Spoiler Alert: The following article contains details about the pilot episodes of Magnum P.I. and Manifest
If you were at San Diego Comic-Con in July, you might have been treated to an advance screening of the pilots for CBS’ reboot of Magnum P.I. and NBC’s Manifest. Both series premiere on Sept. 24 and one is an action-packed and solid modern-day homage to a TV classic that was once fronted by a mustachioed private investigator, while the other just seems to get “lost” in its premise. I’ll let you guess which one is which.
The new Magnum P.I. is not playing around. The pilot episode opens with the titular Thomas Magnum (Jay Hernandez) Halo-jumping from space — yes, space — into North Korea to rescue a family to take them to America. It all seems so… unbelievable. That’s because what we are seeing didn’t necessarily happen.
The action-packed...
If you were at San Diego Comic-Con in July, you might have been treated to an advance screening of the pilots for CBS’ reboot of Magnum P.I. and NBC’s Manifest. Both series premiere on Sept. 24 and one is an action-packed and solid modern-day homage to a TV classic that was once fronted by a mustachioed private investigator, while the other just seems to get “lost” in its premise. I’ll let you guess which one is which.
The new Magnum P.I. is not playing around. The pilot episode opens with the titular Thomas Magnum (Jay Hernandez) Halo-jumping from space — yes, space — into North Korea to rescue a family to take them to America. It all seems so… unbelievable. That’s because what we are seeing didn’t necessarily happen.
The action-packed...
- 9/21/2018
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
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