatively scheduled to air Dec. 12.

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Hawaii Five-0 2.12 "Alaheo Pau'ole" Press Release

ON THE EVE OF CHIN HO’S WEDDING, THE FIVE-0 WORK A CASE OF A MAN LEFT FOR DEAD IN AN ABANDONED WWII BUNKER, ON “HAWAII FIVE-0,” MONDAY, DEC. 12

Tom Sizemore Returns as Capt. Vincent Fryer

CHEAT TWEET: Chin Ho and Malia tie the knot! #H50 12/12 10PM ET/PT http://bit.ly/rV1bi7

“Alaheo Pau’ole*” – On the eve of Chin Ho’s wedding to Malia, the Five-0’s investigation into a man left for dead in an abandoned WWII bunker crosses paths with Capt. Fryer’s case of a Jane Doe, on HAWAII FIVE-0, Monday, Dec. 12 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.

(*Alaheo Pau’ole is Hawaiian for “Gone Forever”)

SERIES REGULARS:
Alex O’Loughlin (Steve McGarrett)
Scott Caan (Danny “Danno” Williams)
Daniel Dae Kim (Chin Ho Kelly)
Grace Park (Kono Kalakaua)
Masi Oka (Dr. Max Bergman)
Lauren German (Officer Lori Weston)

RECURRING CAST:
Terry O’Quinn (Joe White)
Tom Sizemore (Capt. Vincent Fryer
Taylor Wiley (Kamekona)
Reiko Aylesworth (Malia Waincroft)

GUEST CAST:
Ian Anthony Dale (Adam Noshimuri)
Kala Alexander (Kawika)
Michael Ng (Rafe Tong)
Chase Bridgman (Jimmy the Nerd)
Pakela Moriwaki (The Jock)
Reyn Mager Aubrey (Tulley the Smart Aleck)
Jeremy Ratchford (Chet)
Michael Buie (Mitch Kolat)
Liana Green Wright (Tina)
Joe Reegan (Shane)
Gail O’Grady (Sharon Archer)
BJ Penn (Kapu Member)
Kordell Kekoa (Priest)

WRITTEN BY: Elwood Reid
DIRECTED BY: Jeff Thomas

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HAWAII FIVE-0 SCREENING PARTY

Every Monday night, join other Hawaii Five-O fan-atics at Apartment3 to watch the episode. Drink specials and themed menu items served all night. Reserve your table or booth early, or just sit at the bar and join along with impromptu drinking games and discuss during the commercials. Stay and dance afterwards with a DJ after party. For more information click here

Alex O'Loughlin "The Backstory"

Hawaii Five-0 2.11 "Pahele" Promo

Scott and James Caan have dinner at Madeo Restaurant

Hawaii Five-0 All The Right Moves Promo

Hawaii Five-0 Cast Interviews for RTL Belgium

Masi Oka Enters Video Game Development

Long before actor Masi Oka broke into Hollywood with the NBC TV hit, “Heroes,” his work had been seen by millions of people on the big screen. It’s just that they didn’t know it. Oka spent years as a programmer for George Lucas’ Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) writing hundreds of thousands of lines of code. It was his programming that allowed ILM to bring the water effects to life in films like The Perfect Storm.

In fact, even though he doesn’t actively write code for ILM any more, his technology can still be seen on the big screen in films like Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. While Oka is currently starring in the CBS hit, “Hawaii Five-0,” he’s using his programming background to actively develop original video games aimed at the Japanese audience. The tech guru and self-professed gamer talks about his latest projects in this exclusive interview.

Complex: In the past you’ve been a devoted World of Warcraft player. Have you been able to check outCataclysm? 

Masi Oka: I haven’t been able to play Cataclysm at all. I know if I picked that up, I’m going to be addicted to it. Even in Hawaii when I have any free time, I’m focusing right now at least trying to get these other projects up, whether it’s these new game projects I’m working on or writing, producing, and even directing stuff. It’s been taking up my time.

I love games. When I have time, I’ll play it, but these days I just like to play my social games and the casual apps on my iPad because I know it’s going to be a small investment of my time. If I pick a COD or a WOW again, I know I’m going to be completely hooked and spending my time there. As much as I love it, I have to take a break for a good year or two until I get my other things set up, then maybe I can just relax a little. Hopefully, if I ever have kids, one day I’ll be able to play with them.

What casual games do you play on your iPad?

Mostly for iPad I’ll just play games like Civilization, Pirates, and Final Fantasy and the Chaos Rings, which has a great nostalgia factor. I love strategy and RPG games.

How has your programming background from ILM helped you with your new videogame projects?

