, ▁all ▁were ▁shot ▁on ▁the ▁Warner ▁B ros . ▁lot ▁in ▁Los ▁Angeles , ▁making ▁it ▁easy ▁for ▁characters — and ▁sometimes ▁whole ▁scripts — to ▁cross ▁over . ▁▁ ▁Although ▁the ▁shows ▁are ▁not ▁spin - offs ▁in ▁the ▁traditional ▁sense , ▁Sun set ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁in ▁this ▁chain ▁of ▁" ex otic ▁location ▁detect ive ▁series ". ▁ ▁In ▁this ▁regard , ▁Hawai ian ▁E ye ▁was ▁the ▁most ▁vi able ▁of ▁the ▁Sun set ▁look - al ikes , ▁last ing ▁four ▁seasons . ▁ ▁The ▁show ' s ▁debut ▁coinc ided ▁with ▁several ▁real - world ▁develop ments ▁that ▁helped ▁contribute ▁to ▁its ▁lon ge vity . ▁These ▁were ▁the ▁grant ing ▁of ▁state hood ▁to ▁Hawai i , ▁the ▁advent ▁of ▁mass ▁tour ism ▁to ▁the ▁new ▁state ▁brought ▁about ▁by ▁the ▁introduction ▁of ▁jet lin ers ▁for ▁commercial ▁passenger ▁fl ights , ▁and ▁the ▁prom ot ional ▁efforts ▁of ▁Henry ▁J . ▁Kaiser , ▁whose ▁real - est ate ▁projects ▁in ▁Hon ol ulu ▁included ▁building ▁the ▁hotel ▁complex ▁originally ▁known ▁as ▁Kaiser ' s ▁Hawai ian ▁Village ▁( l ater ▁the ▁Hil ton ▁Hawai ian ▁Village ▁Hotel ). ▁ ▁The ▁program ▁did ▁well ▁in ▁the ▁ratings ▁on ▁Wed nes day ▁even ings ▁against ▁N BC ▁and ▁Perry ▁Como ' s ▁Kraft ▁Music ▁Hall . ▁In ▁its ▁last ▁season , ▁it ▁was ▁placed ▁on ▁the ▁T ues day ▁schedule ▁opposite ▁CBS ' s ▁The ▁Red ▁Sk el ton ▁Show ▁and ▁a ▁new ▁N BC ▁Western