Television Series and Specials Shot in Hawaii

2005-present

  • FLIGHT 29 DOWN; Discovery Kids/NBC series; Oahu.
  • BEYOND THE BREAK; The N Network; Oahu.

2005

  • SOAP TALK; Soap Net; Talk show, four episode for premiere week; Oahu.
  • CALL TO GREATNESS; MTV; Reality series; Oahu, Hawaii, Maui, Kauai.
  • BLIND DATE; NBC Universal; Reality series; Oahu.
  • MEET THE BARKERS; MTV; Reality series; Maui.
  • BUGGIN’ WITH RUDD; Episodic; Animal Planet/Discovery Channel; Oahu.

2004-present

  • LOST; ABC/Disney; Hawaii-based series; Oahu.
  • DOG THE BOUNTY HUNTER; A&E; Hawaii-based reality series; Oahu, Big Island.

2004

  • TIDES OF WAR; Pacific Films; Made-for-TV movie; Oahu.
  • ROCKY POINT; WB Network; pilot; Oahu.
  • NORTH SHORE; Fox Television; Hawaii-based series; Oahu.
  • HAWAII; NBC; Hawaii-based series; Oahu.
  • AVERAGE JOE: HAWAII; NBC reality series; Big Island.
  • COWBOY U: MOLOKAI; Country Music Television reality series; Molokai
  • ENDURANCE HAWAII; Discovery Kids/NBC series; Kauai.

2003

  • HIGH SCHOOL REUNION 2; WB Network; reality mini-series; Oahu.
  • THE BREAK; pilot; Fox Television/Imagine Entertainment; Dylan Brunno,Vanessa Minnillo; Oahu.
  • SURF GIRLS; MTV reality series; Oahu.
  • THE AMAZING RACE 4; CBS; reality series; Big Island.

2002

  • CELEBRITY MOLE HAWAII; ABC; Oahu, Big Island.
  • HIGH SCHOOL REUNION; WB Network; reality mini-series; Maui.
  • BOARDING HOUSE (former title North Shore); WB Television; reality show; Oahu.
  • THE LAST RESORT; Fisher Entertainment; reality show; Big Island.
  • BAYWATCH HAWAIIAN WEDDING; Fox; MOW; Oahu.
  • MY WIFE & KIDS; ABC; series episode; Oahu.
  • THE STEVENS GET EVEN; Disney Channel; MOW; Oahu.
  • ER; NBC; series episode; Oahu.
  • MASTER SPY: THE ROBERT HANSSEN STORY; Fox; mini-series; Oahu.
  • THE BACHELOR; ABC; reality show; Big Island, Maui.
  • ALL FOR YOU; HBO; Janet Jackson live in concert.

2001

  • DEEP RIVER; pilot; USA Network; Maui.
  • BEYOND HAWAII; HBO movie; Maui.
  • MANHUNT; UPN; reality show; Kauai.
  • MOOLAH BEACH; Fox Kids Network; reality show; Kauai.
  • THE LAST RESORT; Fisher Entertainment; reality show; Big Island.

2000

  • BRITNEY IN HAWAII; Fox special; Waikiki Beach and Oahu.
  • LESSONS LEARNED; HBO pilot; Maunawili Valley, Oahu.
  • HAWAII, SONGS OF ALOHA; PBS special; Stephen D. Reed, producer; Oahu.

1999-00

  • BAYWATCH HAWAII; series; Pearson Television; David Hasselhoff, Jason Brooks; Oahu, Kauai, Maui, Big Island.
  • GONE TO MAUI; Peter Trunk Productions; MOW; Pat Morita, Maui.
  • DESTINATION STARDOM; PAX cable series; Al Masini Productions; Oahu.
  • JOHNNY TSUNAMI; Disney Channel Original Movie; Brandon Baker; Oahu.

1999

  • TOO RICH: THE SECRET LIFE OF DORIS DUKE; CBS mini-series; Von Zerneck-Sertner Films; Lauren Bacall and Richard Chamberlain; Oahu.
  • THE REAL WORLD; MTV; Jan.-May; Oahu.

