Hawaii Five-0 ending with the current Season 10

Deadline

The popular action crime drama, a reboot of the 12-season 1968-1980 classic CBS series of the same name, will end after 240 episodes and 10 seasons on Friday, April 3 with a two-hour series finale. Hawaii Five-0 stars Alex O’Loughlin as McGarrett and Scott Caan as Danno. "I hear both of their current contracts are up at the end of this season," reports Deadline's Nellie Andreeva. "O’Loughlin suffered a serious back injury during the early seasons of the show, and has been dealing with effects from it ever since. There was speculation that he may leave the show two years ago but he stayed on after receiving a stem cell treatment for his back. I hear this time around, he felt he could not continue. I hear the network explored continuing Hawaii Five-0 with Caan’s Danno and a new partner but ultimately, everyone felt that this was the right time to end the series." As Andreeva points out, Hawaii Five-0 "was one of the last broadcast drama series to score a blockbuster off-network deal, landing $2 million an episode from TNT during the series’ first season on CBS." Peter Lenkov, who created the Hawaii Five-0 revival and who has overseen it the past 10 seasons, says of ending the show: “Hawaii Five-0 has been such a blessing to me and all of the people who have worked on this incredible show. I truly learned the meaning of ‘ohana’ as the viewers embraced us and the people of Hawaii welcomed us with the privilege to film on their shores. I am forever indebted to the creative genius that was Leonard Freeman who gave us such a beautiful story to begin with. And my eternal gratitude to our cast, led by our hero Alex O’Loughlin, the writers, the production team, our CBS ohana, and most importantly –YOU, the fans, who allowed us to come to work with pride and made our series such a success. Mahalo.” O'Loughlin adds: "This show has been pretty much every waking moment for the last 10 years of my life. Everywhere I go on this planet, in every language, I am McGarrett to all these people. What we’ve done, what we’ve accomplished, it’s extraordinary. I can’t really put words to express my level of gratitude. I’m just glad to have been a part of this, a part of history and I’m going to miss it. And to the fans, I don’t know how to thank you guys. Thank you for following us the way you have. I’m going to miss you. Aloha.”