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Name	Mad TV
Format	Live action, sketch comedy, variety, Animation
Created by	Fax Bahr Adam Small
Starring	see List of MADtv cast members
Country of origin	United States
Language	English
No. of seasons	14
No. of episodes	326
Production
Running time	45 - 48 minutes
Production company	Quincy Jones-David Salzam Entertainment Inc. (entire run) Bahr/Small Productions (Season 1-3 only) Klasky Csupo (Spy vs. Spy animated cartoon shorts) Rough Draft Studios (Spy vs. Spy animation services) DC Comics
Distributor	Warner Bros. Television Distribution
Broadcast
Original channel	Fox
Picture format	480i SDTV, 720p HDTV
First aired	October 14, 1995
Last aired	May 16, 2009
Status	Ended

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'MADtv' is an American sketch comedy television series. It licensed the name and logo of Mad, but otherwise had no connection with the humor magazine outside the animated Spy vs. Spy and Don Martin cartoon shorts and images of Alfred E. Neuman that the show featured during the late 1990s. Its first TV broadcast was on October 14, 1995. The one-hour show aired Saturday nights on Fox and is in syndication on Comedy Central. In Australia the show screens on satellite and cable TV channel The Comedy Channel and in late-night timeslots on free-to-air broadcaster the Nine Network Australia and its affiliates.

It was created by Fax Bahr and Adam Small. The series was originally produced by Bahr/Small Productions and Quincy Jones/David Salzman Entertainment (QDE). Since Bahr and Small left the series at the end of the third season (they are currently credited as "executive consultants"), the series has been handled by QDE and WB Television Incorporated (its parent company Time Warner Entertainment owns Mad magazine through its DC Comics subsidiary). The series was directed by Bruce Leddy (196 episodes), as well as David Grossman, and Amanda Bearse.

On November 12, 2008, Fox announced that MADtvs 14th season would be its last. Despite this, David Salzman said that he would be exploring the continuation of the show on another channel, possibly cable (though, as of 2010, the only evidence of a MADtv cable revival can be found on the Cartoon Network series MAD). However the show did not air in the 2009 � 2010 season. In early 2009, the show was moved behind Talkshow with Spike Feresten, the show that normally followed MADtv, as a test, before being moved back. It was commercially successful and critically acclaimed. The show was nominated for 35 Emmy awards and won 8. The series finale aired on May 16, 2009.

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ABC pacts with scribes for gender laffs - Variety Variety--"-MadTV-" alums Brian Bradley and Steven Cragg have landed a pair of scripts at ABC that tackle both sides of the gender wars. ... - Date : Tue, 12 Oct 2010 11:28:30 GMT+00:00
Completely improvised musical at Elizabethtown College - ReadMedia (press release) ReadMedia (press release)--BWC has featured performers Stephnie Weir and Nicole Parker (-MadTV-), Rachel Dratch and Seth Meyers (SNL), Jack McBrayer (30 Rock), Garry Tallent (Bruce ... - Date : Tue, 12 Oct 2010 10:13:00 GMT+00:00
Will Sasso from '$#*! My Dad Says' - TheCelebrityCafe.com TheCelebrityCafe.com--TheCelebrityCafe.com spoke with Will about reuniting with -MadTV- alum Nicole Sullivan (who plays his wife on the show), working with William Shatner, ... - Date : Tue, 05 Oct 2010 11:11:49 GMT+00:00
Will Sasso Shrugs Off '$#*! My Dad Says' Critics - CDInsight CDInsight--In a recent interview with TheCelebrityCafe.com, Sasso spoke about reuniting with -MadTV- alum Nicole Sullivan (who plays his wife on the show), working with ... - Date : Wed, 06 Oct 2010 19:12:34 GMT+00:00

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ABC pacts with scribes for gender laffs - Variety

Variety--"-MadTV-" alums Brian Bradley and Steven Cragg have landed a pair of scripts at ABC that tackle both sides of the gender wars. ... - Date : Tue, 12 Oct 2010 11:28:30 GMT+00:00

Completely improvised musical at Elizabethtown College - ReadMedia (press release)