1998

  • HOTEL, TBS-Tokyo, Japan; Masanobu Takashima, Hiroki Matsukata, Tetsuro Tamba and Akira Akasaka; 13 episodes; Oahu.
  • HONOLULU CRU; pilot, ABC; Russell Wong; Oahu.
  • FANTASY ISLAND; pilot; ABC; Malcolm McDowell; Maui, Oahu , Kauai. Return for 12 episodes, Oahu.
  • WIND ON WATER; pilot +8 episodes filmed (2 aired) NBC; Bo Derek and Lee Horsley; Big Island.

1997

  • HAWAII FIVE-0, a new pilot; CBS; Russell Wong and Gary Busey; Oahu.
  • SOUL MATES; pilot; Fox Television; Oahu.
  • BEVERLY HILLS 90210; Spelling Entertainment; Fall season opener; Oahu.

1996

  • ESCAPE FROM ATLANTIS; pilot/cable MOW; TM Productions; Jeff Speakman and Tim Thomerson; Oahu.

1995

  • HAWAII’S LAST QUEEN; PBS documentary, “The American Experience” series; Oahu and Kauai.

1994-95

  • ONE WEST WAIKIKI; series; Cheryl Ladd and Richard Burgi; Oahu.
  • MARKER; series; Paramount Pictures Television; Richard Grieco and Gates McFadden; Oahu.

1994

  • CROWFOOT; CBS pilot; Paramount Pictures Television; Donald Bellisario, Producer; Jim Davidson and Tsai Chin, Maui.
  • HEAVENLY ROAD; infotainment; Unity House and Diamond Head Group; Maui.
  • STEVENSON’S TRAVELS; BBC documentary; Oahu and Molokai.

1993

  • A CRY OF PEACOCKS; Green Glass Productions; BBC/KITV; Heather Marsh, Debbie Nakanelua and Coline Aiu.
  • ROYAL HAWAIIAN TRAVELLERS; documentary; Green Glass Productions.
  • LEGEND OF THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES; CBS Entertainment; Mac Davis, Reba McIntyre and Ray Charles; Big Island.
  • BIG WAVE DAVE’S; ABC summer series; Iron Orchid Films/Paramount; Jane Kaczmarek, Adam Arkin; Oahu.
  • THE BYRDS OF PARADISE; series; Steven Bochco Productions; ABC; Timothy Busfield and Elizabeth Lindsey; Oahu.

1992-93

  • RAVEN; series; Invader Prods; CBS; Jeffrey Meeks and Lee Majors; Oahu.

1992

  • WATERMEN; National Geographic.
  • LAVA AND LIFE; Peace River Films.
  • BETRAYAL; Kukui Foundation; Marlene Sai, James Grant Benton, Ray Bumatai and Brickwood Galuteria.
  • WHAT HAPPENED; NBC pilot; Hearts Entertainment; (HEP Telpro Series)
  • DANGER ISLAND; NBC pilot; Von Zerneck-Sertner Productions; June Lockhart, Gary Graham, Kathy Ireland, and Joe Lara; Oahu.
  • ‘TIS THE SEASON; Ke Ola Film Group; Ray Bumatai, Carmella Barut and June Lockhart; Oahu.
  • PAPAKOLEA: A Story of Hawaiian Land; documentary; Edgy Lee, Producer; Haskell Wexler, Cinematographer.
  • HAWAII: Paradise in Peril; TBS/National Audubon Society; documentary narrated by Richard Chamberlain.

1991

  • SOME ENCHANTED ISLANDS; The Discovery Channel; Big Island, Maui and Kauai.
  • DREAM ISLAND II; ZDF and Gerd Zimmerman Productions; Kauai.
  • RAVEN; Invader Prods.; CBS pilot; Jeffrey Meek and Lee Majors; Oahu.
  • SIMPLE COURAGE; A Historical Portrait for the Age of AIDS; (Father Damien documentary); Stephanie Castillo and Hawaii Public Television.

