Normally those networks are secondary buyers of shows like Hawaii Five-O and Teen Wolf.

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Also showing promise is Hawaii Five-0, which CBS and its producers have forcefully marketed as a reboot rather than a remake.

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In fact, "Revolution" easily beat the premieres of ABC's "Castle" (11.4 million, 2.5), down 22 percent from last year, and crushed CBS' "Hawaii Five-0" (8 million, 1.9), down 44 percent to a series low.

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Moreover, the new app will integrate the existing CBS Connect App experience by the start of the Fall TV season, bringing a polished second-screen experience to those watching CSI, Criminal Minds, Hawaii Five-O and NCIS: Los Angeles.

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With growing options (on TV and beyond) for where to put their money, they are not only looking at what seems to be hitting ( Hawaii Five-0) and sinking ( Lonestar), but also who is tuning in or more pointedly, how young those viewers are.

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Comcast 's ( CMCSA - news - people ) TV Pulse surveys list Hawaii Five-0 as the new series viewers are most enthusiastic about heading into the fall, which is good news for series star Alex O'Loughlin, who has thus far starred in a series of CBS clunkers (Three Rivers, Moonlight).

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With Ellison's blessing he took a five-month sabbatical in Hawaii and India.

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The Air Force One cost alone (to Hawaii and back) would have paid for five years of White House tours.

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Five states -- Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, New Jersey and Rhode Island -- allow civil unions that provide rights similar to marriage.

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Commentators will say that one Hawaii vacation is enough to run White House tours for almost five years.

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KAPOLEI, Hawaii (AP) Defending champion Ai Miyazato had five birdies in a late six-hole stretch Thursday at breezy Ko Olina to open a two-stroke lead midway through the second round of the LPGA Lotte Championship.

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Maine, Nevada, Utah and Vermont round-out the top five happiest states list, following rainbow and beach-filled Hawaii.

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While in Hawaii, he met a fellow explorer who later became his wife and is now the mother of his five-month-old son.

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