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Sledge Hammer!

TV Series (1986 - 1988)

Over-the-top parody of "Dirty Harry". Inspector Sledge Hammer is always looking to model himself on that character and his other fictitious heroes including good spies. But Officer Dori is always there to help him out of the situations he lands himself in and worse he always seems to drive his chief Capt.Trunk mad with rage.

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Last Episode

02x19 Here's to You, Mrs. Hammer Aired: Feb. 12, 1988

Hammer discovers that his best buddy is planning to marry his ex-wife.

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Sledge Hammer! is Canceled/Ended
The show had 2 seasons and 41 episodes air between 1986 and 1988.

Series Info

Type:
Scripted
Premiered:
Sep. 23, 1986
Status:
Canceled/Ended
Runtime:
30 min.
Aired:
1986 - 1988
To-Date:
2 Seasons
41 Episodes
Network
ABC TV Network
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  • Episode 7, "All Shook Up", featured a sarcastic jab towards the series' lead-in at the time, Mr. Belvedere, and caused a subsequent feud between the two shows. This bad blood carried over to
    [show]    Episode 7, "All Shook Up", featured a sarcastic jab towards the series' lead-in at the time, Mr. Belvedere, and caused a subsequent feud between the two shows. This bad blood carried over to The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, where "Mr. Belvedere" star Bob Uecker made a wisecrack about "Sledge Hammer" while guesting. This would lead Spencer to hurl an even more vicious insult at "Belvedere" in a later episode.
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  • Originally, the opening credits sequence was to have Sledge Hammer firing his gun directly at the camera and shattering it. But ABC's standards and practices department feared that Hammer…
    [show]    Originally, the opening credits sequence was to have Sledge Hammer firing his gun directly at the camera and shattering it. But ABC's standards and practices department feared that Hammer firing straight at the camera would frighten some viewers and possibly leave the network liable in case a viewer had a heart attack. A compromise was reached. Hammer would fire his gun slightly to the left of the camera but still shattering the screen. Nevertheless, on the night of the series' debut, a person working for a Midwest ABC affiliate was startled by the opening sequence, panicked and threw on the station logo thinking something had gone wrong with their tape machine.
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  • The DVD release of "Sledge Hammer!" proved to be a worldwide success and garnered renewed critical acclaim for the series. Many journalists cited how influential the show had been. Both star…
    [show]    The DVD release of "Sledge Hammer!" proved to be a worldwide success and garnered renewed critical acclaim for the series. Many journalists cited how influential the show had been. Both star David Rasche and creator Alan Spencer enjoyed career upticks thanks to the home video release.
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