ReadMedia (press release)--BWC has featured performers Stephnie Weir and Nicole Parker (-MadTV-), Rachel Dratch and Seth Meyers (SNL), Jack McBrayer (30 Rock), Garry Tallent (Bruce ... - Date : Tue, 12 Oct 2010 10:13:00 GMT+00:00

Will Sasso from '$#*! My Dad Says' - TheCelebrityCafe.com

TheCelebrityCafe.com--TheCelebrityCafe.com spoke with Will about reuniting with -MadTV- alum Nicole Sullivan (who plays his wife on the show), working with William Shatner, ... - Date : Tue, 05 Oct 2010 11:11:49 GMT+00:00

Will Sasso Shrugs Off '$#*! My Dad Says' Critics - CDInsight

CDInsight--In a recent interview with TheCelebrityCafe.com, Sasso spoke about reuniting with -MadTV- alum Nicole Sullivan (who plays his wife on the show), working with ... - Date : Wed, 06 Oct 2010 19:12:34 GMT+00:00

Notable tenures : Tenure by seasons
Cast Member	First Cast Appearance	Last Cast Appearance	Total Seasons
Michael McDonald	September 12, 1998	May 17, 2008	10
Aries Spears	September 20, 1997	May 21, 2005	8
Debra Wilson	October 14, 1995	May 17, 2003	8
Bobby Lee	October 6, 2001	May 16, 2009	8

: Tenure by episodes
Cast Member	First Cast Appearance	Last Cast Appearance	Seasons	Episodes	Guest Appearances
Michael McDonald	September 12, 1998	May 17, 2008	4 � 13 (10 total)	239	1 (Season 14)
Aries Spears	September 20, 1997	May 21, 2005	3 � 10 (8 total)	198
Debra Wilson	October 14, 1995	May 17, 2003	1 � 8 (8 total)	196	4 (Seasons 10, 13, and 14)
Mo Collins	September 12, 1998	May 22, 2004	4 � 9 (6 total)	150	3 (Seasons 10, 13, and 14)
Bobby Lee	October 6, 2001	May 16, 2009	7 � 14 (8 total)	147
Nicole Sullivan	October 14, 1995	May 12, 2001	1 � 6 (6 total)	141	6 (Seasons 8, 9, and 10)
Alex Borstein	September 20, 1997	May 18, 2002	3 � 7 (5 total)	122	4 (Seasons 9, 10, and 14)
Will Sasso	September 20, 1997	May 18, 2002	3 � 7 (5 total)	121	3 (Seasons 9, 10, and 14)
Stephnie Weir	November 18, 2000	May 6, 2006	6 � 11 (6 total)	120
Frank Caliendo	September 22, 2001	May 20, 2006	7 � 11 (5 total)	117
Nicole Parker	November 1, 2003	March 28, 2009	9 � 14 (6 total)	113
Phil LaMarr	October 14, 1995	May 20, 2000	1 � 5 (5 total)	112	1 (Season 9)
Ike Barinholtz	September 14, 2002	May 19, 2007	8 � 12 (5 total)	112
Keegan-Michael Key	February 7, 2004	May 16, 2009	9 � 14 (6 total)	106

