UHF
A lot of TV stations have forgotten what "quality" means, but not Channel 62. They NEVER knew what it meant.
- 1989
- Rated PG-13
- 1h 37m
- Comedy
Rating: 6.7 out of 10TMDB(441 votes)
Overview
The eccentric new manager of a UHF television channel tries to save the station from financial ruin with an odd array of programming.
Fun facts
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Box office
Grossed $6.16M worldwide, about 1.2 times its $5M budget
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Setting
Set in Tulsa
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Music
Music by John Du Prez
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Cinematography
Cinematography by David Lewis
Details
- Director
- Writers
- 'Weird Al' YankovicWriter
- Jay LeveyWriter
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- July 21, 1989
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $5M
- Revenue
- $6.2M
- Countries
- United States of America
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In the United States
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Cast
'Weird Al' YankovicGeorge Newman
Kevin McCarthyR.J. Fletcher
Michael RichardsStanley Spadowski
David BoweBob
Stanley BrockUncle Harvey
Anthony GearyPhilo
Trinidad SilvaRaul Hernandez
Gedde WatanabeKuni
Billy BartyNoodles
John ParagonRichard Fletcher
Fran DrescherPamela Finklestein
Sue Ane LangdonAunt Esther
David ProvalHead Thug
Grant JamesKiller Thug
Victoria JacksonTeri
Emo PhilipsJoe Earley
Jay LeveyGandhi
Lou B. WashingtonCameraman
Vance Colvig Jr.Bum
Nik HaglerFCC Man
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