Sledge Hammer! offers a hilariously absurd take on the cop genre, airing for two seasons on ABC from 1986 to 1988. Created by Alan Spencer, the show features David Rasche as the outrageous Inspector Sledge Hammer, a tongue-in-cheek embodiment of the archetypal "renegade cop." With sharp humor and over-the-top antics, it critiques police dramas while delivering laughs. Notable writers Al Jean and Mike Reiss, who later gained fame with The Simpsons, contributed as story editors, ensuring the series maintained its satirical edge throughout its run.
Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
Season 1
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Under the Gun
Hammer Gets Nailed
Witless
They Shoot Hammers, Don't They?
Dori Day Afternoon
To Sledge, with Love
All Shook Up
Over My Dead Bodyguard
Magnum Farce
If I Had a Little Hammer
To Live and Die on TV
Miss of the Spider Woman
The Old Man and the Sledge
State of Sledge
Haven't Gun, Will Travel
The Color of Hammer
Brother, Can You Spare a Crime?
Desperately Seeking Dori
Sledgepoo
Comrade Hammer
Jagged Sledge
The Spa Who Loved Me
Season 2
Season 2
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A Clockwork Hammer
Big Nazi on Campus
Play It Again, Sledge
Wild About Hammer
The Death of a Few Salesmen
Vertical
Dressed to Call
Hammer Hits the Rock (a.k.a. Sledge on the Rock)
Last of the Red Hot Vampires
Hammeroid
Sledge in Toyland
Icebreaker
They Call Me Mr. Trunk
Model Dearest
Sledge, Rattle 'n' Roll
Suppose They Gave a War and Sledge Came?
The Secret of My Excess
It Happened What Night?
Here's to You, Mrs. Hammer
