by Douglas Snauffer
CBS’ reboot of MacGyver (Fridays, 8 p.m.) is another freshman series I was curious about all summer.
Not that I had high hopes for it. The odds are typically against recycled TV shows. MacGyver, though, is being used as a lead-in for Hawaii Five-O, another title resurrected by CBS that is now entering its seventh-season. So if CBS believed in it that much (if they didn’t, they would’ve had McGarrett & Company be the lead-in instead of the follower), I didn’t want to completely discount Mac’s chances.
My optimism, however, turned out to be short-lived. Just five minutes into the premiere episode my mind was already made up – I hated it. I dutifully sat through the rest of the hour, but that merely reinforced my initial opinion. MacGyver is another case of a TV classic receiving a modern make-over with disastrous results.