Remote Control (game show)
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Remote Control is an American TV game show that ran on MTV for five seasons from 1987 until 1990. It was MTV's first original non-musical program and first game show. A concurrent syndicated version of the series ran during the 1989-90 season and was distributed by Viacom. Three contestants answered trivia questions on movies, music, and television, many of which were presented in skit format.
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Genre | Game show |
Presented by | Ken Ober Colin Quinn with Marisol Massey (Season 1) Kari Wuhrer (Seasons 2–3) Alicia Coppola (Season 4) Susan Ashley (Season 5) |
Starring | Craig Vandenburgh John Ten Eyck Adam Sandler Denis Leary Roger Kabler Steve Treccase |
Country of origin | United States |
No. of seasons | 5 |
Production | |
Production locations | Matrix Studios Manhattan, New York (Seasons 1-2 and 4-5) Disney-MGM Studios Lake Buena Vista, Florida (Season 3) |
Running time | 30 Minutes |
Original release | |
Network | MTV (1987–90) Syndicated (1989–90) |
Release | December 7, 1987 (1987-12-07) – December 13, 1990 (1990-12-13) |
The series was created and developed by producers Joe Davola and Michael Dugan. It was written by Michael Armstrong (head writer seasons 2–3), Desmond Devlin, Emily Dodi, Michael Dugan (head writer season 1), Lee Frank, Bob Giordano, Phil Gurin, Keith Kaczorek (also credited as Kadillac Keith),[1] Chris Kreski (head writer seasons 4–5), Denis Leary, Andrew Price, Colin Quinn, Ned Rice, Richard G. Rosner, Adam Sandler, McPaul Smith and John Ten Eyck. It was directed by Dana Calderwood, Scott Fishman and Milt Lage.[2]