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ALF is an English-language television series that aired on NBC from September 22, 1986, to March 24, 1990. Created by Paul Fusco and Tom Patchett, the show is classified as a comedy, family, and drama series. The plot follows a furry alien wiseguy who comes to live with a terran family after crashing into their garage.
The series ran for four seasons and is listed with either 101 or 102 episodes. Individual episodes have a duration of 24 or 30 minutes. The show has received a vote average of 7.648 and a rating of 7.5. It has 136,000 social media followers and is referenced by 525 other encyclopedia articles.
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TV series · TMDB
★ 7.6A furry alien wiseguy comes to live with a terran family after crashing into their garage.
- Aired
- 1986–1990
- Seasons
- 4 · 101 episodes
- Status
- Ended
- Created by
- Paul Fusco, Tom Patchett
- Network
- NBC
- Genres
- Family, Comedy, Drama
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TV series
- Status
- Ended
- Network
- NBC
- Genres
- Comedy, Family, Science-Fiction
- Runtime
- 30 min
- TVMaze rating
- 7.5/10
Key facts
- Genre
- Sitcom Science fiction comedy
- Created by
- Tom Patchett Paul Fusco
- Starring
- Max Wright Anne Schedeen Andrea Elson Benji Gregory
- Theme music composer
- Alf Clausen Tom Kramer
- Composer
- Alf Clausen
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English
- Number span no of episodes
- 97 (original run), 100 (syndication) ( list of episodes )
- Executive producers
- David Salzman Bernie Brillstein Tom Patchett
- Producer
- Paul Fusco
- Camera setup
- Multi-camera
- Running time
- 24 minutes
- Production companies
- Alien Productions Lorimar Television Warner Bros. Television
- Network
- NBC
- Release
- September 22, 1986 ( 1986-09-22 ) –, March 24, 1990 ( 1990-03-24 )
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Encyclopedic overview
ALF is an American television sitcom that aired on NBC from September 22, 1986, to March 24, 1990.
The titular character, ALF, an acronym for "Alien Life Form", but whose real name is Gordon Shumway, crash-lands in the garage of the suburban California middle-class Tanner family. The series stars Max Wright as father Willie Tanner, Anne Schedeen as mother Kate Tanner, and Andrea Elson and Benji Gregory as their children, Lynn and Brian Tanner. ALF was performed by puppeteer Paul Fusco, who co-created the show with Tom Patchett. However, in scenes where he appeared in full body, he was performed by Michu Meszaros, who was uncredited in the role.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “ALF” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.