I think Hawaii 5-0 was on it's last legs in the final season and CBS saw the writing on the wall. They knew The Waltons was also winding down and that Thursday would need a revamp.
They had to find a place for Knots and Thurs @10 was the most suitable slot.
Sun -Trapper John had just premiered, Mon- Lou Grant was established there, Fri was Dallas. Tues/Wed were movie nights and their attempt to go with series on Sat was a disaster-Big Shamus/LittleShamus and Paris.
So Hawaii was moved to place a familiar show in difficult timeslots and they figured Barnaby would do just as well as Hawaii @9.
Jack Lord filmed a pilot M Station Hawaii but it was not picked up and CBS went with Magnum to use it's Hawaii based production locale.
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