Hawaii (TV series)

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Hawaii
Also known asPearl City
Genre
Created by Jeff Eastin
Starring
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes8
Production
Executive producerJeff Eastin
Producers
  • Jay Benson
  • Wendy West
Running time43 minutes
Production companies
Original release
Network NBC
ReleaseSeptember 1 (2004-09-01) 
October 13, 2004 (2004-10-13)

Hawaii is an American police procedural crime drama television series produced and distributed by NBC Universal Television for the NBC television network. [1] [2] Originally titled Pearl City, this police drama was produced with the series Hawaii Five-O in mind, and debuted on September 1 and aired through October 6, 2004. Written by Executive Producer Jeff Eastin, the series revolves around a fictional elite crime unit of the Honolulu Police Department headed by veteran detective and local legend Sean Harrison (Michael Biehn) and John Declan (Sharif Atkins), a former Chicago Police Department detective transferred to Hawaii for his talents.

Contents

The series was written by Jeff Eastin, Chris Black, Reid Steiner, Wendy West, Eric Haywood, and Travis Romero.

The series was canceled in October 2004 and though eight episodes were filmed, only seven were aired.

Cast

Main

Recurring

Episodes

No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
1"Hawaiian Justice" Daniel Sackheim Jeff Eastin September 1, 2004 (2004-09-01)
2"Underground" Guy Ferland Chris BlackSeptember 6, 2004 (2004-09-06)
3"Cops 'n' Robbers"Jeffrey ReinerStory by: Dean Widenmann
Teleplay by: Jeff Eastin
September 8, 2004 (2004-09-08)
4"Psych Out"Joe Ann FogleUnknownSeptember 15, 2004 (2004-09-15)
5"Lost and Found"Josh PateDean WidenmannSeptember 22, 2004 (2004-09-22)
6"No Man Is an Island"Gloria MuzioEric HaywoodSeptember 29, 2004 (2004-09-29)
7"Out of Time"Felix AlcalaTerri KoppOctober 6, 2004 (2004-10-06)
8"Almost Paradise"UnknownUnknownOctober 13, 2004 (2004-10-13)

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References

  1. Lowry, Brian. "Hawaii". Variety. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  2. Smith, Sid. "NBC's 'Hawaii' needs more than crime and cliches". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 12 October 2023.