Sci-fi fans love Stargate SG-1, but making the show was apparently a 'nightmare' for all involved, especially when it came to ...

Instead, the film received a spin-off TV series starring MacGuyver himself, Richard Dean Anderson ... what the pilot episode ...

Stargate SG-1 was underappreciated as it aired ... especially with MacGuyver himself, Richard Dean Anderson, as part of the cast, and while the show does embrace the fun side of the genre ...

stepping aside so "MacGyver" actor Richard Dean Anderson could take over as O'Neill. Among the other actors who joined the ...

Richard Dean Anderson, to play Special Operations Colonel Jack O'Neil — the role played by Kurt Russell in the film. "Stargate SG-1" therefore benefitted from a casting boost before it even hit ...

Worse, none of the SG-1 crew protested ... a handle on their characters and strange moments, like Jack O'Neil (Richard Dean Anderson) and Daniel Jackson (Michael Shanks) ogling Carter.

Richard Dean Anderson (born ... and Firehouse (1997). In 1997, Anderson returned to television as the lead actor of the series Stargate SG-1, a spin-off of the 1994 film Stargate.

Instead of Kurt Russell, who refused to return as Colonel Jack O'Neil for the show, "SG-1" cast Richard Dean Anderson in the role, which no doubt helped the series immensely seeing as the man was ...