MacGyver is an American action-adventure television series created by Lee David Zlotoff

Lee David Zlotoff

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. Henry Winkler

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 and John Rich

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 were the executive producers. The show ran for seven seasons on ABC

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 in the United States

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 and various other network

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s abroad from 1985 to 1992. The series was filmed in Los Angeles during seasons 1, 2 and 7, and in Vancouver

Vancouver

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, British Columbia

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, during seasons 3–6. The show's final episode aired on April 25, 1992 on ABC (the network aired a previously unseen episode for the first time on May 21, 1992, but it was originally intended to air before the series finale).

The originally aired episodes for the initial seasons (? - ?) used the title 'McGyver' but later changed it to 'MacGyver' to apparently provide him with a first name.