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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.

  1. Alan Spencer

    Creator

Series Cast

  1. Cast 1

    David Rasche

    Sledge Hammer

  2. Cast 1

    Anne-Marie Martin

    Dori Doreau

  3. Cast 1

    Harrison Page

    Captain Trunk

Last Season

Poster

Season 2

1987 | 19 episodes

season 2 of Sledge Hammer! premiered on Sep 17, 1987.

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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.

Facts

Status Ended

Network Network

TypeScripted

Original LanguageEnglish 

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