MacGyver (2016)
CBS
In 1985, the ‘unique’ MacGyver premiered on ABC. With the titular character performed by Richard Dean Anderson, the run lasted for seven seasons. Twenty-four years later, CBS granted MacGyver a reboot with Lucas Until within the lead position. However in April, solely three weeks away from what would have been the season finale, CBS determined to not transfer ahead with a season six.
Whereas CBS claims that the cancellation needed to do with viewership and different enterprise metrics, followers are satisfied MacGyver was cancelled on account of an ongoing lawsuit authorized battle between CBS and stakeholders within the unique sequence.
MacGyver has all the time been No. 1 in its time slot, beating out different networks on a Friday night time. It has been over three months for the reason that cancellation and MacGyver continues to remain trending on CBS and Paramount Plus. With hypothesis that NBC could stroll again Manifest’s cancellation, MacGyver followers try to persuade CBS to do the identical or transfer the present to Paramount Plus because it did for Seal Group.
When followers heard in regards to the shock cancellation of MacGyver, they took motion on Twitter, voicing their opinion with the #SaveMacgyver hashtag. Within the three months for the reason that marketing campaign started, followers have put up billboards round 9 main cities—together with in Occasions Sq.—gathered over 27,000 signatures, and created an internet site known as SaveMacgyver.com. They’ve obtained help on Twitter and Instagram from MacGyver’s personal Lucas Until, Tristin Mays, Meredith Eaton, Henry Ian Cusick, Justin Hires, Levy Tran, creator Lee David Zlotoff, showrunner Monica Macer, and members of the season 5 writing workers.
The #SaveMacGyver Twitter marketing campaign has been energetic since April 2021 and amassed nearly 700,000 tweets, which will get spectacular utilization each Friday throughout watch events. And thru the group’s #OperationPaperclip and #OperationPostcard mailing drives, followers have despatched over 1.4 million paper clips and over 2,065 postcards to the CBS places of work in Los Angeles and New York.
At the moment the #SaveMacGyver marketing campaign is working with creator and government producer Lee David Zlotoff to take over his social media on Fridays for the month of July to tie the marketing campaign to a number of charitable efforts. Folks within the 81 nations that need MacGyver again on tv are in a position to donate blood at their native amenities, for instance. For individuals who could not be capable to donate blood, #SaveMacGyver is suggesting that they make monetary contributions to charities of their alternative or donate meals, clothes, and different objects to individuals in want.
Moreover, followers introduced #MacgyverCon, a digital occasion by followers celebrating MacGyver that includes raffles, contests, and swag luggage on August 28-Twenty ninth, 2021. The visitor consists of Zlotoff, MacGyver’s technical guide Rhett Allain, costume designer Sarah Downer and season 5 writers.
Regardless of the efforts, CBS has remained mum on if it is going to change the cancellation coverage.
