La serie gira en torno a las misiones que realiza el personaje principal Angus MacGyver para distintas instituciones, sobre todo para la Fundación Phoenix. En la serie, MacGyver resuelve todos los problemas que se le plantean haciendo uso de su gran inteligencia, su conocimiento académico en ciencias e ingeniería y su habilidad para la construcción de herramientas con elementos cotidianos de su entorno.
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- flavo4326 de noviembre de 2025MacGyver is one of the most influential and charming action-adventure series ever made, thanks almost entirely to Richard Dean Anderson’s iconic performance. Only he could make STEM exciting, clever, and—yes—downright cool. Armed with nothing more than scientific knowledge, ingenuity, compassion, and a trusty Swiss Army knife, MacGyver solved problems in ways no other TV hero did. The fact that he deliberately avoided using guns, as the character was intended to, made him truly extraordinary. His solutions relied on intellect rather than brute force, which made the show ideal for family viewing and, arguably, inspired countless young people to pursue university studies, technical trades, engineering, science, or humanitarian work. MacGyver proved that brains could be just as heroic as brawn. He also paved the way for a new era of “nerd heroes” on television—characters who were smart, resourceful, and morally grounded. MacGyver wasn’t just entertainment; it was a cultural blueprint for a different kind of action hero.
- Richard18 de octubre de 2025Saw this one on Dutch TV in the '80s, probably TROS or Veronica. Mid-teens and suddenly science class felt useful. Angus MacGyver didn’t need guns. He had duct tape, paperclips and a mullet that defied gravity. Every episode was a masterclass in improvised genius: bombs defused with chocolate, escapes made with shoelaces and villains outwitted by physics. The theme music was pure adventure, the voiceovers were earnest and the plots were just plausible enough to make you try building a parachute from trash bags. It was cheesy, yes, but also clever, hopeful and oddly wholesome.
MacGyver Trivia
MacGyver has 7 seasons.
MacGyver has 139 episodes.
The key characters in MacGyver are Angus MacGyver (Richard Dean Anderson), Pete Thornton (Dana Elcar), Jack Dalton (Bruce McGill).
MacGyver was directed by Charles Correll, Michael Vejar, Michael Caffey, Cliff Bole, William Gereghty, Michael Preece, James L. Conway, William Gereghty, Alexander Singer, Lee H. Katzin, Paul Krasny, Chuck Bowman, Donald Petrie, Don Chaffey, Paul Stanley, Dana Elcar, Rob Bowman, Bruce Kessler, Richard A. Colla, Bruce Seth Green, John Florea, Ernest Pintoff, Harry Harris, Bob Sweeney, Bill Corcoran, Alan Simmonds, John Patterson, Jerrold Freedman, Don Weis, Gilbert M. Shilton, Alan Crosland, Jr., Les Landau, Stan Jolley.
MacGyver was produced by John Mantley, Vin Di Bona, Terry Nation, Robert Hargrove.
La serie gira en torno a las misiones que realiza el personaje principal Angus MacGyver para distintas instituciones, sobre todo para la Fundación Phoenix. En la serie, MacGyver resuelve todos los problemas que se le plantean haciendo uso de su gran inteligencia, su conocimiento académico en ciencias e ingeniería y su habilidad para la construcción de herramientas con elementos cotidianos de su entorno.
MacGyver is rated 13.
MacGyver is a Crimen, Drama, Action show.
MacGyver has an audience rating of 7.2 out of 10.
MacGyver episodes are 45min long.
No, this show was canceled after 7 seasons.