1990

  • REVEALING EVIDENCE; TWS Productions/Universal; pilot; Stanley Tucci and Mary Page Keller; Oahu.
  • WIDE WORLD OF KIDS; Bennett Productions/ABC-TV series; Kauai, Big Island and Oahu.
  • PURE INSANITY; Pye-Jaffe Productions/Fox TV Network; pilot; variety series.
  • AND THE SEA WILL TELL; Green-Epstein Productions, mini-series; Rachel Ward, Hart Bochner, James Brolin and Deidre Hall.

1989

  • SWIMSUIT; American First Run.
  • MURDER IN PARADISE; Columbia Pictures.
  • TRENCHCOAT IN PARADISE; MOW; CBS; Dirk Benedict
  • PARENT TRAP IV: THE VACATION; Walt Disney; Haley Mills.
  • ISLAND SON; series; CBS; Richard Chamberlain; Oahu.
  • MIRACLE LANDING; MOW; CBS; Connie Sellecca and Wayne Rogers.
  • TARZAN IN MANHATTAN; American First Run.
  • A DAY AT THE BEACH; ESPN.

1988

  • ISLANDS OF THE FIRE GODDESS; documentary; PBS in cooperation w/BBC.
  • DOLLY – MY HAWAII; ABC; Dolly Parton Special.

1988-90

  • JAKE AND THE FATMAN; series; Viacom Productions; William Conrad, Joe Penny and Alan Campbell; Oahu.

1987-88

  • TOUR OF DUTY; series; CBS; Terence Knox, Ramon Franco; Oahu

1987

  • THE WALLY AMOS HAPPINESS HOUR; pilot.
  • HOWIE MANDEL LIVE FROM MAUI; HBO.
  • THE NEW GIDGET; Columbia Pictures TV; Caryn Richman and Dean Butler; Turtle Bay Hilton; Oahu.
  • WAR AND REMEMBRANCE; mini-series; ABC-TV; Robert Mitchum, Polly Bergen and Jane Seymour; Sheraton Makaha; Oahu.
  • YUKI SAITO SPECIAL; Excor.11 P.M.; Producer YTV Osaka, Japan; Kauai.

1986

  • ISLAND SONS; pilot; ABC; Timothy, Joseph, Samuel and Benjamin Bottoms, Kim Miyori; Oahu.
  • THE BEACH BOYS 25TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL; ABC.

1985

  • OUT ON A LIMB; ABC Circle Films; Shirley MacLaine; Oahu.
  • BLOOD AND ORCHIDS; CBS; Jane Alexander; Kris Kristofferson and Jose Ferrer; Oahu
  • PERRY COMO CHRISTMAS SPECIAL; Burt Reynolds and Marie Osmond; Big Island and Maui.

1984

  • HAWAIIAN HEAT; series; ABC; Robert Ginty and Jeff McCracken; Oahu.
  • THE LATE CHRISTOPHER BEAN; James Stewart and Carol Burnett.
  • GIDGET’S GRAND TOUR; Columbia Television; Oahu.
  • THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL IN THE WORLD (pageant); Dick Clark Prods.

ISLAND OF ST. TERESA

1982

  • THE THORN BIRDS; ABC mini-series; Richard Chamberlain, Rachel Ward; Kauai.
  • TALES OF THE GOLD MONKEY;series; ABC; Stephen Collins

1981

  • CHRISTMAS IN HAWAII; Lee Productions; Jim Nabors, Carol Burnett and Tom Selleck.
  • ALOHA PARADISE; series; ABC; Debbie Reynolds; Big Island.
  • DEATH MOON; CBS Productions; Kauai.

1980

  • BATTLES; pilot; Universal Studios; William Conrad and Debbie Reynolds.
  • WAIKIKI; MOW; Lorimar; Dack Rambo, Donna Mills, Darren McGavin.

1980-88

  • MAGNUM P.I.; series; Universal Television; Tom Selleck, Larry Manetti, John Hillerman and Roger E. Mosely; primarily on Oahu.

1979

  • M STATION HAWAII; pilot; Tom McFadden, Elessa Dulce and Moe Keale.

1978-79

  • FROM HERE TO ETERNITY; NBC mini-series; Wm. Devane and Natalie Wood.

