Mystery Science Theater 3000 1989
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- Status
- Ended
- First Aired
- November 25, 1989
- Last Aired
- September 12, 1999
- Format
- 10 seasons · 176 eps
- Total Runtime
- ~269.9 hours (92 min/ep)
- Essential Runtime
- ~268.3 hours (skips filler)
- Highest Rated Episode
- S5E12 "Mitchell" (★ 9.2/10)
- Created By
- Joel Hodgson
- Networks
- Comedy Central, Syfy
- Where to Stream
- fuboTV, Peacock Premium, YouTube TV
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★ TMDB users: 7.7/10 from 223 votes TV-PG ComedySci-Fi & Fantasy 10 seasons · 176 eps Ended
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What is Mystery Science Theater 3000?
Mystery Science Theater 3000 is a television comedy series that features a unique blend of science fiction and humor. The show centers on a person trapped aboard a spaceship by eccentric scientists who subject them to screenings of low-budget films.
- Type
- TV series
- Year
- 1989
- Status
- Ended
- Episodes
- 176
- Runtime
- 92 minutes
- First aired
- Nov 25, 1989
- Last aired
- Sep 12, 1999
- Original language
- EN
- Origin
- US
- Networks
- Comedy Central, Syfy
- Genres
- Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Updated
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- Rating
- ★ TMDB users: 7.7/10 from 223 votes
- Format
- 10 seasons · 176 episodes
- Episode runtime
- ~92 minutes
- Status
- Ended
- Networks
- Comedy Central, Syfy
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Mystery Science Theater 3000 is a television comedy series that features a unique blend of science fiction and humor. The show centers on a person trapped aboard a spaceship by eccentric scientists who subject them to screenings of low-budget films. To cope with the experience, the captive, along with robot companions, provides humorous commentary that mocks the movies being shown. This format of satirical riffing became the show's defining characteristic. Created by Joel Hodgson, the series began locally before expanding to a national audience. The show’s premise relies on the comedic interplay between the main character and the robots, as they turn poorly made films into entertainment through witty and irreverent observations. The series became notable for its cult following and distinctive style of humor. It has been recognized for its influence on comedy and its dedicated fanbase, remaining a fixture in pop culture long after its initial run. The program’s legacy includes its impact on how audiences engage with and critique media.
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Should you watch it?
“A man and his robot friends mock terrible movies to stay sane.”
Reasons to watch
- Hilarious riffing on B-movie gems
- Creative robot character dynamics
- Cult classic with enduring fanbase
Keep in mind
- Pacing can feel slow for some
- Humor may not appeal to all viewers
You enjoy comedic commentary and offbeat humor.
Suitable for teens and adults who appreciate satire and camp.
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Cast
Kevin Murphy
Tom Servo (voice)
Mary Jo Pehl