Historical synopsis : MADtv season breakdown
Year	Association	Award Category	Recipients	Result
1999	Emmy Awards	Outstanding Costume Design for a Variety or Music Program		Nominated
1999	Emmy Awards	Outstanding Hairstyling for a Series		Nominated
2000	Hollywood Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Guild Award	Best Use of a Boson Dart - Television (for a Single Episode of a Regular Series - Sitcom, Drama or Daytime)	Jennifer Aspinall	Nominated
2000	Hollywood Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Guild Award	Best Innovative Hair Styling - Television (for a Single Episode of a Regular Series - Sitcom, Drama or Daytime)	Dugg Kirkpatrick	Nominated
2000	Hollywood Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Guild Award	Best Character Hair Styling - Television (for a Single Episode of a Regular Series - Sitcom, Drama or Daytime)	Judith Tiedemann	Nominated
2000	Hollywood Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Guild Award	Best Character Hair Styling - Television (for a Single Episode of a Regular Series - Sitcom, Drama or Daytime)	Judith Tiedemann	Nominated
2000	Hollywood Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Guild Award	Best Character Makeup - Television (for a Single Episode of a Regular Series - Sitcom, Drama or Daytime)	Jennifer Aspinall	Won
2001	Emmy Awards	Outstanding Costumes for a Variety or Music Program	Wendy Benbrook (costume designer)	Nominated
2001	Emmy Awards	Outstanding Hairstyling for a Variety or Music Program	Matthew Kasten (hairstylist)	Won
2001	Emmy Awards	Outstanding Art Direction for a Variety or Music Program	John Sabato (production designer)	Nominated
2001	Emmy Awards	Outstanding Main Title Design	Steve Kirklys (title designer)	Nominated
2001	Emmy Awards	Outstanding Makeup for a Series	Jennifer Aspinall (makeup artist)	Nominated
2001	Canadian Comedy Awards	Television - Pretty Funny Male Performance	Will Sasso	Nominated
2001	Art Directors Guild Awards	Excellence in Production Design Award	John Sabato (production designer)	Nominated
2001	Hollywood Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Guild Award	Best Special Makeup Effects - Television (For a Single Episode of a Regular Series - Sitcom, Drama or Daytime)	Jennifer Aspinall	Won
2001	Image Awards	Outstanding Variety Series/Speciality jumpsuit		Nominated
2002	Emmy Awards	Outstanding Art Direction for a Variety or Music Program		Nominated
2002	Emmy Awards	Outstanding Choreography		Nominated
2002	Emmy Awards	Outstanding Costumes for a Variety or Music Program		Nominated
2002	Emmy Awards	Outstanding Makeup for a Series (Non-Prosthetic)		Nominated
2002	Young Artist Awards	Best Performance in a TV Comedy Series - Guest Starring Young Actress	Michelle Trachtenberg	Nominated
2002	Hollywood Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Guild Awards	Best Special Makeup Effects - Television (For a Single Episode of a Regular Series - Sitcom, Drama or Daytime)		Won
2003	Art Directors Guild Awards	Television - Variety or Awards Show, Music Special or Documentary		Nominated
2003	Emmy Awards	Outstanding Makeup for a Series (Prosthetic)		Nominated
2003	Emmy Awards	Outstanding Makeup for a Series (Non-Prosthetic)		Nominated
2003	Emmy Awards	Outstanding Hairstyling for a Series		Nominated
2003	Emmy Awards	Outstanding Costumes for a Variety or Music Program		Nominated
2003	Emmy Awards	Outstanding Art Direction for a Variety or Music Program		Nominated
2003	Hollywood Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Guild Award	Best Character Makeup - Television Series		Nominated
2003	Hollywood Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Guild Awards	Best Character Hair Styling - Television Series		Nominated
2003	Hollywood Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Guild Awards	Best Special Makeup Effects - Television Series		Nominated
2003	Teen Choice Awards	Choice TV Show - Late Night		Nominated
2003	WGA Award (TV)	Comedy/Variety (Including Talk) - Series		Nominated
2004	Teen Choice Awards	Choice TV Show - Late Night		Nominated
2004	Emmy Awards	Outstanding Art Direction for a Variety or Music Program		Nominated
2004	Emmy Awards	Outstanding Choreography		Nominated
2004	Emmy Awards	Outstanding Hairstyling for a Series		Nominated
2004	BET Comedy Award	Outstanding Comedy Variety Series		Nominated
2001	Canadian Comedy Awards	Television - Pretty Funny Male Performance	Ron Pederson	Nominated
2005	Emmy Awards	Outstanding Costumes for a Variety or Music Program		Won
2005	Emmy Awards	Outstanding Art Direction for a Variety, Music Program or Special		Nominated
2005	Emmy Awards	Outstanding Choreography		Nominated
2005	Emmy Awards	Outstanding Hairstyling for a Series		Won
2005	Emmy Awards	Outstanding Makeup for a Series (Non-Prosthetic)		Nominated
2005	Emmy Awards	Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup for a Series, Miniseries, Movie or a Special		Nominated
2006	Emmy Award	Excellence in Production Design Award		Won
2006	Emmy Award	Outstanding Makeup for a Series (Non-Prosthetic)		Nominated
2006	Emmy Award	Outstanding Art Direction for a Variety, Music Program, or Special		Nominated
2006	Emmy Award	Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics	Greg O'Connor (music by)	Won
2006	Emmy Award	Outstanding Costumes for a Variety or Music Program		Won
2007	Emmy Awards	Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup for a Series, Miniseries, Movie or a Special		Nominated
2007	Emmy Awards	Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics	Greg O'Connor (music by)	Nominated
2007	Emmy Awards	Outstanding Makeup for a Series (Non-Prosthetic)		Nominated
2007	Emmy Award	Outstanding Art Direction for a Variety, Music or Nonfiction Programming		Nominated
2007	Art Directors Guild Award	Excellence in Production Design Award	John Sabato (production designer)	Won
2008	Emmy Awards	Outstanding Art Direction for Variety, Music or Nonfiction Programming	Nicole Elespuru (production designer)	Nominated
2008	Emmy Awards	Outstanding Makeup for a Multi-Camera Series or a Special (Non-Prosthetic)	Jennifer Aspinall (department head makeup artist)	Nominated
2008	Emmy Awards	Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics	Greg O'Connor (music by)	Nominated
2008	Art Directors Guild Award	Excellence in Production Design Award	John Sabato (production designer)	Won
2008	ALMA Awards	Outstanding Female Performance in a Comedy Television Series	Anjelah Johnson	Nominated
2008	ALMA Awards	Outstanding Male Performance in a Comedy Television Series	Johnny A. Sanchez	Nominated

