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Posted: 9 April 2021 - 08:48 AM                                    
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Opinions on the show are wide and varied of where the show "went wrong", I too have mine. Me personally I don't see George and his leaving as any golden egg that got away. His brand of character didn't add that much to the show anyway more than Lucas's, and it was his decision to leave the show he wasn't fired. Why beg anyone to stay? And he's done it before (on CSI), yet he seems to always have a job placed up on a shelf for him at CBS.

Generally speaking When you have employees who don't feel like they are part of the brand, invested in it doing well and all that that entails and only in it for what they can get out of it for themselves it's something else.

Not a fan of the love triangles, but at least the ideas and promotion of which was an attempt to turn the ratings ship around, but half a SHORT season is not enough time for that strategy to "work". Which made me wonder how last minute was this decision..? Because the previous sentence, as well a bunch of motions and some new unforeseen ones were done and why do them if they knew for a while it was gonna be cancelled....?

I didn't see it coming, but I'm not surprised as the thank you speeches on set sounded alot like goodbye goodbyes to me, as if they weren't sure if they were coming back. Yet I could see people like Tristin was honestly excited about her characters developments and where it was going via her social media, I'm not surprised she's the last of the main cast to say something.



 
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QUOTE (parkerdaley @ 9 April 2021 - 09:15 AM)
Please sign this at Change.org to save this show.

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QUOTE (DashboardOnFire @ 9 April 2021 - 05:02 AM)
QUOTE (parkerdaley @ 9 April 2021 - 03:54 AM)
Was this show cancelled because of what is going on in the state Georgia.


We'll never know the real reason, but I think it was a way to get rid of another Lenkov show while at the same time make room for another show - either the newly ordered NCIS: Hawaii to pair it with Magnum (pushed to 8pm as lead-in) or to put another show there that isn't doing too well (e.g. Bull or SWAT).

NCIS: Hawaii

H50

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How much "crime" is in Hawaii...

CBS and their 6708 FBI shows and 87519 crime shows. If you aren't doing straight up crime there's no room for you on their lineup. They've cancelled alot of good shows I like with stronger ratings to keep making way for new crime shows.



 
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QUOTE (real_ness @ 9 April 2021 - 06:48 PM)
I didn't see it coming, but I'm not surprised as the thank you speeches on set sounded alot like goodbye goodbyes to me, as if they weren't sure if they were coming back.

While I don't think they were totally sure about the cancellation (unless Lucas quit), they must have sensed they might get axed with no contract negotiations coming up this year. First clue for me was Justin starting to post MacGyver-related stuff a few months ago tongue.gif

I wouldn't mind if the main cast popped up in another CBS show soon. Justin's Rush Hours got axed after just 13 episodes and he still got another chance regular.

I have a feeling though that Lucas (and maybe Meredith) might be sort of "blacklisted" on CBS for speaking out publicly against Lenkov. Probably the reason why Meredith never commented on the statements for the Vanity Fair article. It's probably very hard for her to get cast as a regular in general since there aren't many roles for short people on primetime TV. And if you're labelled as "difficult", you might have even more difficulties getting roles on other networks or movies.




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QUOTE (real_ness @ 9 April 2021 - 07:01 PM)
How much "crime" is in Hawaii...

CBS and their 6708 FBI shows and 87519 crime shows. If you aren't doing straight up crime there's no room for you on their lineup. They've cancelled alot of good shows I like with stronger ratings to keep making way for new crime shows.

With Magnum and H50 plus now Magnum and NCIS: Hawaii, there must be A LOT of crime in Hawaii...

It's kinda ridiculous to cancel MacGvyer when they have 3 FBI shows and 3 NCIS shows plus CSI: Vegas on the schedule this Fall. Adding law shows "All Rise" and "Bull", SWAT plus maybe "Clarice" (though I think it might be axed), there's only crime-solving shows now with a few comedies. And one military show. Maybe they need a medical show for more excitement for the avid CBS viewer laugh.gif

MacGyver was the same team formula, but not not per se an organization involved in solving crimes the old-fashioned way. Plus fitting with being one of the shows with the most diverse cast (which CBS has been raving about that they wanted to be more diverse and tackling diverse issues).