Magic Voice (voice)
Michael J. Nelson
Mike Nelson
Trace Beaulieu
Crow T. Robot (voice) / Dr. Clayton Forrester
Jim Mallon
Gypsy (voice)
Frank Conniff
TV's Frank
Joel Hodgson
Joel Robinson
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Patrick Brantseg
Gypsy (voice)
Bill Corbett
Crow T. Robot (voice) / Observer
Paul Chaplin
Observer #1
Bridget Jones Nelson
Flavia
J. Elvis Weinstein
Tom Servo (voice) / Dr. Laurence Erhardt
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Season 1 · 13 episodes
Open the complete Season 1 guide & lore primer →- E1 The Crawling Eye Mytharc Nov 25, 1989
- E2 The Robot vs. The Aztec Mummy Core Nov 18, 1989
- E3 Mad Monster Core Dec 2, 1989
- E4 The Corpse Vanishes Core Dec 9, 1989
- E5 The Crawling Hand Core Dec 16, 1989
- E6 Robot Monster Core Dec 23, 1989
- E7 The Slime People Core Dec 30, 1989
- E8 Project Moonbase Core Jan 6, 1990
- E9 Robot Holocaust Core Jan 13, 1990
- E10 Moon Zero Two Core Jan 20, 1990
- E11 Untamed Youth Core Jan 27, 1990
- E12 The Black Scorpion Mytharc Feb 3, 1990
- E13 Women of the Prehistoric Planet Mytharc Feb 10, 1990
Season 2 · 13 episodes
Open the complete Season 2 guide & lore primer →- E1 Rocketship X-M Mytharc Sep 22, 1990
- E2 The Sidehackers Core Sep 29, 1990
- E3 Jungle Goddess Core Oct 6, 1990
- E4 Catalina Caper Core Oct 13, 1990
- E5 Rocket Attack USA Core Oct 27, 1990
- E6 Ring of Terror Core Nov 3, 1990
- E7 The Wild Rebels Core Nov 17, 1990
- E8 Lost Continent Core Nov 24, 1990
- E9 The Hellcats Core Dec 8, 1990
- E10 King Dinosaur Core Dec 22, 1990
- E11 First Spaceship on Venus Core Dec 29, 1990
- E12 Godzilla vs. Megalon Mytharc Jan 19, 1991
- E13 Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster Mytharc Feb 2, 1991
Season 3 · 24 episodes
Open the complete Season 3 guide & lore primer →- E1 Cave Dwellers Mytharc Jun 1, 1991
- E2 Gamera Core Jun 8, 1991
- E3 Pod People Core Jun 15, 1991
- E4 Gamera vs. Barugon Core Jun 22, 1991
- E5 Stranded in Space Filler Jun 29, 1991
- E6 Time of the Apes Core Jul 13, 1991
- E7 Daddy-O Core Jul 20, 1991
- E8 Gamera vs. Gaos Core Jul 27, 1991
- E9 The Amazing Colossal Man Core Aug 3, 1991
- E10 Fugitive Alien Core Aug 17, 1991
- E11 It Conquered the World Core Aug 24, 1991
- E12 Gamera vs. Guiron Core Sep 7, 1991
- E13 Earth vs. the Spider Core Sep 14, 1991
- E14 Mighty Jack Core Sep 21, 1991
- E15 Gamera vs. Zigra Core Oct 19, 1991
- E16 Viking Women and the Sea Serpent Core Oct 26, 1991
- E17 Teenage Caveman Core Nov 9, 1991
- E18 Star Force: Fugitive Alien II Core Nov 16, 1991
- E19 War of the Colossal Beast Core Nov 30, 1991
- E20 The Unearthly Core Dec 14, 1991
- E21 Santa Claus Conquers the Martians Core Dec 21, 1991
- E22 Master Ninja Core Jan 11, 1992
- E23 The Castle of Fu Manchu Mytharc Jan 18, 1992
- E24 Master Ninja II Mytharc Jan 25, 1992
Season 4 · 24 episodes
Open the complete Season 4 guide & lore primer →- E1 Space Travelers Mytharc Jun 6, 1992
- E2 The Giant Gila Monster Core Jun 13, 1992
- E3 City Limits Core Jun 20, 1992
- E4 Teenagers from Outer Space Core Jun 27, 1992
- E5 Being from Another Planet Core Jul 4, 1992