Without a doubt, it’s been a huge help because it allows me to talk to designers. Coming from a programming background, I have a good sense of what’s feasible and what’s not feasible in a game. I wasn’t the best UI programmer, but I know to use the interface and that stuff. It’s definitely given me a leg up in terms of being able to talk to the people in the games industry.

 

Coming from a programming background, I have a good sense of what’s feasible and what’s not feasible in a game.

 

Literally, I don’t have that many ideas that I want to push, but the one that I do push, I’ve had people react very favorably to. It’s just everything moves slower in the gaming world and the digital world.

When will people be able to see your first game? 

We’re still working on a couple of things. There are a couple of new ideas that are being worked on, as well.

Do you have a publisher, or are you just self-publishing the stuff?

For the casual stuff, I have a developer and a publisher, but they’re just behind the things that need to get settled. Then I’m just working on a couple of other things with some Japanese publishers, as well.

Are your games targeted specifically for the Japanese audience, or do you see any of this coming out in the U.S.?

Oh, yeah. I could see definitely a lot of it coming out in the U.S.

How has the boom in the mobile and social gaming business impacted your ability to turn an idea into a videogame?

It’s been huge. On the console side, I had this great idea and I had a developer and everything. I was going around to all of the publishers and it was tough to get anyone on board because they needed to see something concrete.

At least with casual and social games, you can prototype something much quicker and much cheaper if you bring people on board. In some sense, games – and apps, in particular -- can become the new comics for the Hollywood entertainment industry, where you can generate IP through introducing new apps and games.

Are you looking for your casual games coming out on smartphones, tablets and PCs?

 

Look at past EA deals that they made with Steven Spielberg and Zack Snyder. I haven’t seen much come out of that.

 

Yes. Console games are just hard to break into in terms of original IP. Look at past EA deals that they made with Steven Spielberg and Zack Snyder. I haven’t seen much come out of that. Even console games makers are starting to get a little bit protective, because they don’t want to invest that much money into a new franchise if it’s not proven.

It’s just like the movie models these days, where everyone is going with franchises, sequels, or big name stars. There’s no reason for the publishers to really go after a “new IP” unless it makes huge business sense to them and something’s guaranteed. That’s why it’s much easier in the mobile space.

That’s basically what Activision is doing. Outside of Call of Duty and World of Warcraft, they’re not doing a whole lot of games.

Yeah, it makes sense business-wise. Hopefully, they can ride those franchises forever and ever. With gamers, I think you have people who like franchises and there’s always that next generation that’s coming into the games. Fortunately, you have your IP and game engine in place, so you can go on top of it and just add new features with each new title or expansion. I remember when I had friends who were working on the Tony Hawk franchise, that’s what they did. They built an engine for a couple of games and then just added new features on top of it.

Then there comes a time when you need a complete technology change and you have to really build for the future, but a lot of times when you get to release new stuff, you can rebuild on the IP. It’s like a movie franchise, where you’re rebuilding all the old characters and just coming up with new stories. It’s a lot more efficient that way. So I can understand business-wise it’s much easier, but it just becomes difficult to find new stuff. For us, trying to create a new IP, it makes it difficult to break in outside of the more casual and social games space.

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Grace Park at Diane von Furstenberg opening Party

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Alex O'Loughlin arriving at GQ Man of the Year Awards

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Alex O'Loughlin at GQ Awards Video

HAWAII FIVE-0 “Ki’ilua” Review (Daemon's TV)

Well we’ve all been waiting for the moment when the crap was going to hit the fan after we found out that Jenna was working for Wo Fat, and in tonight’s episode it did just that. She tricks Steve into going with her to South Korea to save her fiancé from kidnappers, forgetting to mention of course that he is the ransom – oh and that Wo Fat is the kidnapper.

Steve trusts her so he goes in and gets himself in a world of trouble. Meanwhile back at home the team starts getting clues that Jenna has been lying to them. After she finds out that her fiancé is dead, she tries to undo the wrongs by calling the team in and even giving Steve a means of escape. It was no surprise that those are Jenna’s last acts on earth, but I appreciated the redemption and I even felt myself not hating her by the time she died.

Danny calls in help from Joe and soon the team is off on their own to South Korea, with no military supplies or back-up, facing possible federal charges, prison and of course death – and doing it all for their friend. I love me a good rescue op so the last twenty minutes or so of this episode was a blast to watch. With great lines from special guest star Jimmy Buffet, the team camaraderie and general badassness of everyone involved, it was the perfect mix of emotional, hysterical and action.

My favorite bits..

