Honestly, I don't think they got anything right.
They had a couple of good ideas which were poorly executed, but mostly they made a mockery of the whole MacGyver concept and turned MacGyver himself into an arrogant annoying nerd who talks down to everyone as he over-explains everything to show how much smarter he is than everyone else.
That and turning the gender-swapped Pete Thornton into a traitor, which I consider a middle finger to every fan of the original, were my two biggest peeves, but in general, the whole show was just CSI/NCIS with character names dropped in from MacGyver. None of them had the slightest resemblance to their original names-sakes.
It was just a very poorly executed money grab by CBS and from what I understand, the creator as well.
if you google search for MacGyver now you get lots of stuff about the reboot so it's not only made a mockery of the original but it's also pushed it down into the sewers of history.

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