Magnum PI premiered

December 11, 1980


Hawaiian shirts and free mustache rides were the order of the day when Magnum PI, starring Tom Selleck, debuted on CBS-TV on this date.

Orson Welles provided the voice of Robin Masters, whose face was never seen on this show. Producers eventually wanted Welles to be revealed as the face of Robin Masters too, but he died before the series ended its run. In season seven, Magnum began theorizing that Higgins was Masters. During the final episode, the real Robin Masters was finally revealed.

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