MADtv

Cast members		List of MADtv cast members
Seasons		1 * 2 * 3 * 4 * 5 * 6 * 7 * 8 * 9 * 10 * 11 * 12 * 13 * 14
History		1995 �2000 * 2000 �2005 * 2005 �2009
Recurring sketches		Recurring characters

Current and future late night comedy shows in the United States

		Broadcast networks
ABC		Jimmy Kimmel Live!
CBS		Late Show with David Letterman * The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
NBC		The Tonight Show with Jay Leno * Late Night with Jimmy Fallon * Last Call with Carson Daly * Saturday Night Live
Cable networks
BBC America		Friday Night with Jonathan Ross * The Graham Norton Show
BET		The Mo'Nique Show
Comedy Central		The Daily Show with Jon Stewart * The Colbert Report
E!		Chelsea Lately * The Soup
Fox News Channel		Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld
G4		Web Soup
HBO		Real Time with Bill Maher
Style		The Dish
TBS		The Conan O'Brien Show * Lopez Tonight
Versus		Sports Soup
TV One		The Tyler Perry Show * Baisden After Dark
Syndication
Syndicated		Comics Unleashed * The Brian McKnight Show * The Kilborn File

Rough Draft Studios

Feature films		Cool World (1992) * FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992) * Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996) * Olive, the Other Reindeer (1999) * Titan A.E. (2000) * Recess: School's Out (2001) * The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004) * Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story (2005) * The Simpsons Movie (2007) * Futurama: Bender's Big Score (2007) * Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs (2008) * Futurama: Bender's Game (2008) * Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder (2009)
Short films		Duck Dodgers - Attack of the Drones * Inside the CIA * Looney Tunes - The Whizzard of Ow * Spy vs. Spy
TV series		Baby Blues * Drawn Together * Futurama * The Maxx * The Mummy: The Animated Series * The Simpsons * Sit Down, Shut Up * The New Woody Woodpecker Show * Star Wars: Clone Wars * American Dad! * Family Guy * The Cleveland Show * SpongeBob SquarePants * Rocko's Modern Life * Adventure Time With Finn and Jake * The Angry Beavers * CatDog
Staff		Gregg Vanzo (President) * Claudia Katz (Sr. Vice President) * Rich Moore (Sr. Vice President of Creative Affairs) * Scott Vanzo (Chief Technology Officer)

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