On the Air (1992)
On the Air (1992)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Cast & Crew.
Ian Buchanan
Lester Guy
Marla Rubinoff
Betty Hudson
Nancye Ferguson
Ruth Trueworthy
Miguel Ferrer
Bud Budwaller
Marvin Kaplan
Dwight McGonigle
Mel Johnson Jr.
Mickey
Tracey Walter
'Blinky' Watts
David L. Lander
Valdja Gochktch
Gary Grossman
Bert Schein
Kim McGuire
Nicole Thorne
Buddy Douglas
Buddy Morris / Phillip Morris Messenger
Raymond Friend
Hurry Up Twin
Raleigh Friend
Hurry Up Twin
Irwin Keyes
Shorty the Stagehand
Everett Greenbaum
Announcer
David Lynch
Creator / Executive Producer
Mark Frost
Creator / Executive Producer
Nowell Grossman
Production Coordinator
Ken Scherer
Executive In Charge Of Production
Rickio Woods
Assistant Sound Editor
Duane Journey
Key Grip
Richard Taylor
Supervising Sound Editor
Elaine J. Huzzar
Casting Associate
Walter Cahall
Art Department Coordinator / Art Department Assistant / Art Department Assistant / Art Department Coordinator
Debby Trutnik
Producer's Assistant
Annette E. Fabrizi
Key Hair Stylist
Lori Tulli-Mitchell
Producer's Assistant
Craig MacLachlan
Production Assistant
Gary Alexander
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Cori Glazer
Script Supervisor
Okowita
Production Design
David E. Robinson
Lead Painter
John Wentworth
Associate Producer
Jon Kazunaga
Construction Foreman
Jeff Smolek
Stunt Coordinator
Gaye Pope
Unit Publicist
Bob Kensinger
Set Decoration
Carla Roseto Fabrizi
Key Makeup Artist
Keith Cox
Construction Coordinator
Johanna Ray
Casting
Lisanne Sartor
Assistant Director Trainee
Nancy Shumovich
Post Production Coordinator / Post Production Assistant
Ronald Víctor García
Director of Photography
Mary Sweeney
Editor
Tim Harbert
Coordinating Producer
Phillip Neel
Associate Producer
Gregg Fienberg
Producer
Vanessa Angel
Chorus Girl
Angelo Badalamenti
Conductor / Orchestrator / Music / Piano Player / Conductor / Orchestrator / Music
Dorsay Alavi
Chorus Girl
Reo Danzelle
Chorus Girl
Carolyn Lowery
Chorus Girl
Bruce Grossberg
Control Booth Technician
Susan Russell
Announcer's Assistant
Walter Robles
Flying Stagehand
Cie Allman
Marina (uncredited)
Media.
Details.
Release DateJune 20, 1992
StatusCanceled
Seasons1
Episodes3
Running Time30m
Genres
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This TV Show Is About.
Wiki.
On the Air is an American television sitcom created by Mark Frost and David Lynch. It was broadcast from June 20 to July 4, 1992 on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC). The series follows the staff of a fictional 1950s television network, Zoblotnick Broadcasting Company (ZBC), as they produce a live variety program called The Lester Guy Show—often with disastrous results. On the Air was produced by Lynch/Frost Productions and followed Lynch and Frost's previous series, Twin Peaks. In the United States only three of the seven filmed episodes were aired, but the first-and-only season was broadcast in its entirety in the United Kingdom and several other European countries.
The series stars Ian Buchanan, Marla Rubinoff, Nancye Ferguson, Miguel Ferrer, Gary Grossman, Mel Johnson Jr., Marvin Kaplan, David L. Lander, Kim McGuire and Tracey Walter. On the Air featured several directors, including co-creator David Lynch, Lesli Linka Glatter, Jonathan Sanger, Jack Fisk and Betty Thomas; Lynch, Glatter and Sanger had previously directed episodes of Twin Peaks.
Discussing the show, Lynch said that "Absurdity is what I like most in life, and there’s humor in struggling in ignorance. If you saw a man repeatedly running into a wall until he was a bloody pulp, after a while it would make you laugh because it becomes absurd. But I don’t just find humor in unhappiness – I find it extremely heroic the way people forge on despite the despair they often feel."