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CBS has filled in the last big missing piece for its fall schedule — its Friday night lineup. The network has set Friday, December 4 for the season premieres of MacGyver (Season 5), Magnum P.I. (Season 3) and Blue Bloods (Season 11),  at 8 PM, 9 PM and 10 PM, respectively. The dramas join upcoming season premieres of N…

MacGyver star Lucas Till says in a new interview that the toxic on-set environment created by former executive producer Peter M. Lenkov drove the actor to the “breaking point,” and that the first year on the show left Till feeling “suicidal.” In a new Vanity Fair report, Till says he was subjected to bullying, verbal…

CBS has renewed 18 more series for 2020-21 including the majority of its drama lineup and a trio of comedies. The broadcaster has picked up dramas All Rise, Blue Bloods, Bull, FBI, FBI: Most Wanted, MacGyver, Magnum P.I., NCIS, NCIS: Los Angeles, NCIS: New Orleans, Seal Team and S.W.A.T., comedies Bob ♥ Abishola, The N…

Veteran television writer James Schmerer, whose credits encompass some of the most popular series of the 1970s and ’80s including MacGyver, CHiPs, Vega$, Fantasy Island and Starsky & Hutch, died Oct. 4 at his home in Eugene, Oregon, following a stroke. He was 81. Schmerer’s death was announced by Writers Guild of…

Henry Ian Cusick (The Passage) has joined the cast of CBS’ action drama MacGyver as a series regular for its upcoming fourth season. Cusick will play Russ, a lead opposite Lucas Till’s MacGyver. Russ is handsome and quick-witted Oxford-educated ex-military who is a master manipulator and salesman — skilled in…

It’s official. Levy Tran was expected to be promoted to series regular for the upcoming fourth season of CBS' action drama series MacGyver, and her deal is now closed. Tran was introduced as a recurring new character in the second half of the third season designed to help fill the void left by the departure of series'…

Levy Tran is expected to be promoted to series regular on the just ordered fourth season of CBS' action drama series MacGyver. Tran was introduced as a recurring new character in the second half of the current third season designed to help fill the void left by the departure of series’ original co-lead George…

UPDATED: After spending a few months on the bubble, MacGyver will see a fourth season with Terry Matalas (12 Monkeys) joining as executive producer/co-showrunner. He replaces Craig O’Neill as co-showrunner alongside creator/executive producer/showrunner Peter Lenkov. While not a critical darling, the show has done…

With fans clamoring for a crossover episode between CBS procedurals Hawaii Five-0, Magnum, P.I., and MacGyver, the co-creator of the three series says it may just happen. Peter M. Lenkov, the creative mind behind the reboots, sat down with the casts of the shows Saturday afternoon at PaleyFest in Los Angeles. After…

OSHA has slapped the producers of CBS’ MacGyver with a "serious citation" for an accident on its Atlanta set in August that seriously injured stunt coordinator Justin Sundquist. Its proposed penalty, however, is only $9,472. Sundquist was injured when he fell off the back of a moving vehicle while performing a stunt…

EXCLUSIVE: Levy Tran (The Haunting of Hill House, Shameless) has been cast in a major recurring role on CBS' action drama series MacGyver. She plays a new character that would help fill the void left by the departure of series co-lead George Eads. Tran, whose first episode airs February 15, will play Desiree Nguyen…

As usual, Fox’s Last Man Standing won the Friday night ratings demo wars, but the farewell to actor George Eads on CBS’s MacGyver proved to be a strong audience draw as well. Last Man Standing returned from a two-week hiatus to cop a 1.1/6 and 6 million viewers to lead the Friday demographics, a slight drop from the…