It's Official.... He's on Las Vegas

[Miss Q]

LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Tom Selleck, who reigned in Hawaii as "Magnum, P.I.," is getting ready to take over "Las Vegas."

Selleck will join the cast of the NBC drama next season, playing a billionaire with a mysterious past who becomes the new owner of the show's centerpiece hotel, the Montecito Resort & Casino, the network said Wednesday.

Selleck is coming to the series at the same time that James Caan, who starred as the casino's chief executive, is departing. Caan, who had previously announced he would leave after the season finale in March, will be back for the premiere next season, NBC said.

Selleck played the brawny but easygoing detective Thomas Magnum on the hit CBS drama from 1980-88. He appeared on NBC's "Friends" as boyfriend to Monica (Courteney Cox) and has starred in a number of TV movies, including "Ike: Countdown to D-Day" and the "Jesse Stone" films.

His films include "3 Men and a Baby," "In & Out" and "Quigley Down Under."

link: cnn.com

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[frog480]

We don't get this show on regular TV in the UK, is it any good?.

I've noticed the DVD's for sale on Amazon, so I've got the jist of what it's about.

[Miss Q]

I loved it BEFORE I found out TS will be on it.... Its a fun show with a lot of cleavage

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[grapeshot]

I tried the show when it first debuted, because I thought it would be interesting to see James Caan on a network TV show, but I didn't think the show was anything special. Not enough James Caan to suit me, and way too much in the silly stories department.

I guess it has a lot of eye candy, depending on your persuasion, however not enough of the kind that would suit me. Perhaps now, with Tom Selleck on board, it might become more interesting for me in the eye candy department. I'm not holding out great hope for interesting plots, though.

Here's a link to an episode on YouTube, so you can see for yourself:
Las Vegas Episode

[grapeshot]

Here's a funny Vegas/Magnum mashup.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=904QfYsK-oo


It actually seems pretty well made.

[SelleckLover]

Wow, grapeshot! Nice find. You're right, it is very well done.
And after seeing the guy named Josh Duhamel, I think he could play Magnum in the Magnum Movie......just my opinion!('')

[MagnumPI_Cat]

That cracked me up and impressed me at exactly the same time!
Fantastic. TC's helicopter at the end was great.
I hope I don't watch the so much I think it's the real Las Vegas theme.

MagnumPI_Cat.

Edit 10 minutes later: Oops, too late. I'm thinking it's the real intro.

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[Steve]

I posted the following on the Yahoo site yesterday Thursday July 26.....

From "Stella's Column" in today's CHICAGO SUN TIMES(a gossip column)

THE SCOOP: Heard from my good friend, actor and native Chicagoan Larry
Manetti, who told this sista': "For the first time in almost 20 years,
Tom Selleck, Roger Moseley and I will appear together in an episode of
the NBC drama "Las Vegas", with filming to start on Monday"...........

I just hope they let Tom have some input on the character he will be
playing as hed did with Magnum..........

Steve
Chicago

[Jeffrey]

That would be great!

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I told him that was ridiculous."

[J.J. Walters]

Thanks for that inside scoop Steve. Let us all hope that "Stella" (STELLA!!) is reliable. If so, that would be unbelievably awesome to the tenth degree!

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