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A lot of good discussion here, but I think the most obvious reason is CBS was never really invested in this show once it became clear it was not gonna be on the same level as H50...and certainly not in syndication where you can argue Lenkov's H50 has actually surpassed the original in terms of popularity. Can't say the same for MacGyver.

It was kept around because it was cheap and fit decently in the night's lineup. Once that began to change, I, like Dashboard, long-thought the writing was on the wall and was very surprised that it even got a fourth and fifth season. CBS never respected it and knew it was expendable as soon as they felt like they could cut the cord at "maximum investment."

It didn't help that the show had a revolving door of cast members, writers and eventually showrunners (of which, even in the Lenkov-verse this was clearly his third-string show). It became a rudderless ship and the quality of the newest episodes reflect that.

Admittedly, I never really found this show to be anything other than mindless fluff, but I decided to stick around because you could tell the people who worked on it really cared and I developed a soft spot for it, and I think it had actually started to build some real solid momentum heading into Eads' departure. Not sure it ever got back there (even with the strong S4 arc).

I'll miss it. I'll miss Till's MacGyver (never thought he got the fair shake at capturing RDA's spirit that I think he could have). I'll miss Dastmalchian's Murdoc (a worthy successor to MDB's, IMO) and I'll miss chatting about the latest episodes here. sak.gif



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QUOTE (DashboardOnFire @ 9 April 2021 - 12:21 PM)
QUOTE (real_ness @ 9 April 2021 - 07:01 PM)
How much "crime" is in Hawaii...

CBS and their 6708 FBI shows and 87519 crime shows. If you aren't doing straight up crime there's no room for you on their lineup. They've cancelled alot of good shows I like with stronger ratings to keep making way for new crime shows.

With Magnum and H50 plus now Magnum and NCIS: Hawaii, there must be A LOT of crime in Hawaii...

It's kinda ridiculous to cancel MacGvyer when they have 3 FBI shows and 3 NCIS shows plus CSI: Vegas on the schedule this Fall. Adding law shows "All Rise" and "Bull", SWAT plus maybe "Clarice" (though I think it might be axed), there's only crime-solving shows now with a few comedies. And one military show. Maybe they need a medical show for more excitement for the avid CBS viewer laugh.gif

MacGyver was the same team formula, but not not per se an organization involved in solving crimes the old-fashioned way. Plus fitting with being one of the shows with the most diverse cast (which CBS has been raving about that they wanted to be more diverse and tackling diverse issues).


CSI: Vegas dry.gif I thought the OG CSI WAS in Vegas

Clearly CBS stands for Crime Broadcasting Service. That must be why that eye is always watching you while you're watching the screen.




 
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QUOTE (DashboardOnFire @ 9 April 2021 - 12:08 PM)
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I didn't see it coming, but I'm not surprised as the thank you speeches on set sounded alot like goodbye goodbyes to me, as if they weren't sure if they were coming back.

While I don't think they were totally sure about the cancellation (unless Lucas quit), they must have sensed they might get axed with no contract negotiations coming up this year. First clue for me was Justin starting to post MacGyver-related stuff a few months ago tongue.gif

I wouldn't mind if the main cast popped up in another CBS show soon. Justin's Rush Hours got axed after just 13 episodes and he still got another chance regular.

I have a feeling though that Lucas (and maybe Meredith) might be sort of "blacklisted" on CBS for speaking out publicly against Lenkov. Probably the reason why Meredith never commented on the statements for the Vanity Fair article. It's probably very hard for her to get cast as a regular in general since there aren't many roles for short people on primetime TV. And if you're labelled as "difficult", you might have even more difficulties getting roles on other networks or movies.

