MacGyver (2016)

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Television series
Original title MacGyver
Country of production United States
original language English
Year (s) since 2016
Production
company		 CBS Television Studios ,
Lionsgate Television
length about 45 minutes
Episodes 79 in 4+ seasons ( list )
genre Action , adventure , drama
idea Peter M. Lenkov , Lee David Zlotoff
music Keith Power
First broadcast September 23, 2016 (USA) on CBS
German-language
first broadcast		 June 19, 2017 on Sat.1
occupation
synchronization

MacGyver is an American action series produced since 2016 and reboot of the television series of the same name from 1985 to 1992 . Lucas Till plays the leading role of Angus MacGyver .

On May 6, 2020, the series was extended for a fifth season.

content

Lucas Till , starring the protagonist Angus MacGyver

The protagonist is Twen Angus MacGyver , or “Mac” for short, who works within the US government in a secret organization, the Phoenix Foundation (under Patricia Thornton formerly "Department of external services"). Together with his team, he carries out high-risk missions around the world. His team includes Matilda Webber , director of operations , his roommate Wilt Bozer , hacker Riley Davis and Desi Nguyen . She is responsible for the security of the agents and is also a friend of Jack Dalton , who left the Phoenix Foundation team after leaving for an important mission. MacGyver's talent is to solve problems unconventionally and with scientific knowledge.

Origin and production

In October 2015, Henry Winkler , who produced the original series, and directors James Wan and R. Scott Gemmill agreed to produce a television series for CBS that would revive the original series MacGyver . In February 2016, it was announced that CBS had produced a pilot episode staged by Wan. Due to the deadline, however, Wan withdrew, whereupon David Von Ancken replaced him. In May 2016, CBS gave the green light to produce a first season. As showrunner acts Peter Lenkov . In June 2016, CBS dropped the pilot episode and announced that Wan would direct a new pilot episode.

The main male role was cast in March 2016 with Lucas Till . The role of the eponymous main character's best friend went to George Eads . The female lead got Addison Timlin and Michelle Krusiec . After it became known in June 2016 that the pilot episode would be re-staged, Timlin and Krusiec were replaced by Sandrine Holt and Tristin Mays .

The series takes place in the same series universe as Hawaii Five-0 , since the police psychologist Dr. Madison Gray, who kills serial killers on the island of Oahu , is mentioned in the episode Zodiac Killer and because there is a crossover in which Mac, Jack, Riley and Bozer travel to Hawaii to help after an earthquake and on Chin and Meet Kono of the Five-0 Task Force.

Cast and dubbing

The German dubbing was created under the dialogue book by Cornelius Frommann, Marcel Kurzidim, Andreas Pohr, Oliver Müller, Carina Krause , Christian Kähler and Claudia Frese-Otto under the dialogue direction by Boris Tessmann by the dubbing company Scalamedia GmbH in Berlin .

role actor consequences Seasons Voice actor
main actor
Angus MacGyver Lucas Till 1- 1- Ozan Unal
Wilt Bozer Justin Hires 1- 1- Daniel hose
Riley Davis Tristin Mays 1- 1- Laurine Betz
Matilda Webber Meredith Eaton 13– 1- Giuliana Jakobeit
Desiree "Desi" Nguyen Levy Tran 59– 3– Rubina Nath
Russ Taylor Henry Ian Cusick 67– 4– Sascha Rotermund
Jack Dalton George Eads 1-58 1-3 David Nathan
Samantha Cage Isabel Lucas 22-32 2 Luisa Wietzorek
Patricia Thornton Sandrine Holt 1-12 1 Melanie Hinze
supporting cast
Nikki Carpenter Tracy Spiridakos 1, 8, 12 1 Kristina Tietz
Andie Lee Aina Dumlao 2-4, 6, 14, 17-18, 21, 27 1-2 Sonja Spuhl
Sarah Adler Amy Acker 2, 12 1 Cathlen Gawlich
Murdoc David Dastmalchian 8, 12, 20-21, 25, 32, 36, 45, 50, 62 1- Marius Clarén
Leanna Martin Reign Edwards 29-31, 37, 44-47, 53-55, 59, 61 2– Johanna Dost

publication

The series was first broadcast on September 23, 2016 on the US broadcaster CBS . The fourth season was ordered on May 9, 2019 and is expected to be seen on CBS on February 7, 2020 as the planned start date. It started on German television on July 14th.

