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The popular adventures of a resourceful former Special Forces operative, who undertakes impossible missions at the behest of a crimefighting think tank called the Phoenix Foundation. MacGyver usually avoids direct combat by resorting to his ingenuity and an ability to creatively utilize everyday objects (like paper clips). The hero's first name---Angus---was finally revealed in a 1991 episode. Among MacGyver's many fans: the lovelorn Patty and Selma on `The Simpsons.'

MacGyver and Teri Hatcher Hooked Up? | Today's Top Videos | 2/27/2008
Today’s Lunch-isode Series: MacGyverEpisode Title: Every Time She SmilesSeason: 1Year: 1986Why we love this episode: Simple—Teri Hatcher (in all her 80s hair glory) guest-stars as motor-mouth Penny Parker in this episode. It’s almost painful to listen to here her ditzy character talk and talk and talk in that squeaky little voice. But, Mac doesn’t let that stop him from helping this damsel in distress from escaping Bulgaria and her scary ex-lover. And we’re really happy that Mac had a smooching scene with Teri. Seriously, he never got enough play in the show considering he’s the only guy ever to get out of near death situations with only a paperclip and chewed piece of gum. Who wouldn’t be all over him?Watch this episode now!Your take: What are your favorite MacGyver moments? read more
CBS to Stream TV Classics Online, Too | Today's News: Our Take | 2/21/2008
Network see, network do. Coming on the heels of NBC's decision to offer classic TV shows over a group of websites, CBS has announced plans to upload full episodes from their programming vaults on the more than 300 sites that make up the CBS Audience Network.The network is kicking off the venture by offering the three seasons of Star Trek: The Original Series, Seasons 1 and 2 of The Twilight Zone, and the first seasons of MacGyver, Hawaii Five-O and Melrose Place on CBS.com and the sites of partners such as AOL, Microsoft, CNET Networks and Comcast.Unlike NBC, which opted to place its programming on network-owned genre sites, CBS is operating under the same open, non-exclusive strategy the network has been using for the past nine months. More programs and clips will be added to the initial lineup in the coming months. — Adam BryantUse TVGuide.com's Online Video Guide to search for clips as well as entire episodes of your favorite television shows, both past and present. To name... read more
Ask Matt | 11/9/2007
I don't imagine Saturday Night Live is on your radar, but I'm still a big fan of the show and rarely miss it. (Thank heaven for my DVR, which allows me to record the show and zip past the lamer sketches and lousy musical guests.) The last couple of years I've noticed a trend that's starting to irk me, and I'll use last week's show with Brian Williams as an example. He was a terrific host. The first two sketches he appeared in were hilarious (as a firefighter with a spot-on "New Yawk" accent and read more
Ask Matt | 9/28/2007
Is it just me, or is Burn Notice similar to The Pretender? Michael Westen is seeking answers from a covert organization, but at the same time he is running from that organization (much like Jarod and the Centre). He also spends every episode using the skills that organization taught him to help an innocent person and bring a perpetrator to justice (just as Jarod did). Maybe the connection seems stronger to me because Jeffrey Donovan played Jarod's brother in The Pretender and I'm still pining .. read more
TV Guide Interviews & Features | 8/18/2006
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Possible Feature MacGyver Film?
Info comes from a blog, no news article yet...From There Be Nonsense Here blog:http://www.thenonsense.com/2008/05/mcgyver-movie-big-budget/MacGyver_movieToday at Maker Faire 2008, MacGyver... read more
Posted by morjana May 4, 2008 2:44 AM

Entertainment Weekly Online: TV Characters You'd Date
From Entertainment Weekly:Photo GalleryReader Picks: TV Characters You'd Date#21 is: MACGYVER (Richard Dean Anderson)My first and truest love. I can even get past the mullet. Smart,... read more
Posted by morjana Mar 5, 2008 3:14 PM

TV Guide Online: Spotlight: MacGyver
From TV Guide Online:http://www.tvguide.com/Hot Video: Teri Handcuffed!Take a break with our Online Video Guide. Today's pick: The MacGyver episode in which our hero gets "attached" to a... read more
Posted by morjana Feb 28, 2008 10:17 AM

Feb 20th - MacGyver Special
The Mythbusters take on the ultimate four-part MacGyver challenge: pick a lock, develop film with common kitchen liquids, build a compass, then devise an aerial signal for a rescue... read more
Posted by DiscoveryChannelTV Feb 13, 2008 3:00 PM

MacGyver Myths on Mythbusters
From the Discovery Channel web site:http://dsc.discovery.com/tv-schedules/series.html?paid=1.13056.24704.3913.x&start=100MythBusters MacGyver Myths This reverential episode of... read more
Posted by morjana Jan 18, 2008 4:06 AM

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MacGyver - Opening Credits
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MacGyver - The Mountain Of Youth
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MacGyver - The Stringer
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Premiered: September 29, 1985, on ABC

Rating: TV-PG

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Premise: The popular adventures of a resourceful former Special Forces operative, who undertakes impossible missions at the behest of a crimefighting think tank called the Phoenix Foundation. MacGyver usually avoids direct combat by resorting to his ingenuity and an ability to creatively utilize everyday objects (like paper clips). The hero's first name---Angus---was finally revealed in a 1991 episode. Among MacGyver's many fans: the lovelorn Patty and Selma on `The Simpsons.'

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