Lucas Till participates in Pop Network's "MacGyver" panel during the CBS Television Critics Association summer press tour on Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2016, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) - One of the hallmarks of the 1980s series "MacGyver," starring Richard Dean Anderson, is he avoided guns and relied on his wits to disarm or keep the bad guys at bay.
MacGyver hasn't changed his outlook in the CBS reboot starring Lucas Till, but that doesn't mean it will be a gun-free show.
"It will be unrealistic to do this type of show and not have anybody have any type of gun," executive producer Peter Lenkov told press Wednesday at an annual summer event for TV critics. "Macgyver's a guy if he needs a weapon he will build it.
Someone who will use them, however, is the Jack Dalton character, now played by George Eads, who has a military background.
"He sees the value in a gun, in a defensive weapon," Lenkov said.
"Macgyver" premieres Friday, Sept. 23 at 8 p.m. EDT on CBS.
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Justin Hires, from left, Lucas Till and George Eads participate in Pop Network's "MacGyver" panel during the CBS Television Critics Association summer press tour on Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2016, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
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Lucas Till, from left, George Eads and Sandrine Holt participate in Pop Network's "MacGyver" panel during the CBS Television Critics Association summer press tour on Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2016, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
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Executive producer Peter Lenkov, from left, Tristin Mays, Justin Hires, Lucas Till, George Eads, Sandrine Holt and executive producer/director James Wan participate in Pop Network's "MacGyver" panel during the CBS Television Critics Association summer press tour on Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2016, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
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