- E6 Attack of the Giant Leeches Core Jul 18, 1992
- E7 The Killer Shrews Core Jul 25, 1992
- E8 Hercules Unchained Core Aug 1, 1992
- E9 Indestructible Man Core Aug 15, 1992
- E10 Hercules Against the Moon Men Core Aug 22, 1992
- E11 The Magic Sword Core Aug 29, 1992
- E12 Hercules and the Captive Women Core Sep 12, 1992
- E13 Manhunt in Space Core Sep 19, 1992
- E14 Tormented Core Sep 26, 1992
- E15 The Beatniks Core Nov 26, 1992
- E16 Fire Maidens of Outer Space Core Nov 26, 1992
- E17 Crash of the Moons Core Nov 28, 1992
- E18 Attack of the Eye Creatures Core Dec 5, 1992
- E19 The Rebel Set Core Dec 12, 1992
- E20 The Human Duplicators Core Dec 26, 1992
- E21 Monster a Go-Go Core Jan 9, 1993
- E22 The Day the Earth Froze Core Jan 16, 1993
- E23 Bride of the Monster Mytharc Jan 23, 1993
- E24 Manos: The Hands of Fate Mytharc Jan 30, 1993
Season 5 · 24 episodes
Open the complete Season 5 guide & lore primer →- E1 Hercules Mytharc Jul 17, 1993
- E2 Warrior of the Lost World Core Jul 24, 1993
- E3 Swamp Diamonds Core Jul 31, 1993
- E4 Secret Agent Super Dragon Core Aug 7, 1993
- E5 The Magic Voyage of Sinbad Core Aug 14, 1993
- E6 Eegah Core Aug 28, 1993
- E7 I Accuse My Parents Core Sep 4, 1993
- E8 Operation Double 007 Core Sep 11, 1993
- E9 The Girl in Lovers Lane Core Sep 18, 1993
- E10 The Painted Hills Core Sep 26, 1993
- E11 Gunslinger Mytharc Oct 9, 1993
- E12 Mitchell Core Oct 23, 1993
- E13 The Brain that Wouldn't Die Core Oct 30, 1993
- E14 Teen-Age Strangler Core Nov 7, 1993
- E15 The Wild World of Batwoman Core Nov 13, 1993
- E16 Alien from L.A. Core Nov 20, 1993
- E17 Beginning of the End Core Nov 25, 1993
- E18 The Atomic Brain Core Dec 4, 1993
- E19 Outlaw Core Dec 11, 1993
- E20 Radar Secret Service Core Dec 18, 1993
- E21 Santa Claus Core Dec 24, 1993
- E22 Teen-Age Crime Wave Core Jan 15, 1994
- E23 Village of the Giants Mytharc Jan 22, 1994
- E24 12 to the Moon Mytharc Feb 5, 1994
Season 6 · 24 episodes
Open the complete Season 6 guide & lore primer →- E1 Girls Town Mytharc Jul 16, 1994
- E2 Invasion USA Core Jul 23, 1994
- E3 The Dead Talk Back Core Jul 30, 1994
- E4 Colossus and the Headhunters Core Aug 20, 1994
- E5 The Skydivers Core Aug 27, 1994
- E6 Bloodlust! Core Sep 3, 1994
- E7 The Creeping Terror Core Sep 17, 1994
- E8 Code Name: Diamond Head Core Oct 1, 1994
- E9 The Violent Years Core Oct 8, 1994
- E10 Last of the Wild Horses Core Oct 15, 1994
- E11 The Starfighters Core Oct 29, 1994
- E12 The Sinister Urge Core Nov 5, 1994
- E13 San Francisco International Core Nov 19, 1994
- E14 Kitten with a Whip Core Nov 23, 1994
- E15 Zombie Nightmare Core Nov 24, 1994
- E16 Racket Girls Core Nov 26, 1994
- E17 The Sword and the Dragon Core Dec 3, 1994
- E18 High School Big Shot Core Dec 10, 1994
- E19 Red Zone Cuba Core Dec 17, 1994
- E20 Danger!! Death Ray Core Jan 7, 1995
- E21 The Beast of Yucca Flats Core Jan 21, 1995
- E22 Angels Revenge Core Mar 11, 1995
- E23 The Amazing Transparent Man Mytharc Mar 18, 1995
- E24 Samson vs. the Vampire Women Mytharc Mar 25, 1995
Season 7 · 6 episodes
Open the complete Season 7 guide & lore primer →- E1 Night of the Blood Beast Mytharc Feb 3, 1996
