Sledge Hammer! (1986)
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.
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Episode 1 - A Clockwork Hammer
Release Date: 1987-09-17Vile Video Concepts conditions cops not to testify against a mobster; Hammer meets a computerized version of himself.
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Episode 2 - Big Nazi on Campus
Release Date: 1987-09-24Sledge and Dori investigate the death of a college coed.
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Episode 3 - Play It Again, Sledge
Release Date: 1987-10-01When Sledge and Dori get suspended from the force, they open a private investigation firm with counseling from Bogart's ghost.
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Episode 4 - Wild About Hammer
Release Date: 1987-10-08A female cop with a sadistic/ masochistic fetish falls for and kidnaps Sledge.
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Episode 5 - The Death of a Few Salesmen
Release Date: 1987-10-15Sledge poses as an Australian car magnate, Crocodile Bruce, to catch the killer of used car dealers.
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Episode 6 - Vertical
Release Date: 1987-10-29While suffering from vertigo, Sledge must protect the girlfriend of a mobster.
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Episode 7 - Dressed to Call
Release Date: 1987-11-05Sledge must discover who's making threatening calls to a radio psychologist.
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Episode 8 - Hammer Hits the Rock (a.k.a. Sledge on the Rock)
Release Date: 1987-11-12Sledge poses as an assassin to discover a mobster's secret hideout.
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Episode 9 - Last of the Red Hot Vampires
Release Date: 1987-11-19An old time movie vampire is falsely accused of murdering his cast and crew.
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Episode 10 - Hammeroid
Release Date: 1987-11-26After breaking nearly all his bones, Sledge encases himself in a robotic suit to stop a robot.
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Episode 11 - Sledge in Toyland
Release Date: 1987-12-03Sledge is sent to investigate when a toy manufacturer is attacked by one of his own toys.
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Episode 12 - Icebreaker
Release Date: 1987-12-10Sledge finds himself competing with a British cop.
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Episode 13 - They Call Me Mr. Trunk
Release Date: 1987-12-17Trunk must solve the puzzle of why the army has surrounded the entire precinct before the entire staff dies.
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Episode 14 - Model Dearest
Release Date: 1988-01-07Dori poses as a model to get the dirt on a white slavery ring.
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Episode 15 - Sledge, Rattle 'n' Roll
Release Date: 1988-01-15Hammer investigates the mysterious deaths of a heavy metal group and their manager.
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Episode 16 - Suppose They Gave a War and Sledge Came?
Release Date: 1988-01-22To investigate the death of a prominent businessman, Sledge joins a weekend war gaming organization.
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Episode 17 - The Secret of My Excess
Release Date: 1988-01-29Sledge tracks down a yuppie's dirty deeds.
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Episode 18 - It Happened What Night?
Release Date: 1988-02-05The precinct thinks that Sledge and Dori have slept together when all that appears on a surveillance tape is them drunk and in bed.
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Episode 19 - Here's to You, Mrs. Hammer
Release Date: 1988-02-12Sledge's ex-wife marries his best high school friend & forces Sledge to think about his lifestyle.