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There had been bad blood between Justin Sundquist and Jeff Cadiente before they landed plum stunt coordinating assignments within weeks of each other on two CBS reboots from executive producer Peter Lenkov, the network's most prolific writer-producer. All three men had been involved in a lawsuit stemming from a 2016 ac…

CBS has put in development cop drama Ranger, inspired by James Patterson’s recently released best-selling novel Texas Ranger. The project hails from American Sniper writer Jason Hall, Shooter co-executive producers TJ Brady and Rasheed Newson, Peter Lenkov’s 101st Street Entertainment, James Patterson Entertainment…

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…

The Media Action Network for Asian Americans is condemning CBS' upcoming reboot of Magnum P.I. for featuring too few Asian/Pacific Islanders and is calling on the show's executive producer, Peter Lenkov, to be replaced. Lenkov, who is CBS' most prolific writer-producer, also is the EP on Hawaii Five-0, another reboot…

Magnum P.I. executive producer Peter Lenkov has reversed course on whether the CBS reboot has a Latinx writer, tweeting this afternoon that the series does have one, an alum of the CBS Writers Mentoring Program. The previous afternoon at TCA, when asked whether there were any Latinx writers on the series, Lenkov said…

The pilot of CBS’ Magnum P.I. reboot screened at Comic-Con during the show’s panel Thursday, and the Justin Lin-directed episode wastes no time in bringing the bonkers action sequence. The opening scene to the pilot begins with the titular private investigator (not private eye) — jumping out of a spaceship and into…

Peter Lenkov has emerged as CBS Television Studios’ most prolific writer-producer with four series on the air, Hawaii Five-0, MacGyver, Salvation and the recently picked-up Magnum P.I. reboot. He is now extending his relationship with the studio where he has been for the past decade, signing a new rich multi-year…

CBS has shelled out a big pilot production commitment to Magnum P.I., an update of the classic 1980s Tom Selleck series set in Hawaii. It hails from Peter Lenkov, CBS/CBS Studios’ go-to writer for rebooting iconic procedurals who has successfully revived Hawaii Five-0 and MacGyver, and Davis Entertainment (The Blacklis…

This will start an occasional look at emerging artists, their struggle for the big break, and how they make the most of the opportunity. In the coming weeks you will see the work of Beulah Koale, a young actor of Samoan descent who was born and raised in Auckland, New Zealand. He just became a regular cast member in…

Hawaii Five-0 executive producer/showrunner Peter Lenkov is the latest to weigh in on the controversy over the departures of veteran cast members Daniel Dae Kim and Grace Park. Lenkov tweeted a message to fans today, saying “CBS was extremely generous and proactive” in renegotiation talks with the actors, but in the…

CBS today reaffirmed its commitment to bringing MacGyver back to the small screen by picking up the MacGyver pilot to series. What the network picked up in essence is a new MacGyver series to be developed and written by Peter Lenkov, with two actors, Lucas Till as MacGyver and George Eads, attached. CBS brass had been…

EXCLUSIVE: Hawaii Five-0 showrunner Peter Lenkov has signed a new overall deal with CBS Television Studios, the studio behind the CBS crime drama. Under the two-year pact, he will continue as executive producer/showrunner on the Hawaii Five-0 reboot, which he developed and co-wrote with Alex Kurtzman and Bob Orci and…