LOL Yes the cast must gotten nervous when they started making the promo in more personal ways.

Tristin, Justin, Levy have done a ton of projects here and there, they may have the most bounce back (unless they just feel like taking a break from the industry). Lucas and like you said Meredith I'm more worried about. His in particular work frequency is years apart, the last thing I remember he was in before Mac is a supporting in an X-Men movie, and I don't actually remember him in that.

Funny what you would get blacklisted for in the TV world. George loves to haul ass mid-season in shows yet he's not blacklisted. Yet Lucas and Meredith would be theoretically for standing up for what's right and showing support to a friend and co-worker.

Jourdan buying a (not so) new vehicle...yes the cast and crew might not be in such a good place mid-pandemic, esp. in Georgia, income wise.



 
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QUOTE (Krug @ 9 April 2021 - 12:35 PM)
A lot of good discussion here, but I think the most obvious reason is CBS was never really invested in this show once it became clear it was not gonna be on the same level as H50...and certainly not in syndication where you can argue Lenkov's H50 has actually surpassed the original in terms of popularity. Can't say the same for MacGyver.

It was kept around because it was cheap and fit decently in the night's lineup. Once that began to change, I, like Dashboard, long-thought the writing was on the wall and was very surprised that it even got a fourth and fifth season. CBS never respected it and knew it was expendable as soon as they felt like they could cut the cord at "maximum investment."

It didn't help that the show had a revolving door of cast members, writers and eventually showrunners (of which, even in the Lenkov-verse this was clearly his third-string show). It became a rudderless ship and the quality of the newest episodes reflect that.

Admittedly, I never really found this show to be anything other than mindless fluff, but I decided to stick around because you could tell the people who worked on it really cared and I developed a soft spot for it, and I think it had actually started to build some real solid momentum heading into Eads' departure. Not sure it ever got back there (even with the strong S4 arc).

I'll miss it. I'll miss Till's MacGyver (never thought he got the fair shake at capturing RDA's spirit that I think he could have). I'll miss Dastmalchian's Murdoc (a worthy successor to MDB's, IMO) and I'll miss chatting about the latest episodes here. sak.gif

I agree Murdoc was a nice evolve in generations. And I do like that they liked each other laugh.gif

RDA on screen was just different than Lucas on screen. The writers were different, hence the fingerprints and formula was gonna be different in the finished product.

RDA's Mac was much much more a humanitarian than he was an action guy. That wasn't here in this go round. It would have been better to tug on viewer's heartstrings THAT way than with a love triangle. But like I said, diff writers and so on.



 
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I wish I knew why this was happening I keep expecting this to be an April fools joke I am gutted



 
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QUOTE (DashboardOnFire @ 9 April 2021 - 01:51 AM)
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Well it could be any number of  reasons really ratings, storylines, etc...

All a network cares about is money. Ratings-wise, there was no reason for cancelling it. To me, there will always be a question mark if they didn't just want to finally close the lid on the actors that led to Lenkov finally being fired (and maybe even to the cancellation of H50).

I was expecting a cancellation after Season 4, but not this time. While covid safety protocols made the show more expensive, they still got a "cheap" season with 15 episodes while only filming 8 and a half. They successfully filmed during a pandemic with a complete new crew and even setting up an LA Unit for Meredith (instead of writing her character out temporarily). Why bother if they were going to cancel it anyway? Why bother with re-opening the merch store with new items?

It would have been nice if they got a "re-nancelling" (announcement that a shortened Season 6 will be their last) so they can wrap up at least some of the unresolved storylines.

And while the cast might do well for a few months despite being unemployed, the crew is probably not in the best place when losing their jobs during a pandemic. I hope we get to see them working on other projects soon.

All other shows on Friday did 16 episodes and yet this show couldn’t do 9.5 episodes with 6.5 episodes from last year.



 
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They should have sold this show to CW years ago.



