
CBS announced Wednesday that is has renewed 11 more of its current series. The new renewals are: Blue Bloods, Bull, Hawaii Five-O, Madam Secretary, MacGyver, NCIS: Los Angeles, NCIS: New Orleans, Survivor, The Amazing Race, 48 Hours, and 60 Minutes. That brings CBS up to 17 renewed shows total, having previously renewed The Big Bang […]

Lucas Till will be answering to a new boss on “MacGyver” starting Friday. CBS has replaced departing series regular Sandrine Holt with Meredith Eaton, who will play Matty Webber, the new director of operations at the Phoenix Foundation. Holt, who ended her run on the show last Friday, played Patricia Thornton, former head of the […]

CBS is going to the distance with three of its rookie series, ordering full seasons of Bull, Kevin Can Wait and MacGyver. The “back nine” pickups mean all three series’ will produce 22 episodes in their inaugural runs. Bull — starring Michael Weatherly as a pre-Oprah’d Dr. Phil — has thus far proven to be […]

CBS has debuted a new trailer for their reboot of ’80s action series MacGyver, which stars Lucas Till (X-Men: Apocalypse, Monster Trucks) in the title role made famous by Richard Dean Anderson. Check out the MacGyver trailer below! Justin Hires will play Wilt Bozer (MacGyver’s roommate) and Tristin Mays will play Riley Davis (a computer hacker) in […]

MacGyver will have tech support. Californication vet Addison Timlin has been cast opposite Lucas Till in CBS’ pilot for a potential reboot of the classic ABC ’80s action drama. Timlin will play Mickey, a politically progressive app developer with a soft spot for the eponymous troubleshooter. She joins Michelle Krusiec (Fringe), who has been cast […]

It looks like the CBS reboot of ’80s action series MacGyver has found its leading man as The Hollywood Reporter brings word that 25-year-old Lucas Till, best known as Havok in the X-Men franchise, will take over the title role from Richard Dean Anderson. Joshua Boone (Fan Girl) has also joined the new MacGyver series […]

Plans for CBS reboot of the Richard Dean Anderson-led ’80s action series MacGyver are moving forward today as The Hollywood Reporter brings word that George Eads is the first name to join the cast of the pilot episode. The CSI star will play a character by the name of Lincoln who, according to the trade, […]

Your eyes do not deceive you. Variety reports that CBS has ordered pilots for two potential new series, the first a reboot of the 1980s hit MacGyver and the other titled Bull, to be based on the early life of talk show host Dr. Phil McGraw. Playwright Paul Downs Colaizzo has penned the script for the MacGyver […]

Following the Lethal Weapon news, and the recent The A-Team reboot update, comes even more reboot news: The Hollywood Reporter says that CBS is bringing MacGyver back to television. The original series starred Richard Dean Anderson and ran from 1985 to 1992 on ABC. According to THR, the new take is described as “a reimagining […]

James Wan (The Conjuring, Insidious, Saw) is in talks to direct the MacGyver movie at New Line Cinema, reports Variety. The film will be based on the 1980s TV series. Richard Dean Anderson, later of “Stargate: Atlantis” and “SG-1” fame, starred as an incredibly resourceful secret agent for the Phoenix Foundation who frequently would escape from […]