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Series · 1992

On the Air

In the 1950s, a group of television performers attempt to put together a live variety program and often find disastrous results.

Created by Mark FrostIan BuchananMarla RubinoffNancye Ferguson
On the Air poster
20 Jun 1992First aired
1Season
CanceledStatus
ComedyGenre

The series

The year is 1957. The cast and crew of the Lester Guy Show are extremely apprehensive about their upcoming live television broadcast on the Zoblotnick Broadcasting Co. network. Lester Guy despises fellow cast member Betty Hudson for unknowingly becoming more popular than him and schemes to destroy her career. Only two of the seven episodes were written by David Lynch.

Episodes

Season 1 · 3 episodes · 1992

  1. Episode 120 Jun 199230m

    The Lester Guy Show

    It's 1957 and a new TV show is about to premiere. It's "The Lester Guy Show" staring Lester Guy, a washed up film star who couldn't get a job anywhere until he's hired by the president of the Zoblotnick Broadcasting Network (ZBC) to star i…

  2. Episode 227 Jun 199230m

    Episode 3

    Because of Betty's incredible popularity from the debut show, Lester convinces Professor Answer to compete against Betty and her seventh grade teacher in a rigged quiz show.

  3. Episode 34 Jul 199230m

    Episode 5

    During rehearsals McConigle's allergies act up. Lester has a plan to ruin Betty: a quiz show where she competes against Professor Answer, the man with the highest I.Q. ever measured, for $64,000. This will show the world how stupid Betty r…

Cast

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