“Seeds + Permafrost + Feather” – MacGyver and team are asked to solve a locked-door mystery when a man working inside a remote, ultra-secure international seed vault disappears, on MACGYVER, Friday, March 8 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.
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Apparently, there won’t be a new episode of MacGyver this week because CBS is pre-empting the show for the R. Kelly interview in the same timeslot...
They haven't changed the schedule yet, though. They still list MDBs Episode 3x18 for the 15th of March so not sure if they switch Episode 3x17 and 3x18 or not.
Guess we'll see...
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QUOTE (DashboardOnFire @ 6 March 2019 - 02:38 PM)
Apparently, there won’t be a new episode of MacGyver this week because CBS is pre-empting the show for the R. Kelly interview in the same timeslot...
They haven't changed the schedule yet, though. They still list MDBs Episode 3x18 for the 15th of March so not sure if they switch Episode 3x17 and 3x18 or not.
Guess we'll see...
CBS banking on American infatuation with awful celebrities for a ratings boost? Disgusting.
Apparently, there won’t be a new episode of MacGyver this week because CBS is pre-empting the show for the R. Kelly interview in the same timeslot...
They haven't changed the schedule yet, though. They still list MDBs Episode 3x18 for the 15th of March so not sure if they switch Episode 3x17 and 3x18 or not.
Guess we'll see...
It would make sense to air 3x17 next week as there may be things in the episode that follow the cliffhanger in 3x16.
This whole thing is stupid. They could have found another time to air the special like Saturday plus it will be old news as all news outlets are talking about it. I will not be watching and I hope the ratings sick for it.
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QUOTE (MacGirl0629 @ 7 March 2019 - 03:16 PM)
This whole thing is stupid. They could have found another time to air the special like Saturday plus it will be old news as all news outlets are talking about it. I will not be watching and I hope the ratings sick for it.
One could argue what timeslot would be the best for such an interview. Even if I hadn't wanted to watch MacGyver, I doubt Friday 8pm is the right place for it since for years, this slot has been with family-friendly or silly things you don't have to think too much about.
Then on the other hand, why would you give a person accused of such horrible things so much attention and even an hour of your primetime screentime. It's sure not family-appropriate.
Also, someone on Tumblr just pointed out that it's International Women's Day tomorrow, so giving this kind of attentione to someone accused of sexual harrassement, rape and other horrible things done towards women makes it even worse...
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QUOTE (BabyEinstein @ 7 March 2019 - 10:14 PM)
Anyway according to CBS schedule, ep. 17 airs March 15. Does this mean ep. 22 is May 3?
They hadn't adjusted the schedule yesterday so wasn't sure.
At the moment, it looks like they'll air Episode 3x17 next week (on March 15).
It's all speculation on my side now, but that means we probably don't get to watch the episode with MDB and DD before the end of March Madness, so on April 5
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MacGyver interview: Peter M. Lenkov on Jack’s exit, Desi’s addition, Murdoc’s return March 7, 2019
Now is a pretty eventful time to be a MacGyver fan. The show’s coming back on CBS with a new episode on Friday, and over the next couple of weeks you’re going to have a chance to see more of newcomer Desi Nguyen (Levy Tran). Meanwhile, the March 15 episode is going to feature the return of both David Dastmalchain (Murdoc) and Michael Des Barres (Nicholas Helman) — the two baddies are back! It’s just not going to happen in the same exact way that you’d think.
Recently, we posted an interview with show executive producer Peter M. Lenkov talking about the joint PaleyFest event featuring MacGyver as well as Hawaii Five-0 and Magnum PI. This is the second part of that interview, but this time we are talking exclusively about all things Phoenix Foundation! We hadn’t had a good MacGyver-centric interview with Peter in a while, and here we touch on some important subjects including writing out George Eads’ character of Jack, adding Desi to the mix, and the specific reason why Murdoc is coming back into the fold.
CarterMatt – From the outside looking in, it didn’t seem like the exit of George was planned out at the start of the season and, correct me if I’m wrong, that there were some adjustments you had to make on the fly. So when that exit happens and you realize that you have to find someone else come in and play a different character, what are you thinking? How do you plan for something when you may be having to change up what your other plans were? Peter M. Lenkov – Honestly, I wasn’t sure that George would even be back this season. I sort of, in the back of my mind, had a plan B or an ‘in case of emergency’ idea as to how to sort of shift gears a little bit. The most important thing was that we didn’t kill off his character, giving him the chance that, if it worked out, there’s always that door left open, even if he’s not going to be a part of the main dynamic anymore. Also, making sure that whatever void is left behind is filled with someone who was very different and equally as likable.
And that’s the approach that I saw with Desi right away — you didn’t get in someone that would be thought of as another Jack. Was there something when you saw Levy Tran that made you realize she was someone you wanted to write for? I saw her reel and thought she was amazing. She had read for it, we met in my office, and she had a great personality and seemed really physical. She does a lot of those stunts herself. She’s a utility player — she can do comedy, drama, action. She’s just really good.
