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Sledge Hammer!

Name: Sledge Hammer!
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Action & Adventure
Released: 1986-09-23
Rating: 7.983

★ 8,0 /10 (175 Votes)

1986 EN 2 Seasons

Overview

Sledge Hammer! is an American satirical police sitcom produced by New World Television that ran for two seasons on ABC from 1986 to 1988. The series was created by Alan Spencer and stars David Rasche as Inspector Sledge Hammer, a preposterous caricature of the standard "cop on the edge" character. Al Jean and Mike Reiss, best known for their work on The Simpsons, wrote for the show and worked as story editors.

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First air date

23/09/1986

Votes

175

Popularity

9.6

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Genres

Comedy Crime Action & Adventure

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Created by

Alan Spencer

Networks

ABC

Language

Last air date

1988-02-12

Episodes

Episode runtime

25 min

Website

www.sledgehammeronline.com

David Rasche

Sledge Hammer

Anne-Marie Martin

Dori Doreau

Harrison Page

Captain Trunk

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Yeah, this was really more of a comedy. And it was a comedy that mocked all of the detective and tough cop shows and movies that were popular in the 70s and 80s. In fact, it did such a great job spoofing all of them, hitting all the tropes with exaggeratedly hysterical accuracy that I kind of think that maybe Sledge Hammer! is the reason that we don't see that many shows like that any longer. Anyway, the word "hilarious" comes up a lot in the reviews and for good reason. It was brilliant and too short lived.

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