Sledge Hammer! offers a hilariously absurd take on the cop genre, airing for two seasons on ABC from 1986 to 1988. Created by Alan Spencer, the show features David Rasche as the outrageous Inspector Sledge Hammer, a tongue-in-cheek embodiment of the archetypal "renegade cop." With sharp humor and over-the-top antics, it critiques police dramas while delivering laughs. Notable writers Al Jean and Mike Reiss, who later gained fame with The Simpsons, contributed as story editors, ensuring the series maintained its satirical edge throughout its run.
Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
Season 1
22 ep
1
Under the Gun
2
Hammer Gets Nailed
3
Witless
4
They Shoot Hammers, Don't They?
5
Dori Day Afternoon
6
To Sledge, with Love
7
All Shook Up
8
Over My Dead Bodyguard
9
Magnum Farce
10
If I Had a Little Hammer
11
To Live and Die on TV
12
Miss of the Spider Woman
13
The Old Man and the Sledge
14
State of Sledge
15
Haven't Gun, Will Travel
16
The Color of Hammer
17
Brother, Can You Spare a Crime?
18
Desperately Seeking Dori
19
Sledgepoo
20
Comrade Hammer
21
Jagged Sledge
22
The Spa Who Loved Me
Season 2
Season 2
19 ep
1
A Clockwork Hammer
2
Big Nazi on Campus
3
Play It Again, Sledge
4
Wild About Hammer
5
The Death of a Few Salesmen
6
Vertical
7
Dressed to Call
8
Hammer Hits the Rock (a.k.a. Sledge on the Rock)
9
Last of the Red Hot Vampires
10
Hammeroid
11
Sledge in Toyland
12
Icebreaker
13
They Call Me Mr. Trunk
14
Model Dearest
15
Sledge, Rattle 'n' Roll
16
Suppose They Gave a War and Sledge Came?
17
The Secret of My Excess
18
It Happened What Night?
19
Here's to You, Mrs. Hammer
