UHF

Jul 21, 1989

1h 37m

★ 6.7

A lot of TV stations have forgotten what "quality" means, but not Channel 62. They NEVER knew what it meant.

Overview

The eccentric new manager of a UHF television channel tries to save the station from financial ruin with an odd array of programming.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Cinecorp

Orion Pictures

Imaginary Entertainment

UHF Trailers

Cast

George Newman

'Weird Al' Yankovic

R.J. Fletcher

Kevin McCarthy

Stanley Spadowski

Michael Richards

Bob

David Bowe

Harvey Bilchik

Stanley Brock

Philo

Anthony Geary

Raul Hernandez

Trinidad Silva

Kuni

Gedde Watanabe

Noodles MacIntosh

Billy Barty

Richard Fletcher

John Paragon

Pamela Finklestein

Fran Drescher

Esther Bilchik

Sue Ane Langdon

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6.4

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7.2

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4.9

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6.5

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5.9

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6.2

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7.4

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6.4

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6.5

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5.8

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7.2

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0.0

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7.3

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6.4

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7.1

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7.5

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6.9

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