- E2 The Brute Man Core Feb 10, 1996
- E3 Deathstalker and the Warriors from Hell Core Feb 17, 1996
- E4 The Incredible Melting Man Core Feb 24, 1996
- E5 Escape 2000 Mytharc Mar 2, 1996
- E6 Laserblast Mytharc May 18, 1996
Season 8 · 22 episodes
Open the complete Season 8 guide & lore primer →- E1 Revenge of the Creature Mytharc Feb 1, 1997
- E2 Leech Woman Core Feb 8, 1997
- E3 The Mole People Core Feb 15, 1997
- E4 The Deadly Mantis Core Feb 22, 1997
- E5 The Thing That Couldn't Die Core Mar 1, 1997
- E6 The Undead Core Mar 8, 1997
- E7 Terror from the Year 5000 Core Mar 15, 1997
- E8 The She-Creature Core Apr 5, 1997
- E9 I Was a Teenage Werewolf Core Apr 19, 1997
- E10 The Giant Spider Invasion Core May 31, 1997
- E11 Parts: The Clonus Horror Core Jun 7, 1997
- E12 The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies Core Jun 14, 1997
- E13 Jack Frost Core Jul 12, 1997
- E14 Riding with Death Core Jul 19, 1997
- E15 Agent for H.A.R.M. Core Aug 2, 1997
- E16 Prince of Space Core Aug 16, 1997
- E17 The Horror of Party Beach Core Sep 6, 1997
- E18 Devil Doll Core Oct 4, 1997
- E19 Invasion of the Neptune Men Core Oct 11, 1997
- E20 Space Mutiny Core Nov 7, 1997
- E21 Time Chasers Mytharc Nov 22, 1997
- E22 Overdrawn at the Memory Bank Mytharc Dec 6, 1997
Season 9 · 13 episodes
Open the complete Season 9 guide & lore primer →- E1 The Projected Man Mytharc Mar 14, 1998
- E2 The Phantom Planet Core Mar 21, 1998
- E3 The Pumaman Core Apr 4, 1998
- E4 Werewolf Core Apr 18, 1998
- E5 The Deadly Bees Core May 9, 1998
- E6 The Space Children Core Jun 13, 1998
- E7 Hobgoblins Core Jun 27, 1998
- E8 The Touch of Satan Core Jul 11, 1998
- E9 Gorgo Core Jul 18, 1998
- E10 The Final Sacrifice Core Jul 25, 1998
- E11 Devil Fish Core Aug 15, 1998
- E12 The Screaming Skull Mytharc Aug 29, 1998
- E13 Quest of the Delta Knights Mytharc Sep 26, 1998
Season 10 · 13 episodes
Open the complete Season 10 guide & lore primer →- E1 Soultaker Mytharc Apr 11, 1999
- E2 Girl in Gold Boots Core Apr 18, 1999
- E3 Future War Core Apr 25, 1999
- E4 Blood Waters of Dr. Z Core May 2, 1999
- E5 Boggy Creek II: and The Legend Continues Core May 9, 1999
- E6 Track of the Moon Beast Mytharc Jun 13, 1999
- E7 Final Justice Core Jun 20, 1999
- E8 Hamlet Core Jun 27, 1999
- E9 It Lives by Night Core Jul 18, 1999
- E10 Horrors of Spider Island Core Jul 25, 1999
- E11 Squirm Mytharc Aug 1, 1999
- E12 Diabolik Mytharc Aug 8, 1999
- E13 Merlin's Shop of Mystical Wonders Mytharc Sep 12, 1999
Verified insights
Frequently asked questions
Who created Mystery Science Theater 3000?
Joel Hodgson created the show in 1988.
Where did the show originally air?
It began on KTMA in Minneapolis before moving to national channels.
What is the basic premise of the show?
A man is trapped watching bad movies with robot companions who mock them.
How long did the original series run?
The show ran from 1988 to 1999 across multiple networks.
Are the movies shown real or fictional?
The films are real public domain or low-budget B-movies.
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