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For other uses, see Mad TV (disambiguation).
| MADtv | |
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| Format | Live action, comedy, variety television series |
| Created by | Quincy Jones, Fax Bahr and Adam Small. |
| Starring | See the MADtv Complete Cast List. |
| Country of origin |  United States
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| No. of seasons | 13 |
| No. of episodes | 307 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 44 minutes per episode |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | FOX |
| Picture format | 480i SDTV |
| Original run | October 14 1995 – present |
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| Official website | |
| IMDb profile | |
| TV.com summary | |
MADtv (sometimes mistakenly spelled Mad TV) is an American sketch comedy television series based on the humor magazine, Mad. It was first broadcast on October 14 1995. The one-hour show airs Saturday nights at 11 p.m. local time on Fox and is in syndication on Comedy Central. It was created by Fax Bahr and Adam Small, who wrote for In Living Color and are also responsible for Gary & Mike and Blue Collar TV. The series was originally produced by Bahr/Small Productions and Quincy Jones/David Salzman Entertainment (QDE) in associaton with 20th Century Fox Television. Since Bahr and Small left the series at the end of the third season (they are currently credited as "executive consultants"), the series has been handled by QDE and Warner Bros. Television. (Warner Bros.\' parent company Time Warner owns Mad Magazine through its DC Comics subsidiary.)
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Previously, MADtv had opening and closing monologues from the cast. Episodes from recent seasons have monologues performed in character.
MADtv parodies other television shows such as the long-running game show The Price Is Right, with actors playing Bob Barker and Rod Roddy. It also spoofs celebrities like Wayne Brady, Kenny Rogers, and John Madden.
MADtv is a successor to FOX\'s previous sketch comedy program In Living Color. Fax Bahr and Adam Small were writers for In Living Color. Also, some MADtv sketches are based on ones from In Living Color.
Comparisons with NBC\'s Saturday Night Live are inevitable, given the two shows\' similar formats and similar airtimes on Saturday night (MADtv runs from 11:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m., while SNL runs from 11:30 p.m. to 1:00 a.m., both Eastern time). Having lasted now for more than a decade (13 years to SNL\'s 33), MADtv is the longest-running SNL competitor to date.
Although MADtv has a rapid turnover of supporting players, some performers have had long tenures with the show. Few have broken the seven-year barrier. Among the longest-serving cast members are:
| Cast Member | First Cast Appearance | Last Cast Appearance | Total Seasons |
| Michael McDonald | September 12, 1998 | Present | 10 (as of Season 13) |
| Aries Spears | September 20, 1997 | May 21, 2005 | 8 |
| Debra Wilson | October 14, 1995 | May 17, 2003 | 8 |
| Bobby Lee | October 6, 2001 | Present | 7 (as of Season 13) |
The following are a series of links to pages which give a detailed account of the history of MADtv.
For a historical overview with a detail analysis of each era of MADtv (cast members, sketches, animation, etc.) please see one of the following links below:
For a detailed analysis of each individual season of MADtv (cast members, sketches, animation, etc.) please see one of the following links:
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For more details on this topic, see MADtv recurring characters.
The cast members often write their own sketches. If a cast member wishes to write his/her own sketch, he/she submits it to the producers, who then decide whether the sketch is worthy of airing on television.
On occasion, cast members have taken on other behind-the scenes roles. Michael McDonald stopped appearing on the show for about half a year in Season 9 (2003-2004) to concentrate on directing sketches. McDonald still directs sketches to this day.
Warner Home Video released The Complete First Season of MADtv in 2004. However, due to poor sales, the release of the second season was cancelled (despite a preview for it in the first season DVD). MADtv: The Best of Seasons 8, 9, and 10 was released in 2005, featuring the most popular sketches culled from those seasons.
Comedy Central added re-runs of MADtv to its line-up in 2004 (replacing repeat episodes of Saturday Night Live, which had moved to the E! network). Comedy Central initially had the right to air Seasons 1-8. In late 2004, the channel obtained the rights to Season 9, and in 2005 obtained the rights to Season 10. Recently, the network has picked up the rights to the 11th season of the show and has begun airing those episodes.
TNN aired MADtv from 1999 to 2001 and aired the first six seasons of the show only. All episodes were cut from one hour to 30 minutes when aired on TNN.
MADtv has also been aired on several local television channels, but it is usually heavily edited due to content.
| MADtv | |
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| Current cast | Crista Flanagan • Daheli Hall • Anjelah Johnson • Keegan-Michael Key • Bobby Lee • Michael McDonald • Arden Myrin • Dan Oster • Nicole Parker • Jordan Peele • Johnny A. Sanchez |
| Seasons | One • Two • Three • Four • Five • Six • Seven • Eight • Nine • Ten • Eleven • Twelve • Thirteen |
| History | 1995–2000 • 2000–2005 • 2005–present |
| Recurring Sketches | Oprah • Stuart Larkin MADtv recurring characters |
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