Oh yes ,it was .No doubt about that.I agree with you MacFan of course.
Heroes need plenty of love interests and a 'special' woman too (=lost love, since they usually die , he can have other love interests... very convenient ,isn't it for the plot). What's more , for Magnum PI,he had a daughter he could take care of after Michelle died. It gave the character much more 'depth'.
It's just that being French ,I think American writers are very hard on us(The Odd Triple,Cleo Rocks with Jacques Leroux I suppose he was French too ,not sure though).Apart from the terrible foreign accent( from any country outside the USA I guess) ,they are usually traitors,bad guys, so ... I'm not particularly proud of being French but you know...fewer clichés (French word ,isn't it?
)would be nice.