Sledge Hammer! (1986)

Action · Comedy

Sledge Hammer! is an American satirical police sitcom produced by New World Television that ran for two seasons on ABC from 1986 to 1988. The series was created by Alan Spencer and stars David Rasche as Inspector Sledge Hammer, a preposterous caricature of the standard "cop on the edge" character. Al Jean and Mike Reiss, best known for their work on The Simpsons, wrote for the show and worked as story editors.

IMDb rating: 8.1 (8,665 votes)
Seasons: 2
Streaming (US): Shout! Factory Amazon Channel · Shout! Factory TV · Amazon Prime Video · Plex · Plex Channel
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1986)

7.55 avg 22 episodes 7.8 → 7.9 24 min avg

Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Under the Gun	7.8	329
2	Hammer Gets Nailed	7.7	245
3	Witless	7.6	219
4	They Shoot Hammers, Don't They?	7.5	198
5	Dori Day Afternoon	7.7	195
6	To Sledge, with Love	7.3	186
7	All Shook Up	7.4	192
8	Over My Dead Bodyguard	7.9	178
9	Magnum Farce	7.6	178
10	If I Had a Little Hammer	7.3	164
11	To Live and Die on TV	7.5	170
12	Miss of the Spider Woman	7.6	161
13	The Old Man and the Sledge	7.3	165
14	State of Sledge	7.6	169
15	Haven't Gun, Will Travel	7.5	155
16	The Color of Hammer	7.5	155
17	Brother, Can You Spare a Crime?	7.3	156
18	Desperately Seeking Dori	7.8	168
19	Sledgepoo	7.4	152
20	Comrade Hammer	7.4	155
21	Jagged Sledge	7.6	157
22	The Spa Who Loved Me	7.9	181

Season 2 (1987)

7.33 avg 19 episodes 7.2 → 7.8 24 min avg

Season 2 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	A Clockwork Hammer	7.2	146
2	Big Nazi on Campus	6.8	141
3	Play It Again Sledge	7.3	140
4	Wild About Hammer	7.4	143
5	Death of a Few Salesmen	7.1	132
6	Vertical	7.4	133
7	Dressed to Call	7.3	126
8	Hammer Hits the Rock	7.6	143
9	The Last of the Red Hot Vampires	7.4	144
10	Hammeroid	7.5	140
11	Sledge in Toyland	7.1	127
12	Icebreaker	7.3	129
13	They Call Me Mr. Trunk	7.5	125
14	Model Dearest	7.4	128
15	Sledge, Rattle 'n' Roll	7.0	129
16	Suppose They Gave a War and Sledge Came?	7.2	127
17	The Secret of My Excess	7.3	118
18	It Happened What Night?	7.6	128
19	Here's to You, Mrs. Hammer	7.8	155

Sledge Hammer! (1986)

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