How do you work to implement someone like her into the rest of the season? There aren’t too many episodes left, so how much backstory do you try to include? If you watch the show pretty regularly, there’s going to be something in just about every episode that peels back layers as to who she is and a little bit of backstory. The idea was to do it over the last batch of episodes, but she also comes in with this attitude of ‘I’m not even sure I’m going to be staying here, so I don’t want you guys to get to know me and I don’t want to get too close to you guys’ because if something happens, she doesn’t want to get too close emotionally.
I know later this month, David [Dastmalchian] is coming back along with Michael Des Barres and we’re getting another battle with the baddies. What’s the impetus behind seeing them again this time? Besides more screen time for both (laughs)? They’re just so good. The story itself is really interesting and has some great turns. It’s not them running from Helman, Michael’s character. In this case, it’s Murdoc helping them catch Helman.
Is it tough finding spots for David these days? I feel like he’s always got like eight movies and four different shows going (laughs). It’s impossible! Every time there is a little hole or daylight in his schedule, we try to grab it.
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MacGyver interview: Peter M. Lenkov on Jack’s exit, Desi’s addition, Murdoc’s return March 7, 2019
Now is a pretty eventful time to be a MacGyver fan. The show’s coming back on CBS with a new episode on Friday, and over the next couple of weeks you’re going to have a chance to see more of newcomer Desi Nguyen (Levy Tran). Meanwhile, the March 15 episode is going to feature the return of both David Dastmalchain (Murdoc) and Michael Des Barres (Nicholas Helman) — the two baddies are back! It’s just not going to happen in the same exact way that you’d think.
Recently, we posted an interview with show executive producer Peter M. Lenkov talking about the joint PaleyFest event featuring MacGyver as well as Hawaii Five-0 and Magnum PI. This is the second part of that interview, but this time we are talking exclusively about all things Phoenix Foundation! We hadn’t had a good MacGyver-centric interview with Peter in a while, and here we touch on some important subjects including writing out George Eads’ character of Jack, adding Desi to the mix, and the specific reason why Murdoc is coming back into the fold.
CarterMatt – From the outside looking in, it didn’t seem like the exit of George was planned out at the start of the season and, correct me if I’m wrong, that there were some adjustments you had to make on the fly. So when that exit happens and you realize that you have to find someone else come in and play a different character, what are you thinking? How do you plan for something when you may be having to change up what your other plans were? Peter M. Lenkov – Honestly, I wasn’t sure that George would even be back this season. I sort of, in the back of my mind, had a plan B or an ‘in case of emergency’ idea as to how to sort of shift gears a little bit. The most important thing was that we didn’t kill off his character, giving him the chance that, if it worked out, there’s always that door left open, even if he’s not going to be a part of the main dynamic anymore. Also, making sure that whatever void is left behind is filled with someone who was very different and equally as likable.
And that’s the approach that I saw with Desi right away — you didn’t get in someone that would be thought of as another Jack. Was there something when you saw Levy Tran that made you realize she was someone you wanted to write for? I saw her reel and thought she was amazing. She had read for it, we met in my office, and she had a great personality and seemed really physical. She does a lot of those stunts herself. She’s a utility player — she can do comedy, drama, action. She’s just really good.
How do you work to implement someone like her into the rest of the season? There aren’t too many episodes left, so how much backstory do you try to include? If you watch the show pretty regularly, there’s going to be something in just about every episode that peels back layers as to who she is and a little bit of backstory. The idea was to do it over the last batch of episodes, but she also comes in with this attitude of ‘I’m not even sure I’m going to be staying here, so I don’t want you guys to get to know me and I don’t want to get too close to you guys’ because if something happens, she doesn’t want to get too close emotionally.
I know later this month, David [Dastmalchian] is coming back along with Michael Des Barres and we’re getting another battle with the baddies. What’s the impetus behind seeing them again this time? Besides more screen time for both (laughs)? They’re just so good. The story itself is really interesting and has some great turns. It’s not them running from Helman, Michael’s character. In this case, it’s Murdoc helping them catch Helman.
Is it tough finding spots for David these days? I feel like he’s always got like eight movies and four different shows going (laughs). It’s impossible! Every time there is a little hole or daylight in his schedule, we try to grab it.
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QUOTE (BabyEinstein @ 12 March 2019 - 12:09 AM)
This means after March madness instead of 5 straight episodes we have a week off (rerun maybe? tho It is CBS )
not sure yet.
3x18 airs on April 5, 3x22 on May 10. So everything in between is possible . I hope there's no break between the last two episodes, though. Would be nice to have 3x21 and 3x22 on two consecutive weekends.
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QUOTE (Dragondog @ 17 March 2019 - 03:32 AM)
CBS should make an exception for you. You promote the show better than they do
...Which actually kind of sucks when you remember they never promote it
yes, they should pay me a share
I remember the H50 fans complaining about the lack of promo. I guess that's because Friday isn't as important for CBS. But compared to us, sure H50 fares a lot better when it comes to promo...
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