On the Air (1992)

Directed by

Lesli Linka Glatter, David Lynch

Genre

sitcom

Country

United States

Length

1 season, 3 episodes

Rated

16

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 18 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A 1950s TV network staff struggles to produce a live variety show. Each episode brings technical failures and comedic mishaps.

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What happens

On the Air is an American television sitcom created by Mark Frost and David Lynch. It was broadcast from June 20 to July 4, 1992 on ABC. The series follows the staff of a fictional 1950s television network, Zoblotnick Broadcasting Company (ZBC), as they produce a live variety show called The Lester Guy Show, often with disastrous results. On the Air was produced by Lynch/Frost Productions and followed Lynch and Frost's previous series, Twin Peaks. A total of seven episodes were produced; only three were aired on ABC, though the full run was broadcast in the United Kingdom and other European countries. The series stars Ian Buchanan, Marla Rubinoff, Nancye Ferguson, Miguel Ferrer, Gary Grossman, Mel Johnson Jr., Marvin Kaplan, David L. Lander, Kim McGuire and Tracey Walter. David Lynch directed the pilot, while the remaining episodes were directed by others, including Lesli Linka Glatter and Jonathan Sanger, who had both previously directed episodes of Twin Peaks. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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