Are you ready, MacGyver fans?
The series needs you!
CBS announced last week that it had canceled the popular Friday drama after five well-rated seasons.
MacGyver Season 5 has been a solid option for the network in the 8/7c slot this season, regularly coming in first place for the night in all key demos.
For that reason alone, the cancellation came as a surprise to the fans and everyone closely associated with the show.
As expected, given the success of the series, fans are campaigning to urge CBS to rethink its cancellation announcement.
A Change.org petition has been set up, and it has already eclipsed 11,000 signatures and climbing.
The group has also trended on Twitter in multiple countries with the #SaveMacGyver hashtag, which generated approximately 50,000 tweets in our first 48 hours.
The group also sent around 184,000 paperclips to CBS Studios in Los Angeles and several thousand to Kelly Kahl’s office in New York City,...
The series needs you!
CBS announced last week that it had canceled the popular Friday drama after five well-rated seasons.
MacGyver Season 5 has been a solid option for the network in the 8/7c slot this season, regularly coming in first place for the night in all key demos.
For that reason alone, the cancellation came as a surprise to the fans and everyone closely associated with the show.
As expected, given the success of the series, fans are campaigning to urge CBS to rethink its cancellation announcement.
A Change.org petition has been set up, and it has already eclipsed 11,000 signatures and climbing.
The group has also trended on Twitter in multiple countries with the #SaveMacGyver hashtag, which generated approximately 50,000 tweets in our first 48 hours.
The group also sent around 184,000 paperclips to CBS Studios in Los Angeles and several thousand to Kelly Kahl’s office in New York City,...
- 4/13/2021
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
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