When was the first episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000?
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Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3K) is an American television comedy series created by Joel Hodgson and produced by Alternaversal Productions, LLC. The show premiered on KTMA (now WUCW) in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on November 24, 1988. It later aired on The Comedy Channel/Comedy Central for seven seasons until its cancellation in 1996. Thereafter, it was picked up by The Sci-Fi Channel and aired for three seasons until another cancellation in August 1999. A 60-episode syndication package titled "The Mystery Science Theater Hour" was produced in 1995. In 2015, Hodgson led a crowdfunded revival of the series with 14 episodes in its eleventh season, first released on Netflix on April 14, 2017, with another six-episode season following on November 22, 2018. 217 episodes and a have been produced.
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Mystery Science Theater 3000 is an American TV show which aired between 1988 and 1999, and began a new series in 2017. This page summarizes video tape and DVD releases of episodes of the show. Episodes were initially released by Rhino Entertainment, with the rights later being purchased by Shout! Factory. Releases usually consist of boxsets of 4 episodes, although early releases consisted of just single episodes.
List of Mystery Science Theater 3000 home video releases
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"Mystery Science Theater 3000" ("MST3K") is an American television comedy series created by Joel Hodgson and produced by Best Brains, Inc. The show premiered on KTMA (now WUCW) in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on November 24, 1988. The next year, in 1989, the show began its national run on The Comedy Channel/Comedy Central, running for seven seasons on that channel until its cancellation in 1996. The following year, it was picked up by The Sci-Fi Channel and aired for three more seasons there until another cancellation in August 1999 (although repeats continued until 2004). A sixty-episode syndication package titled "The Mystery Science Theater Hour" was produced in 1995.
List of Mystery Science Theater 3000 episodes
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The eleventh season of the series is listed by Netflix as "Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Return".
The twelfth season, consisting of six episodes, was released on Netflix on November 22, 2018. The season is presented as "Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Gauntlet", where, in-universe, the Mads are challenging whether Jonah and the bots can sit through six bad movies back-to-back.
List of Mystery Science Theater 3000 episodes
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The "Mystery Science Theater 3000" presentation of the series pilot first aired on November 19, 1994, as episode #614. In "The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Amazing Colossal Episode Guide", writer Paul Chaplin remarked on star Pernell Roberts's "astounding pomposity and self-absorption ... Pernell struts and preens like a balding cock-of-the-walk." Three of the episode's non-movie segments focus on host Mike Nelson's imitation of Urkel from the ABC sitcom Family Matters, which Chaplin admits many found to be "an odd decision".
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Clowns in the Sky: The Musical History of Mystery Science Theater 3000 is the title of a CD featuring music from the first seven seasons of "Mystery Science Theater 3000". Released in 1996 exclusively through the MST3K Info Club, the songs featured include the many versions of the opening theme, the closing theme, and various tunes that were featured in host segments throughout the show. The CD takes its name from "A Clown in the Sky", the song featured in the last host segment of episode 303 ("Pod People").
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"Mystery Science Theater 3000" premiered on KTMA at 6:00 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day, November 24, 1988 with its first episode, "Invaders from the Deep", followed by a second episode, "Revenge of the Mysterons from Mars" at 8:00 p.m. The choice of running the premiere on Thanksgiving was by happenstance, as the station felt the show was ready to go at that point, according to Hodgson. Initially, the show's response was unknown, until Mallon set up a phone line for viewers to call in. Response was so great that the initial run of 13 episodes was extended to 21, with the show running to May 1989. Hodgson and Mallon negotiated to secure the rights for the show for themselves, creating Best Brains, Inc., agreeing to split ownership of the idea equally. During this time a fan club was set up and the show held its first live show at Scott Hansen's Comedy Gallery in Minneapolis, to a crowd of over 600.
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"Ring of Terror" was featured in a second season episode of the television comedy series "Mystery Science Theater 3000." It was the sixth episode of the season, and was first broadcast on Comedy Central on November 3, 1990. In the show, a man named Joel Robinson is held captive in space and forced to watch the worst films that his captor, Dr. Clayton Forrester, can find. In order to put up with the poor films, Joel, and the robots he created, Tom Servo and Crow T. Robot make jokes at the expense of the film while they watch it. During the episode, they are visible at the bottom of the screen while they watch the film, in silhouette. Due to the short running time of "Ring of Terror," the third chapter of the 1939 serial "The Phantom Creeps" was played after "Ring of Terror" concluded. It was the final chapter of "The Phantom Creeps" to be featured on "Mystery Science Theater 3000."
Ring of Terror
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In 1995, a limited selection of episodes were repackaged into an hour-long show titled "Mystery Science Theater Hour", meant to be better suited for off-network syndication. In these, the original episode was split into two parts of roughly 45 minutes each excluding commercials. New skits leading and ending each episode incorporated Mike Nelson portraying television host Jack Perkins in a parody of Perkins' "Biography" series in mock flattery of the "MST3K" episode being shown.
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Backers of the campaign at higher tiers were able to see the first episode at limited "Red Carpet Kickstarter Screening" events shown in a few theaters during February and March 2017. The fourteen episodes were released on Netflix on April 14, 2017, though Kickstarter backers had the opportunity to see the episodes in the days preceding this.
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