“A lot of TV stations have forgotten what "quality" means, but not Channel 62. They NEVER knew what it meant.”

UHF

6.7

415 votes·

1989

1h 37m

·Movie

Comedy

Overview

The eccentric new manager of a UHF television channel tries to save the station from financial ruin with an odd array of programming.

Director

Jay Levey

Status

Released

Language

Commercial Verdict

Flop

Budget

$5.0M

Revenue

$6.2M

Profit

+$1.2M

ROI

+23%

Revenue vs Budget1.2x

0x1x2x3x4x5x

Lost money at the box office

Keywords

losergame showsatiremusic videomusic spoof

Cast

'Weird Al' Yankovic

George Newman

Kevin McCarthy

R.J. Fletcher

Michael Richards

Stanley Spadowski

David Bowe

Bob

Stanley Brock

Harvey Bilchik

Anthony Geary

Philo

Trinidad Silva

Raul Hernandez

Gedde Watanabe

Kuni

Billy Barty

Noodles MacIntosh

John Paragon

Richard Fletcher

Fran Drescher

Pamela Finklestein

Sue Ane Langdon

Esther Bilchik

David Proval

Head Thug

Grant James

Killer Thug

Victoria Jackson

Teri

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