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Sledge Hammer! (1 Fans)


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 "Sledge Hammer!" Summary
 

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Have you ever seen the film Dirty Harry? One person sure has: Alan Spencer, creator of Sledge Hammer!

This sitcom is meant as an over-the-top parody of that film. Spencer had been inspired by another television program growing up: Get Smart, which had revolutionized the way we look at the spy genre. So too did Spencer feel the need to revamp the 'cop' genre, adding to it a nihilistic attitude, and one of disregard for the law in order to carry out law enforcement. It looked at gratuitous violence and satirized it. Unfortunately, many viewers did not see the satire within the show and therefore did not enjoy mass appeal.

Sledge Hammer! was, however, critically acclaimed. Still it suffered a horrible fate at the bottom of the ratings for two seasons. You may well ask how such a revolutionary, refreshing, and acclaimed series could be at the bottom of the ratings. Quite simply, it was competing with the colossal hits Miami Vice and Dallas in the first season, and The Cosby Show during the second season.

Thanks to the proliferation of television series DVDs, Sledge Hammer! lives on, only better than ever. When the show was originally aired it was shown with laugh tracks added (screen testing had shown that
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 "Sledge Hammer!" Information
 
First Episode: 1: 1x01 -- Under the Gun (Pilot) (Sep/23/1986) [Special Airtime: 08:30 pm]
Last Episode: 41: 2x19 -- Here's to You, Mrs. Hammer (Feb/12/1988)
Ratings:
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Classification: Scripted
Genre: Comedy | Crime
Status: Canceled/Ended
Network: ABC ( USA)
Airs: Fridays at 09:30 pm
Runtime: 30 Minutes
Premiere: September 23, 1986
Ended: February 12, 1988
Color: Color
 
 "Sledge Hammer!" Cast
 
David Rascheplayed
Det. Insp. Sledge Hammer
Anne-Marie Martinplayed
Officer Dori Doreau
Harrison Pageplayed
Captain Trunk

 
 "Sledge Hammer!" Crew
 
CreatorAlan Spencer
Executive ProducerAlan Spencer  |  William P. D'Angelo  |  Robert Lovenheim
Supervising ProducerRon Friedman
ProducerThomas Kane  |  Alan Spencer
Co-ProducerJim Ragan  |  Robert Birnbaum  |  Alan C. Blomquist
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