What is MacGyver about?
20-something Angus MacGyver creates a clandestine organization where he uses his knack for solving problems in unconventional ways to help prevent disasters from happening.
A brilliant young agent uses ingenious fixes and earnest charm to prevent global disasters in a brisk, pulpy world.
A full-attention watch at a brisk pace. Emotionally it carries some weight.
Streaming on Paramount+ and The Roku Channel (free).
MacGyver parents guide
No surprises for a TV-14: no sex or nudity and mild language.
Rated TV-14, but by what is on screen our estimate is fine from about 7.
- Scare
- Not scary
- Jump scares
- A couple
- One or two sudden jolts.
- Gore
- No gore
- Violence
- Some violence
- Some fighting or peril.
- Sex and nudity
- None noted
- Language
- Mild
- Mild words like damn, hell or crap.
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Cast and crew
Created byPeter M. Lenkov
StarringLucas Till, Tristin Mays, Henry Ian Cusick, Meredith Eaton, Justin Hires, Levy Tran
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