So pathetic that some people at Hawaii still don't know much from the then KGMB News Interview of Leonard Freeman creator of Hawaii Five - O.   That's correct Hawaii Task Force Five Oahu, and NOT Hawaii Five Minus Zero, nor Hawaii Fiftieth State. 

Leonard Freeman had done the Interview because of serious complaints of racism and stereotyping as far as not Representing the Population of Hawaii (Chinese, Japanese, Filipinos), making Asians Criminals, and making only Caucasians the good guys.  This got so bad that the Local Hawaii Labor Unions in Support of the Hawaii Actors Guild were going to Strike, Leonard Freeman announced this would change.

When questioned about the Title he explained about the other Task Forces One, Two, Three, Four, Six, Seven, Eight.   He further explained why NOT Zero as a negative (Zero)  in the Title could kill the TV Show, a writer for a Hollywood rag had written a scathing article saying that "Hawaii Five Minus Zero" was exactly that a Big Zero (Flop).