EndedMTV1991-03-23

The Idiot Box

Name: The Idiot Box
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1991-03-23
Rating: 6.6
Cast: Alex Winter, Lee Arenberg, Tom Stern, Danny Cooksey, Ricki Lake

Comedy~30 min

Seasons

Episodes

Networks

MTV

Countries

First aired

1991-03-23

Last aired

1991-03-23

Language

Rating

6.6 / 10

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Synopsis and details

The Idiot Box is an American sketch comedy television series created by Alex Winter, Tom Stern and Tim Burns, which ran on MTV from 1990-1991. After the success of Bill & Ted, MTV hired Winter, Stern, and Burns to develop a half-hour sketch comedy show for the network. As the channel was still strictly music-oriented at the time, The Idiot Box was mainly a showcase for popular music videos, but with a series of sketches, fake commercials, and parodies shown in between. Therefore, although an episode ran 30 minutes, there were only 7 to 11 minutes worth of sketches.