 
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QUOTE (real_ness @ 9 April 2021 - 07:55 PM)
CSI: Vegas dry.gif I thought the OG CSI WAS in Vegas

Clearly CBS stands for Crime Broadcasting Service. That must be why that eye is always watching you while you're watching the screen.

I've heard a lot of ideas what CBS stands for since I started perusing TV ratings forums, but this is a fun one tongue.gif

Yes, CSI: Vegas is sort of a continuation (with 2 of the OG cast members being regulars) and not a reboot. Fun thing is, the OG CSI is already called "CSI: Las Vegas" on German TV so this will be very confusing... The inbuilt TV Guide on my TV sometimes confused OG MacGyver and the Reboot, adding the wrong description because they both are airing on German TV currently laugh.gif



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QUOTE (Macgyver12186 @ 9 April 2021 - 08:41 PM)
I wish I knew why this was happening I keep expecting this to be an April fools joke I am gutted

We'll probably never know. The cast might never speak out because of the risk of getting blacklisted. They're all too young to think about retirement, I guess. At least they can't speak now since they're probably still under contract (as far as I know, TV contracts usually last until the Upfronts in May). I guess that's also the reason why they're not urging fans to start petitions to save the show.

While George never had problems to say how it is if asked on talk shows (similar to RDA), the fact that CBS let him out of the contract early might mean he had to sign a form to stay quiet about why he left.



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QUOTE (DashboardOnFire @ 9 April 2021 - 02:02 AM)
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Was this show cancelled because of what is going on in the state Georgia.

I doubt it. Georgia has been a "problem" for a while now and CBS still has another show in production there ("Dynasty" that airs on CW).

Also, there's a lot of people that need a film industry job so why punish them?

We'll never know the real reason, but I think it was a way to get rid of another Lenkov show while at the same time make room for another show - either the newly ordered NCIS: Hawaii to pair it with Magnum (pushed to 8pm as lead-in) or to put another show there that isn't doing too well (e.g. Bull or SWAT).

They should just move the show to CW.



 
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QUOTE (parkerdaley @ 9 April 2021 - 09:28 PM)
They should have sold this show to CW years ago.

I think if they were really interested in keeping the show, they would have for S4. But they decided to push it to midseason instead.



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Also, Fans have already ordered and delivered about 120'000 paperclips to the CBS studios in LA tongue.gif

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QUOTE (DashboardOnFire @ 9 April 2021 - 02:54 PM)
QUOTE (parkerdaley @ 9 April 2021 - 09:28 PM)
They should have sold this show to CW years ago.

I think if they were really interested in keeping the show, they would have for S4. But they decided to push it to midseason instead.

They moved Supergirl to CW after 1 season I think CBS was the one who rebooted Walker and CW is doing at.



 
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QUOTE (DashboardOnFire @ 9 April 2021 - 04:23 PM)
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I wish I knew why this was happening I keep expecting this to be an April fools joke I am gutted

We'll probably never know. The cast might never speak out because of the risk of getting blacklisted. They're all too young to think about retirement, I guess. At least they can't speak now since they're probably still under contract (as far as I know, TV contracts usually last until the Upfronts in May). I guess that's also the reason why they're not urging fans to start petitions to save the show.

While George never had problems to say how it is if asked on talk shows (similar to RDA), the fact that CBS let him out of the contract early might mean he had to sign a form to stay quiet about why he left.

What he have to stay quiet about? Didn't he leave on his own volition for his daughter?



 
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Good point but than again Supergirl was more of superhero format than the crimesolving show like the others. If this petition works , I could definitely see this returning on the CW if they have room there.



