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Richard Dean Anderson in MacGyver (1985)

Parents guide

MacGyver

Content rating

  • Sex & Nudity:
    Mild
  • Violence & Gore:
    Mild
  • Profanity:
    Mild
  • Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking:
    Mild
  • Frightening & Intense Scenes:
    Mild

Sex & Nudity

Mild
9 of 17 found this mild
The final episode of season three, a woman is shown removing her clothes, revealing her in a cleavage revealing swimsuit, and showing bare legs.
Romance and kissing occurs frequently.
The episode "Runners" focuses on a teenaged prostitute attempting to escape from her employer, and at one point a man says she propositioned him. No intercourse occurs on or offscreen.

Violence & Gore

Mild
9 of 15 found this mild
Common fight scenes consist of punches, kicks and tackles. The main protagonist expresses his opposition to the use of firearms.
Occasional deaths by gunshots (with some blood), cliffs, etc. Few violent deaths appear that are uncharacteristic of the series, such as:

Profanity

Mild
6 of 10 found this mild
Occasional usage of "damn" and "hell" is seen ; however ,the protagonist is never seen using abusive words .
One episode contains the N-word. It is only used by the villain however.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

Mild
6 of 9 found this mild
The season 4 episode "Blood Brothers" features heavy usage of crack. It is no way promoting it and shows its negative effects of it.
Main protagonist smoking three cigarettes at a one go is shown in the episode " Pilot " ,however that was done as a trick to sense the laser rays . Except that ,he's never seen smoking or using alcohol.
Season 6 episode " Twenty questions" features protagonist's fight to prevent his 15 year old teenage friend from alcoholism .Scenes of excessive beer consumption and intoxication of teenagers is shown in two instances of this episode . No promoting of alcoholism occurs though . Adverse effects of alcohol consumption and bad peer group association is emphasized
Occasional smoking, consumption of wine or other alcoholic beverages. Mostly shown as used in moderation.
Smuggling, production or possession of heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine and PCP is shown in various episodes.
Illegal drug operations are severely fought against by the allied characters, and the main protagonist frowns upon the use of tobacco and alcohol products.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

Mild
3 of 8 found this mild
Rare deaths of allied side characters are dramatic and shocking.
Frequent moments of peril (cliffs, hostages, gunpoint, time bomb moments)
The episodes "Deadly Dreams" and "A Lesson in Evil" have a moderate suspense/horror theme, and may result in the first exposure of younglings to this genre of entertainment.

Certifications

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  • Australia
    • PG
  • Brazil
    • 12DVD rating
  • Canada
    • PG
    • GQuebec
  • Denmark
    • 15DVD rating
  • Finland
    • K-12
    • K-182005, DVD, self applied
  • France
    • Tous publics
  • Germany
    • 12
  • Italy
    • TDVD rating
  • Japan
    • G
  • Netherlands
    • 12
  • Norway
    • 15DVD rating
    • 9TV rating
  • South Korea
    • 152017, season 7
    • 122016
  • Spain
    • 7
  • Sweden
    • 15DVD rating
  • United Kingdom
    • PG
    • Uone episode
    • 15one episode
    • 12some episodes
  • United States
    • TV-PG
    • TV-14re-rating

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