Tom Selleck’s Quintessential Crime Show’s Perfect Successor Breaks TV’s 5-Year Viewership Record

Nearly 40 years after it wrapped, Tom Selleck’s seminal show has the perfect modern successor thanks to ABC. Crime stories are a tried and tested sandbox both on the small screen and the big screen. The difference is that TV shows are able to properly flesh out characters while also not running out of cases to solve, especially when it comes to the procedural format. Network TV doesn’t have any scarcity of such offerings, especially in the 2025-2026 TV cycle.
The current traditional broadcasting is dominated by procedurals, primarily crime-focused ones. Various law enforcement agencies, first-responders, and legal organizations solve cases week after week. Proof of their continued popularity is the longevity of such shows like NCIS season 23and Law & Order: SVU season 27. That said, given the sheer number of competitors, it’s still difficult to stand out, which makes ABC’s new Magnum, P.I.successor so impressive.