This article is about the American live-action comedy program. For the 2010 animated sketch comedy show, see Mad (TV series). For other uses, see Mad TV (disambiguation).
Mad TV
Genre
Sketch comedy Parody Satire
Created by
David Salzman
Fax Bahr
Adam Small
Based on
Mad by EC Comics
Starring
see List of Mad TV cast members
Theme music composer
Greg O'Connor
Blake Aaron
Country of origin
United States
Original language
English
No. of seasons
14
No. of episodes
321 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
David Salzman
Quincy Jones
Fax Bahr
Adam Small
Production locations
Hollywood Center Studios
Sunset Bronson Studios
Production company
Quincy Jones-David Salzman Entertainment
Original release
Network
Fox
Release
October 14, 1995 (1995-10-14) – May 16, 2009 (2009-05-16)
Related
Mad
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Mad TV (stylized as MADtv) is an American sketch comedy television series created by David Salzman, Fax Bahr, and Adam Small. Loosely based on the humor magazine Mad, Mad TV's pre-taped satirical sketches were primarily parodies of popular culture and occasionally politics. Many of its sketches featured the show's cast members playing recurring original characters and doing celebrity impressions. The series premiered on Fox on October 14, 1995, and ran for 14 seasons. Its final episode aired on May 16, 2009.
Salzman created Mad TV with record producer Quincy Jones after they purchased the rights to Mad in 1995. Salzman brought on Bahr and Small, who had formerly written for the sketch comedy television series In Living Color, as showrunners. The show was intended to compete with fellow sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live (SNL), which was experiencing declining viewership and poor critical reception. Critics noted that Mad TV had a more diverse cast than SNL and dealt with edgier, more lowbrow humor.
Fox made few efforts to promote Mad TV, which typically fell behind SNL in ratings. Throughout its run, the network continually cut the series' budget before eventually canceling it in 2009. It was nominated for numerous awards, including 43 Primetime Emmy Awards, five of which it won. Critical reception of the series was mostly negative during its run and its sketches attracted notable controversy. Since its cancellation, it has appeared on several critics' lists of the best sketch comedy television series of all time.
A 20th anniversary reunion special aired on The CW on January 12, 2016. The CW also rebooted the series for a 15th and final season, which premiered on July 26, 2016.
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