In Germany , the series is since June 19, 2017 annual summer program mainly with double episodes on the free TV transmitters Sat.1 aired. While the series has been broadcast in Austria on ORF 1 since September 2, 2017, it has been on 3+ in German-speaking Switzerland since February 16, 2018 . The latter has been broadcasting in German for the first time since the second season.

Season Episodes First air details
in the United StatesUnited StatesUnited States  		First broadcast details
in GermanyGermanyGermany  		First broadcast details
in AustriaAustriaAustria  		First broadcast details
in SwitzerlandSwitzerlandSwitzerland 
Broadcast period Channel Broadcast period Channel Broadcast period Channel Broadcast period Channel
1 21st 23 Sep 2016 - Apr 14, 2017 CBS Jun 19 - Aug 14, 2017
(18 episodes) 		Sat 1 Sep 2 2017 - Feb. 24, 2018 ORF 1 Feb 16 - Mar 16 and 19. Sep. 2018
(9 episodes) 		3+
2 23 29 Sep 2017 - May 4, 2018 Jul 9 - Sep 24 2018 31 Aug 2019 Jul 4 - Sep 19 2018
3 22nd 28 Sep 2018 - May 10, 2019 Jul 23 - Oct 1, 2019 Jul 17 - Sep 27 2019
4th 13 Feb 7 - May 8, 2020

In Germany, the first and second seasons of CBS have so far been released on DVD with deleted scenes and other extras.

  1. ↑ The German premiere of the sequences 11, 16 and 19 on February 23, March 9 and March 23, 2018 the Pay TV transmitter FOX Channel .

criticism

In the Süddeutsche Zeitung , Jürgen Schmieder judged the series after the first broadcast of the first episode as an example of the fact that new editions of once-successful formats were not successful. In contrast to the original series, the main character MacGyver is neither clever nor personable, but is an "arrogant snob and know-it-all" and is just lucky.

At Serienjunkies.de, author Christian Junklewitz says: "MacGyver 2016 is like the theme music: There are a few echoes of the original MacGyver series, but otherwise the series is hardly for nostalgics."

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b MacGyver Season 4 Episode Guide. Retrieved July 26, 2019 .
  2. ↑ 'MacGyver' Reboot In Works At CBS , in: Variety, Oct. 2, 2015, retrieved on Aug. 21, 2016
  3. ↑ Elizabeth Wagmeister: CBS Picks Up Pilots for 'MacGyver' Reboot and Drama Based on Dr. Phil's Early Career , in: Variety, February 2, 2016, accessed August 21, 2016
  4. ↑ Daniel Holloway: James Wan to Direct 'MacGyver' Premiere , in: Variety, June 16, 2016, accessed on Aug. 21, 2016
  5. ↑ Bernd Krannich: CBS shows crossovers of "MacGyver" and "Hawaii Five-0". TV wish list, February 6, 2017, accessed August 8, 2017 .
  6. ↑ a b MacGyver. In: synchronkartei.de. German synchronous index , accessed on July 9, 2017 .
  7. ↑ Jürgen Schmieder : MacGyver in 2016 is a snob and know-it-all , accessed on Süddeutsche.de on Sep 29. 2016
  8. ↑ Christian Junklewitz: http://www.serienjunkies.de/macgyver-2016/reviews/1x01-the-rising.html , accessed on Serienjunkies.de on December 31, 2016