That whole crawling under the bed and hiding thing? It never works.

Holy cow! Chin is engaged? I can’t say I expected that to happen so fast.

“Yeah, jerk, I’m concerned. Big deal.” – Yep, that sounds like concern to me.

Starting to worry the moment that Steve said “what could go wrong?” and Danny said “nothing to worry about” within 30 seconds of each other.

Steve knowing it wasn’t Josh, even with the bag on the man’s head.

Loving the way they shot the gun fight. The shaking camera effect made it that much more exciting.

Danny knowing something was up with Steve, even when everyone else tried to logically explain why he wasn’t answering his phone.

“No, I’m not implying. I’m saying it.”

Danny going to Joe for help.

Really not liking the sounds coming from behind the door after they dragged Steve inside.

You know when you can tell you’ve been watching too much of The Walking Dead? When you keep expecting Jenna’s dead fiancé to get up and start eating her. On a more serious note though, that scene was beyond intense. The music they chose for it was great.

Everyone’s reaction when Jenna said the name Wo Fat.

Jenna throwing the phone out of the window so that they could keep tracing the signal. As pissed as I was at her for dragging Steve there, I had to admire that move.

Trying to figure out what the heck Jenna pulled out of her fiancé’s body.

No way did I think any of them were going to do it, but I still enjoyed the moment when Joe offered to let any of the team back down from the mission.

The SEALs showing up.

Jenna admitting to Steve that she traded him for Josh.

“I’m more of a margarita guy myself.”
“Can’t argue with you there.” – Haha! Nice little nod to us Jimmy Buffet fans.

“You have a chicken nesting in your helicopter, sir.”

Cracking up at the 8-track in the chopper…and wondering how many people watching the episode had no clue what it was. I feel so old now. LOL.

Danny asking if Frank ever flew the chopper sober. I’m going with ‘not.’

Steve laughing at Wo Fat after the guy had just beaten him bloody.

Jenna sliding the key (?) to Steve before she was killed. (I still have no clue what that thing was)

That unbelievable move Steve did when he took the key from his feet and passed it to his hands. Wow.

Wondering how Weston knew how to put together an RPG, considering she had just said she didn’t know how to shoot one.

Not being able to help the huge grin that went across my face when Danny opened that flap and Steve’s eyes bugged out at the sight of his partner. Awwww!

That whole final scene in the chopper, from Danny telling Steve he didn’t have to thank him, to Chin announcing his engagement and of course the joke about not getting married and just buying a house for a woman you hate.

Hawaii Five-0 2.10 "Ki'ilua" Monday's Broadcast Ratings

Here are the highlights of the 14 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the broadcast networks last night:

CBS(11.97 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 4.0, #1) was the top demo draw on Monday with its usual mix of"How I Met Your Mother"(10.07 million viewers, #7; adults 18-49: 4.3, #3),"2 Broke Girls"(11.19 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 4.4, #2),"Two and a Half Men"(15.74 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 5.2, #1),"Mike & Molly"(13.10 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 4.2, #4) and"Hawaii Five-0"(10.34 million viewers, #6; adults 18-49: 2.8, #6).

A silver medal then went toABC(14.00 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 2.8, #2) with the penultimate installment of"Dancing With the Stars"(20.04 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 3.6, #5), the series premiere of"You Deserve It"(10.05 million viewers, #8; adults 18-49: 2.1, #T9) and a new"Castle"(11.92 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 2.7, #7).

Next up wasFOX(6.92 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 2.3, #3) with fresh installments of"Terra Nova"(6.49 million viewers, #10; adults 18-49: 2.1, #T9) and"House"(7.34 million viewers, #9; adults 18-49: 2.5, #8).

Meanwhile,NBC(4.04 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 1.2, #4) continued to struggle with its pairing of"The Sing-Off"(4.25 million viewers, #11; adults 18-49: 1.4, #11) and"Rock Center With Brian Williams"(3.63 million viewers, #12; adults 18-49: 0.9, #12).

And finally, new episodes of"Gossip Girl"(1.48 million viewers, #14; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T13) and"Hart of Dixie"(1.79 million viewers, #13; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T13) onThe CW(1.64 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 0.7, #5) rounded out the night. In the netlet's target demo (women 18-34), "Gossip Girl" delivered a 1.3 rating while "Dixie" posted a 1.3 rating.

