Couple of things. First, it’s legendary writer/producer ROY Huggins, not Rod.

Thanks, Mike! I’ll fix that (and the Bonanza stuff, John!).

And when I saw it, I assumed it was going to be about Jon-Erik Hexum (formerly of the time travel show VOYAGERS) shooting himself in the head on the set of COVER UP, thinking blanks were harmless.

“Jon-Erik Hexum’s Fatal Joke”
http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,304026,00.html

But twice a week is an unheard of schedule for a prime time American show (not counting reality shows and news magazines, or shows that air a rerun on another night). I haven’t been able to think of any other examples.

Batman.

Ally McBeal was so hot for a while that it actually became TWO weekly series. In addition to the regular hour on Mondays, they also had a half-hour show on Tuesday or Wednesday. I heard that they used scenes from the regular hour show edited together with previously deleted scenes to make more of a traditional situation comedy, or something like that. But I’m not sure. I never got around to seeing the half-hour version (I think I’d just started watching the regular hour about that time), and I might not have the details right. For one reason or another, the short version never caught on, and it didn’t last long.
But twice a week is an unheard of schedule for a prime time American show (not counting reality shows and news magazines, or shows that air a rerun on another night). I haven’t been able to think of any other examples. And I can’t think of any other shows that ran in two different formats simultaneously.

Second is more of a quibble. Larson did not create MAGNUM, PI on his own. He’s credited as co-creator/executive producer with Donald Bellisario, and to be honest it always struck me as more of a Bellisario show (NCIS, JAG, etc.). But I only mention that because I’m more a Bellisario fan and not much of a Larson admirer.

This show isn’t why a lot of folks will remember Roger Davis, though. That would be for his years as one of the ensemble cast of DARK SHADOWS.