 
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Posted: 10 April 2021 - 12:17 PM                                    
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QUOTE (DashboardOnFire @ 10 April 2021 - 12:09 AM)
I love this one: https://twitter.com/thenerdyeditor1/status/...509047607074825

Also, Fans have already ordered and delivered about 120'000 paperclips to the CBS studios in LA tongue.gif

I guess they won't run out of paper clips for a while then. biggrin.gif



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Posted: 10 April 2021 - 12:56 PM                                    
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I've read so many suppositions, and I think ultimately, it is economics. CBS has 3 new shows. Where to put them. With NCISNO gone, that's 1. I think Clarice will get cancelled. 2. Now what's left. Not touching the rest of Sunday. Not touching Tuesday. Wednesday has Seal Team and Swat, and while they do worse than MacGyver on their night, I think they do better in the 7 day total. That leaves Bull and All Rise. They have worse numbers, but they're not action shows so probably a lot cheaper. That leaves only MacGyver.

What I dont get tho is why spend on new sets for just 6 to 8 episodes? And I agree that CBS has never done good promo for this show. I stopped checking Lenkov's accounts because he mostly talked H50 and then Magnum, his true love.

Frankly, since MacGyver started there were those who said it would never last. I would have loved to see Monica Macer's vision play out for a full season.

Personally, I am devastated. I know it's just a tv show, but I started watching at a low point in my life, and that Friday night hour was escape and comfort. I will miss it dearly. I did not watch the og MacGyver, so Lucas is the one for me. I really hope this is a blessing in disguise for him, and his career blossoms.



 
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QUOTE (DashboardOnFire @ 10 April 2021 - 07:17 AM)
some Tumblr comments via https://dashboardonfire.tumblr.com/post/648038214480936960

Guess you were Dash, their contracts are making it hard to publicly support the efforts.

Saw Tristin on her friend's stories last night at a party like she was putting on a brave face sad.gif



 
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QUOTE (BabyEinstein @ 10 April 2021 - 03:56 PM)
I've read so many suppositions, and I think ultimately, it is economics. CBS has 3 new shows. Where to put them. With NCISNO gone, that's 1. I think Clarice will get cancelled. 2. Now what's left. Not touching the rest of Sunday. Not touching Tuesday. Wednesday has Seal Team and Swat, and while they do worse than MacGyver on their night, I think they do better in the 7 day total. That leaves Bull and All Rise. They have worse numbers, but they're not action shows so probably a lot cheaper. That leaves only MacGyver.

What I dont get tho is why spend on new sets for just 6 to 8 episodes? And I agree that CBS has never done good promo for this show. I stopped checking Lenkov's accounts because he mostly talked H50 and then Magnum, his true love.

Frankly, since MacGyver started there were those who said it would never last. I would have loved to see Monica Macer's vision play out for a full season.

Personally, I am devastated. I know it's just a tv show, but I started watching at a low point in my life, and that Friday night hour was escape and comfort. I will miss it dearly. I did not watch the og MacGyver, so Lucas is the one for me. I really hope this is a blessing in disguise for him, and his career blossoms.

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Posted: 11 April 2021 - 01:25 AM                                    
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QUOTE (real_ness @ 11 April 2021 - 07:40 AM)
Guess you were Dash, their contracts are making it hard to publicly support the efforts.

According to several fans, Justin stated during his live-watch on Patreon that CBS said the cancellation was for financial reasons, but that they weren't sure if that's the only reason and still puzzling over it.

While I do think money is one reason, I'm still not sure why they bothered with the back-order in S4 then. They could have cut the budget in half while ordering half seasons. Or maybe not having 30 producers attached to it laugh.gif. The production costs for S5 couldn't have been that much bigger than for S4, though.

If they really wanted to keep it but run out of room on the schedule, they could have either pushed it to the CW or to Paramount Plus. Maybe they only wanted to keep it going to reach syndication, and that's why they agreed for more episodes in S5 than just to make it a short season with the leftover episodes from S4.

The cast is approving of the fans efforts, though. Both Henry Ian Cusick and Justin used the "SaveMacGyver" hashtag while tweeting and others keep liking or retweeting posts that use the hashtag.

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Posted: 11 April 2021 - 01:43 AM                                    
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QUOTE (BabyEinstein @ 10 April 2021 - 10:56 PM)
Frankly, since MacGyver started there were those who said it would never last. I would have loved to see Monica Macer's vision play out for a full season.

