Sledge Hammer!

Name: Sledge Hammer!
Genre: Action, Comedy
Cast: David Rasche, Anne-Marie Martin, Harrison Page, John Lawlor

TV Series1986 – 198830m2 seasons · 41 episodes

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Action Comedy

Meet Inspector Sledge Hammer, a new kind of hero who makes Rambo look like Pee Wee Herman. Sledge is the trigger-happy lawman whose hatred of criminal scum and yogurt eatin' creeps was matched only by his love of excessive force and a .44 Magnum. Over the next two seasons, this hilariously deranged lampoon of Dirty Harry and plenty of other targets became one of the most notorious series in television history and launched a rabid cult of fans that grows to this day.

Creator: Alan Spencer
Directors: Richard Graves Herbert DuFine Robert P. Cohen
Writers: Mike Reiss Chris Ruppenthal Al Jean
Stars: David Rasche Anne-Marie Martin Harrison Page

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E1A Clockwork HammerSep 17, 1987 · 30m · Sledge is abducted by a former television executive whose brainwashing operation reprograms its victim's minds through unrelenting and unmerciful exposure to television programming.TVmaze 7.0

E2Big Nazi on CampusSep 24, 1987 · 30m · Sledge and Dori investigate the murder of a history student who was studying Hitler's Third Reich. Suspects include her burly quarterback boyfriend and her kindly, old history professor.TVmaze 7.0

E3Play It Again, SledgeOct 1, 1987 · 30m · When Sledge gets suspended he decides to try being a P.I.TVmaze 6.0

E4Wild About HammerOct 8, 1987 · 30m · A female cop with a sadomasochistic fetish falls for and kidnaps Sledge.TVmaze 7.0

E5Death of a Few SalesmenOct 15, 1987 · 30m · Sledge poses as an Australian car magnate, Crocodile Bruce, to catch the killer of used car dealers.TVmaze 7.0

E6VerticalOct 29, 1987 · 30m · While suffering from vertigo, Sledge must protect the girlfriend of a mobster.TVmaze 7.0

E7Dressed to CallNov 5, 1987 · 30m · Sledge must discover who's making threatening calls to a radio psychologist.TVmaze 7.0

E8Hammer Hits the RockNov 12, 1987 · 30m · Sledge poses as an assassin to discover a mobster's secret hideout.TVmaze 8.0

E9Last of the Red Hot VampiresNov 19, 1987 · 30m · An old-time actor who played vampires in the movies dies, but a vampire is then seen at two murders where the victims are drained of blood.TVmaze 7.5

E10HammeroidNov 26, 1987 · 30m · After breaking nearly all his bones, Sledge encases himself in a robotic suit to stop a robot.TVmaze 9.0

E11Sledge in ToylandDec 3, 1987 · 30m · Toy company tycoon Milo Tieup is in a hotel room with his mistress preparing for a romantic tryst. While she is in the bathroom, a toy tank sneaks into the room through a doggie door, and shoots Tieup with a real bullet. Hammer and Doreau arrive at the scene, and question the mistress. Upon reporting back to Captain Trunk, Hammer accidentally let's it slip to Mrs. Tieup about her husband's affair. It turns out she was having her own affair with the company's lead toy designer, and that they were together when the murder took place. A short time later, the mistress winds up up dead as well having been killed in her bathtub by a toy submarine. Hammer and Doreau suddenly find themselves without suspects and a murderer still on the loose.TVmaze 7.5

E12IcebreakerDec 10, 1987 · 30m · When a British agent arrives and informs them of a terrorist in the city, Sledge and Doreau work with him. When Doreau takes a liking to him, Sledge butts in and Doreau is upset with him.TVmaze 7.5

E13They Call Me Mr. TrunkDec 17, 1987 · 30m · Trunk must solve the puzzle of why the army has surrounded the entire precinct before the entire staff dies.TVmaze 7.0

E14Model DearestJan 7, 1988 · 30m · Dori poses as a model to get the dirt on a white slavery ring.TVmaze 7.5

E15Sledge, Rattle, 'n' RollJan 15, 1988 · 30m · Hammer investigates the mysterious deaths of a heavy metal group and their manager.TVmaze 7.0

E16Suppose They Gave a War and Sledge Came?Jan 22, 1988 · 30m · To investigate the death of a prominent businessman, Sledge joins a weekend war gaming organization.TVmaze 8.5

E17The Secret of My ExcessJan 29, 1988 · 30m · Sledge tries to find the whereabouts of a woman for the Governor.TVmaze 7.5

E18It Happened What Night?Feb 5, 1988 · 30m · The precinct thinks that Sledge and Dori have slept together when all that appears on a surveillance tape is them drunk and in bed.TVmaze 8.5

E19Here's to You, Mrs. HammerFeb 12, 1988 · 30m · Sledge runs into his best bud from high school, now a defense lawyer. Rekindling of their friendship comes to a halt when he learns that his friend is about to marry his ex-wife. Sledge is forced to face the fact that he has no one.TVmaze 6.7

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David RascheInspector Sledge Hammer Anne-Marie MartinDetective Dori Doreau Harrison PageCaptain Trunk John LawlorChief Reisner

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Premiered: September 23, 1986
Ended: February 12, 1988
Status: Ended
Network: ABC
Country of origin: United States
Language: English
Episode runtime: 30m
TVmaze ID: 1892