After its recent cancellation, fans are campaigning for CBS to renew MacGyver for season 6. The action series stars Lucas Till as Angus “Mac” MacGyver, who takes an unconventional approach to besting criminals as a secret government agent. MacGyver is a reboot of the 1985-1992 TV show of the same name. The current version premiered in 2016. It’s been a fairly steady performer for CBS since, alongside fellow reboot shows Hawaii Five-0 and Magnum P.I. Though critical reception has been more mixed, MacGyver has a passionate fanbase nonetheless.
Unfortunately for viewers, last week came the news MacGyver season 5, which is currently airing, will be the show’s last. Like the majority of TV series, MacGyver has felt the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic over the last year. Season 4 ended early with 13 episodes, with some held for season 5. Even with those extras, the now final season will be 15 episodes long, putting both seasons 4 and 5 well below the 20+ episodes each of the first three seasons featured. The series finale is now set to air Friday, April 30.
However, some MacGyver fans are hoping that won’t be the end of the show after all. One, Aria D, started a Change.org petition calling for signers to “Help us #SaveMacGyver and renew it for season 6.” The petition cites the show’s support of diversity and asks specifically for “one last season” in order to give MacGyver a satisfactory ending. As of this writing, the petition has just over 8,000 signatures with a goal of 10,000. Fans have also gotten #SaveMacGyver to trend on Twitter and sent CBS nearly 200,000 paperclips, which are often associated with the show.
Though a season 6 renewal for MacGyver seems unlikely at this time, stranger things have certainly happened. At one time, a cancellation was the guaranteed end of a show, but that’s not the case anymore. With more streamers and cable networks than ever before, cancelled series have more of a chance to be picked up elsewhere. That’s happened with several shows in the last few years, including Brooklyn Nine-Nine and One Day at a Time.
In this case, MacGyver fans are targeting CBS specifically to renew the series, which seems like a smart play. Networks are sometimes moved by passionate viewers, such as NBC with its beloved spy dramedy Chuck, which was helped by a fan mounted campaign to buy subs from the show’s sponsor Subway. It’s also worth noting those signing the petition are primarily focused on a season 6 renewal rather than MacGyver coming back indefinitely. With the series finale only a couple of weeks away, it’s understandable fans are concerned it won’t be a satisfying conclusion for the show. Though not likely, it’s certainly possible CBS will take this under consideration and rethink MacGyver‘s cancellation.
Source: Change.org
Originally from https://screenrant.com/macgyver-reboot-show-fan-campaign-season-6-renewal/