Personally, I am devastated. I know it's just a tv show, but I started watching at a low point in my life, and that Friday night hour was escape and comfort. I will miss it dearly.  I did not watch the og MacGyver, so Lucas is the one for me. I really hope this is a blessing in disguise for him, and his career blossoms.

I think that's why I feel for the cast. Lucas (and others) went through a lot of hardship while making this show and I would have loved for them to get to make at least a full season with the new team after all those changes.

They might have started filming late, but contrary to most other CBS shows, they were also never officially shut down due to covid on set. And they somehow still navigated through all that mess. And got barely any love by CBS who keeps promoting all their shows excessively - especially failing "Clarice" with atrocious ratings - while forgetting their Friday shows).

Some fans tweet that we deserve another season, but I think it's cast and crew that deserve a few more episodes to finish up the way they had intended. The season was never really "theirs", because the writers and the showrunner had to put all the broken pieces together before being able to start doing their own thing.

Someone told me that the episode MAC501 (that should have Murdoc in it) was rewritten completely about 3 times due to difficulties with covid and David not being able to travel (he had to film an episode of "The Flash" up in Canada) when production was stalled again for another two months. I'd love to get more infos about those first script ideas but at this moment, I'm just happy if we ever get a Season 4 DVD tongue.gif

While money and lower ratings sure are valid reasons for a cancellation, I can't help to think that they simply wanted to put the lid on this show since the lead actor was responsible for Lenkov finally being fired.

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The Lenkov mess was unfortunate, and it's too bad Lucas was the only one with the guts and moral fiber to say something. But if that's a reason, why not announce it earlier? NCISNO knew in February and interestingly they also had a similar situation with showrunner. To wait til the very end is just not right. They could have said we wanted to air the six filmed episodes and give a concluding season. I assume the actors all have their thoughts, but CBS acted horribly here.



 
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The #SaveMacGyver movement is making the news tongue.gif


via https://etcanada.com/news/767697/macgyver-f...m-cancellation/

‘MacGyver’ Fans Launch Petition To Save Show From Cancellation
By BRENT FURDYK

Fans of “MacGyver” are not taking news of the show’s cancellation lying down.
One fan of the hit CBS reboot — which has maintained a solid audience of about 6 million viewers each week — is actually doing something.

“Help us #SaveMacGyver and renew it for season 6,” writes fan Aria D in the Change.org petition she launched, seeking “a final hurrah” with one more season.

“‘MacGyver’ is a beloved show that has been running on CBS for five years. It has had strong ratings and great storylines for five seasons. The cast is amazing and extremely diverse but for some reason CBS has decided to cancel it in spite of it winning them the Friday night lineup for weeks in a row,” she writes.

“It is a show that has defied the odds among challenges of lack of promotion, a Frankenstein season and showrunner changes. The new showrunner, one of the few women showrunners in the industry has not been able to fully show her creativity in only seven episodes,” the petition continues.

“There was so much more about to be explored. But it was just snatched away for no apparent reason. If there is anything we fans have learnt from this show is that WE DON’T GO DOWN WITHOUT A FIGHT,” adds the petition, which at time of writing has acquired nearly 6,300 of the 7,500 signatures sought.

“We don’t want cliffhangers or a half-done finale or 15 episodes,” the petition asks. “We deserve a happy ending. Our favourite characters do and so do the amazing cast and crew… A dedicated fandom whose favourite show deserves a farewell.”

Meanwhile, there’s also a different petition asking Netflix to rescue the show in the same way the streamer brought new life to network TV series “Arrested Development”, “Lucifer” and “Designated Survivor” after their respective cancellations.
Following the CBS announcement that the network wasn’t picking up “MacGyver” for a sixth season, star Lucas Till took to Instagram to share his appreciation to the fans who’ve kept the show on the air for all these years.



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