When the restart of Magnum Pi first made his debut at CBS in September 2018, it was a modest start to the series, which premiered at a solid 8.12 million viewers before the numbers of viewership went down with each new episode that was broadcast. The first season was on average somewhere in the 5 million range, but that drop in ratings did not seem to be important for CBS, giving the show a full order after initially ordering only 13 episodes. Things have improved from there, with the network renewing the play for the second, third and fourth season, all of which on average had a viewership of about 5 million (although season 2 recorded a small bump to the six million range).

Then, CBS was then happy for Magnum Pi to wake up to the average mark of 5 million, but by the end of the fourth season something changed. In May 2022, the same month the final of the season 4 was broadcast, "Magnum Pi" was one of several shows, Oscars from CBS. At that time, The deadline It announced that the play was canceled as a result of a "business decision". Specifically, the CBS seems to be struggling to agree with the fee for licensing the show with the production company Universal Television on the eve of the reduced rating through the network series board. According to the exit, "Magnum Pi" was in an even more uncertain position, simply because it was produced by an external studio, which worked against it at a time when CBS demanded to cut costs.

CBS's fun party, Kelly Mud, talked TVLin At that time, confirming the lack of a taxi licensing agreement was a big factor in the decision to give up Magnum Pi mud at the exit: "You have some difficult decisions to make and you have many factors - and I will not rule (and licensing) as one of them. It was one of them. He was preparing to debut a strong leaf of dramatic pilots, including "Fire Earth", "Eastern Newsorque" and "So Help Me Todd".

Next month, however, Ann -Bi came to the rescue, ordering 20 episodes of the show that will be the fifth season. The return was short -lived, however, as in June 2023 The deadline Once again announced that the series will end. This time, Ann -Bi decided not to renew the show in the middle of The writers' strike in 2023, which lasted 146 days before ending in September 2023. Ann -Bi was forced to consider his options in June, due to the fact that actors' options were due to expire at the end of the month. In the midst of the strike, the net chose not to renew and the fifth and last season ended on January 3, 2024.