1978

  • THE ISLANDERS; pilot; Universal Television; CBS; Dennis Weaver and Bernadette Peters.
  • PEARL; mini series; ABC; Angie Dickinson and Dennis Weaver; Oahu.
  • WONDERLAND COVE; (aka The MacKenzies of Paradise Cove); pilot; ABC; Clu Gulager and Lori Walsh.
  • FANTASY ISLAND; series; ABC; Ricardo Montalban four episodes; Kauai.

1977

  • ONCE AN EAGLE
  • BIG HAWAII; series; NBC; Cliff Potts, John Dehner, Elizabeth Smith and Moe Keale.

1976-77

  • THE DON HO SHOW; ABC; half hour daytime variety show.

1976

  • THE KILLER WHO WOULDN’T DIE/OHANIAN; TV Movie.
  • PERRY COMO’S HAWAIIAN HOLIDAY
  • DEATH WATCH; Mike Connors and Samantha Egger.

1975-76

  • WESTWIND; series; NBC; Van Williams and Niki Dantine.

1975

  • DIAMOND HEAD GAME; Bob Eubanks, host; Oahu.

1973

  • ALOHA FROM HAWAII; NBC;Elvis Presley Special.

1972-74

  • LITTLE PEOPLE; series; CBS; Brian Keith.

1968-80

 

  • HAWAII FIVE-O; series; CBS; Jack Lord, James MacArthur and Kam Fong; primarily on Oahu.

1964

 

  • GILLIGAN’S ISLAND; pilot; CBS; Bob Denver, Alan Hale, Jr., Jim Backus; Kauai

1961-62

 

  • FOLLOW THE SUN; series; ABC; Barry Coe and Brett Halsey.

1961

 

  • BEACHCOMBER; pilot; Cameron Mitchell.

1960

 

  • MAUI JAIL BREAK; pilot; Maui.

1959-63

 

  • HAWAIIAN EYE; series; ABC; Robert Conrad and Connie Stevens.

1959-62

 

  • ADVENTURES IN PARADISE; series; ABC; Gardner McKay.

Episodics and Other Programs Filmed in Hawaii:

A Current Affair

America’s Funniest People

American Journal

Anyplace Wild

Basic Training, The Workout

Lucille Ball Show

Baywatch

Beverly Hillbillies

Beverly Hills 90210

Bodies in Motion

The Best of Wine & Food

The Brady Bunch

Charlie’s Angels

China Beach

Code 3

The Dating Game

Dateline

Days of our Lives

Dr. Who

Mike Douglas Show

E! Entertainment Television

Eight is Enough

Entertainment Tonight

Eye on L.A.

Fantasy Island

Fox Summer Games

Full House

Gamewarden Wildlife Journal

Arthur Godfrey Show

Good Day L.A.

Good Morning America

Gotcha Pro Sports

Growing Pains

H30 Hawaiian Heavywater

Jack Hanna’s Animal Adventures

The Hardy Boys

Hart to Hart

Hennessy

Home & Family

T.J. Hooker

I Dream of Jeanie

Inside Big Game Fishing

Inside Edition

The Jeffersons

Barnaby Jones

Life Goes On

Life of Riley

Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous

Live with Regis and Kathie Lee

Lonely Planet

Mama’s Family

The Howie Mandel Show

Miss Universe Pageant

MTV – Beach; House of Style;

Totally Pauly

Mrs. America Pageant

Murder She Wrote

NBC Friday Night

NBC Today Show

Our House

Jack Paar Show

Pacific Blue

Places of Mystery

QVC Home Shopping

Ready…Set…Cook!

Real People

Rebecca’s Garden

Renegade

Rescue 911

Rockford Files

Sanford and Son

Santa Barbara

Saved by the Bell

Scratch

Sesame Street

Showtime Comedy Club Network

Six Million Dollar Man

Sixty Minutes

Starsky and Hutch

Step by Step

Stewardess Cops (Japan)

Too Hot Tamales

Tour of Duty

True Detectives

TV Magazine

20/20

Unsolved Mysteries

Untold Stories

VH1

Vegas

Lawrence Welk

West 57th Street

Wheel of Fortune

Win Lose or Draw

The Young and the Restless

Your Big Break