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The Ben Stiller Show
Created by
Ben Stiller Judd Apatow
Written by
Ben Stiller Judd Apatow Robert Cohen David Cross Brent Forrester Bob Odenkirk Sultan Pepper Dino Stamatopoulos
Starring
Ben Stiller Andy Dick (Fox version) Janeane Garofalo (Fox version) Bob Odenkirk (Fox version)
Theme music composer
Dweezil Zappa
Country of origin
United States
No. of episodes
13
Production
Running time
~23 minutes
Production company
HBO Independent Productions
Original release
Network
MTV (1990) Fox (1992–93) Comedy Central (1995)
Release
January 21 (1990-01-21) – March 1, 1990 (1990-03-01)
Release
September 27, 1992 (1992-09-27) – August 26, 1995 (1995-08-26)
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The Ben Stiller Show is an American sketch comedy series starring Ben Stiller that aired in two iterations, the first series airing six episodes on MTV in 1990, and the second series airing 12 episodes on Fox from September 27, 1992, to January 17, 1993, with a 13th episode airing in 1995 on Comedy Central. The Fox version also starred Andy Dick, Janeane Garofalo and Bob Odenkirk. Character actor John F. O'Donohue also appeared in every episode.
The program featured numerous filmed comedy segments, many of which parodied middle of the 1980s to beginning of the 1990s pop culture. Despite receiving mostly positive reviews, Fox canceled the series after only 13 episodes, due to low ratings.[1][2]
Unlike most sketch comedy programs, The Ben Stiller Show did not use a studio audience, and was the first ever Fox sketch comedy program not to use a laugh track. The semi spinoff, The Andy Dick Show, used the same format. After cancelation, the series won the 1993 Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing in a Variety or Music Program.
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