Week-to-week changes (adults 18-49):
+16.67% - Hart of Dixie
+16.67% - Gossip Girl
+8.00% - Castle (vs. 11/7/11)
+5.88% - Dancing With the Stars
0.00% - House
-1.89% - Two and a Half Men
-4.44% - How I Met Your Mother
-4.55% - Mike & Molly
-6.67% - The Sing-Off
-8.33% - 2 Broke Girls
-8.70% - Terra Nova
-15.15% - Hawaii Five-0
-30.77% - Rock Center With Brian Williams


Year-to-year changes (adults 18-49):
+133.33% - Hart of Dixie (vs. Gossip Girl (Repeat))
+133.33% - Gossip Girl (vs. 90210 (Repeat))
+51.72% - 2 Broke Girls (vs. Rules of Engagement)
+38.89% - House (vs. Lie to Me)
+22.86% - How I Met Your Mother
+22.73% - Castle (vs. Skating With the Stars)
+15.56% - Two and a Half Men
+5.00% - Mike & Molly
-12.50% - Hawaii Five-0
-17.65% - The Sing-Off (vs. Chuck/The Event)
-23.40% - Dancing With the Stars
-35.71% - Rock Center With Brian Williams (vs. Chase)
-36.36% - You Deserve It (vs. Dancing With the Stars/Skating With the Stars)
-38.24% - Terra Nova (vs. House)


In late-night metered market ratings (via NBC's press release):


In Nielsen's 56 metered markets, household results were: "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," 2.7/7; CBS's "Late Show with David Letterman," 2.7/7; and ABC's combo of "Nightline," 4.0/9; and "Jimmy Kimmel Live," 1.7/5.

In the 25 markets with Local People Meters, adult 18-49 results were: "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," 0.7/3; "Late Show," 0.8/3; "Nightline," 1.3/6; and "Jimmy Kimmel Live," 0.7/4.

At 12:35 a.m., "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" (1.3/4 in metered-market households) trailed CBS's "Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson" (1.4/5). In the 25 markets with Local People Meters, "Late Night" (0.4/2 in 18-49) trailed "Late Late Show" (0.5/3).

At 1:35 a.m., "Last Call with Carson Daly" averaged a 0.8/3 in metered-market households with an encore and a 0.3/2 in adults 18-49 in the 25 markets with local people meters.

Here are the highlights of the 15 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the broadcast networks one year ago (11/22/10):

CBS(11.43 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 3.5, #1) escaped with the adults 18-49 crown on Monday thanks to new episodes of"How I Met Your Mother"(8.98 million viewers, #7; adults 18-49: 3.5, #5),"Rules of Engagement"(8.13 million viewers, #9; adults 18-49: 2.9, #8),"Two and a Half Men"(14.31 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 4.5, #2),"Mike & Molly"(12.99 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 4.0, #4) and"Hawaii Five-0"(12.09 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 3.2, #7).

Second place then fell toABC(15.13 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 3.4, #2) with a one-hour"Dancing With the Stars"(23.28 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 4.7, #1), a half-hour"Dancing With the Stars Overrun/Skating With the Stars"(19.45 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 4.4, #3) and the concluding 90 minutes of"Skating With the Stars"(8.27 million viewers, #8; adults 18-49: 2.2, #9).

Next up wasFOX(7.48 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 2.6, #3) with new episodes of"House"(9.24 million viewers, #6; adults 18-49: 3.4, #6) and"Lie to Me"(5.72 million viewers, #10; adults 18-49: 1.8, #10).

Meanwhile,NBC(5.10 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 1.6, #4) was out of the hunt with its mix of"Chuck"(4.80 million viewers, #13; adults 18-49: 1.7, #T11),"The Event"(5.18 million viewers, #12; adults 18-49: 1.7, #T11) and"Chase"(5.33 million viewers, #11; adults 18-49: 1.4, #13).

And finally, repeats of"90210"(0.89 million viewers, #14; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T14) and"Gossip Girl"(0.84 million viewers, #15; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T14) onThe CW(0.86 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 0.3, #5) rounded out the evening.

Week-to-week changes (adults 18-49): Dancing With the Stars (17.50%), Chase (16.70%), Hawaii Five-0 (14.30%), Mike & Molly (5.30%), The Event (0.00%), How I Met Your Mother (0.00%), Rules of Engagement (0.00%), Two and a Half Men (0.00%), Chuck (-5.60%), Lie to Me (-10.00%), House (-15.00%).

In late-night metered market ratings, ABC's"Nightline"(3.2/8) took top honors ahead of CBS's"Letterman"(3.0/7) and NBC's"Leno"(2.8/7). Rounding out the night then were"Kimmel"(1.7/5) on ABC"Ferguson"(1.4/5) on CBS and"Fallon"(1.3/4) and"Daly"(0.8/3) on NBC.

Source: Nielsen Media Research