The Hawaii State Legislature honored CBS and Hawaii Five-O Thursday, Mar 31, 2011 for engaging a new era of viewers and showcasing the beauty of the islands as never seen before.

Honorees included Sr VP of Current Programming for CBS Glenn Geller, Executive Producer Peter Lenkov, Co-Executive Producer Paul Zbyszewski, Co-Executive Producer and Director Brad Turner, Producer and Co-Unit Production Manager Jeff Downer, cast members Alex O'Loughlin (Steve McGarrett) and Daniel Dae Kim (Chin Ho Kelly).