Sledge Hammer!

TV-PG

41 episodes2 seasons

US Release

~ Trust me, I know what I'm doing. ~

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.

Created by:

Alan Spencer

Status:

Ended

Language:

English

First air date:

9/23/1986

Last air date:

2/12/1988

Key words:

san francisco, california
gun
police
satire
police detective
sitcom

Seasons

Specials

6 Episodes

Season 1

22 Episodes

Season 2

19 Episodes

Cast

David Rasche

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Sledge Hammer

Anne-Marie Martin

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Dori Doreau

Harrison Page

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Captain Trunk

Leslie Morris

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Officer Majoy

Kurt Paul

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Norman Blates

Brion James

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Felix Ridel

Mark Blankfield

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Larry Wilmore

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Terrorist #3

Dennis Fimple

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Informant and 1 more

Don Stark

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Kurt Kruggle

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Reviews (1)

GenerationofSwine
Written 2 year(s) ago
10
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.