Peter Lenkov on the cancxelation

[Mr. Mike]

Emme Tomimbang did a retrospective-type show about Classic H50 which was broadcast around the time of the 1996 convention in October 1996 in Honolulu. This appeared on the 7th disc of the season one DVD box set. There were some minor edits in the show on the DVDs as compared to the original broadcast (I don't recall specifically what they are).

Emme did another retrospective more recently, focusing on the H50 reboot, which featured Mark Dacascos, who played Wo Fat, but also had appearances from some actors who had appeared on both shows like Al Harrington and Jimmy Borges. At the very end of this show, Lenkov was asked if the show would reach 12 seasons. He sort of hesitated, and then said "Touch wood."

Emme was listed in the cast for one of the last two reboot shows as a woman with groceries, but did not appear in the show, as far as I remember. No doubt she will be in the deleted scenes on the Season 10 DVD set which reportedly will be released early in July rather than the usual September.

[mach440]

Emme Tomimbang did a retrospective-type show about Classic H50 which was broadcast around the time of the 1996 convention in October 1996 in Honolulu. This appeared on the 7th disc of the season one DVD box set. There were some minor edits in the show on the DVDs as compared to the original broadcast (I don't recall specifically what they are).

Emme did another retrospective more recently, focusing on the H50 reboot, which featured Mark Dacascos, who played Wo Fat, but also had appearances from some actors who had appeared on both shows like Al Harrington and Jimmy Borges. At the very end of this show, Lenkov was asked if the show would reach 12 seasons. He sort of hesitated, and then said "Touch wood."

Yeah, sure seems like CBS caught him (and everyone else involved) by surprise in pulling the plug now. But as you said elsewhere, maybe it's for the best since the quality had actually improved in recent seasons and they went out on a (kind of) high note --- surely no one wanted to repeat the fate of classic Five-O's "one-season-too-many."

Emme was listed in the cast for one of the last two reboot shows as a woman with groceries, but did not appear in the show, as far as I remember. No doubt she will be in the deleted scenes on the Season 10 DVD set which reportedly will be released early in July rather than the usual September.

I also noticed there've been no reruns since the finale, maybe as part of the syndication contracts? I do wish they had not discontinued releasing the annual Blu-Ray versions after season 3 --- now I have to be content with my DVR copies of the series as broadcast, recorded over-the-air in HD, which (albeit stuck with commercials and annoying "Colbert" promos) are actually a higher quality picture than the DVD sets ...

[Mr. Mike]

I also noticed there've been no reruns since the finale, maybe as part of the syndication contracts? I do wish they had not discontinued releasing the annual Blu-Ray versions after season 3 --- now I have to be content with my DVR copies of the series as broadcast, recorded over-the-air in HD, which (albeit stuck with commercials and annoying "Colbert" promos) are actually a higher quality picture than the DVD sets ...

Sorry about the delay in replying to this. If you go to Amazon sites in Europe, you will find Blu-Rays of seasons higher than 1-3 which were released in North America. I have seen them for seasons 4, 5, 6, 7 and one more. I once asked this guy I know at CBS Home Entertainment in the USA about these, and he said they were region-free, which means they would play on North American Blu-Ray players. But I have never purchased any of these myself (seriously ... not interested) and if they were NOT region-free, you would require a special Blu-Ray player to show them on your TV. There are other conditions, aside from the price of these, some of which are not particularly cheap, like whether the sellers will ship to North America, whether they REALLY are region-free, etc., etc. Typically if a disc at a non-North American Amazon site is not playable in the USA, Canada, etc. there will be some stern warning in the description, such as there is when something at Amazon.com is a region 2 DVD or a Blu-Ray disc not intended for local consumption, but there is nothing on any of the Five-Zero discs I looked at on amazon.co.uk. So it's a case of buyer beware!

I have often been curious about whether the Blu Rays of seasons 1-3 in North America were better quality than the DVDs. The video quality of some of the DVDs of seasons 1-9 I have borrowed from the library were what I considered REALLY bad. They remind me of the TV tapes I made of some Classic H50 episodes when compared to the remastered DVD sets. Check this page, you will see what I am talking about:

http://fiveohomepage.com/season12/comparison/