Hawaii is a
United States television series produced and distributed by NBC Universal Television for the
NBC television network. Originally titled
Pearl City, this police drama was produced with the series
Hawaii Five-O in mind, and debuted on
August 31,
2004. Written by Executive Producer Jeff Eastin of
True Lies 2 and
Rush Hour 3 movie fame, the series revolves around a fictional elite crime unit of the
Honolulu Police Department headed by veteran detective and local legend Sean Harrison (played by
Michael Biehn of
The Rock,
Aliens,
The Terminator movie fame) and John Declan (played by
Sharif Atkins of
ER television fame), a former
Chicago Police Department detective transferred to the state of
Hawaii for his talents.
The series is considered one of the most ambitious projects in the history of the Hawaii State Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism's
Hawaii Film Office, desperate to repeat the economic prosperity once gained and driven by the CBS television series such as
Hawaii Five-O and
for the state's tourism industry.
The series was cancelled in
October 2004. Although eight episodes were filmed, only seven actually aired.