RANKED: The 25 Greatest Shows Of The 80’s

24. MacGyver

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This show was so popular that the term “macgyver” is still slang for a masculine guy who can get out of a fix—and also fix anything. MacGyver somehow got himself out of sticky situations with whatever random supplies were on hand, from rubber bands to paper clips to duct tape. For its 139-episode run, Richard Dean Anderson’s MacGyver was the patron saint of non-violent (or at least minimally violent) resourcefulness.