Remote Control

Remote Control

1987•30m•6.0/10

Comedy

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.0/10(2)

Remote Control is a TV game show that ran on MTV for five seasons from 1987 until 1990. It was MTV's first original non-musical program. New episodes were made for first-run syndication from 1989 until 1990 which were distributed by Viacom. Three contestants answered trivia questions on movies, music, and television, many of which were presented in skit format. The series was developed by producers Joe Davola and Michael Duggan, and directed by Dana Calderwood.

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Production

MTV Networks

Language

EN

Status

Ended

First Aired

December 7, 1987

Last Aired

December 14, 1987

Networks

MTV

Created By

Michael Dugan

Where to Watch

Region US · Lang EN

US

No providers available for this region.

Seasons & Episodes

Select a season to view episodes. Reddit links may contain spoilers.

Season

E1

Chuck, Dena, Dan

Air date: 1987-12-07

E2

Mike, Corinne, Gator

Air date: 1987-12-08

E3

Jeff, Mary, Brian

Air date: 1987-12-10

E4

LL Cool J, Julie Brown, Weird Al

Air date: 1987-12-10

E5

Paul, Steve, Carla

Air date: 1987-12-11

E6

Brandon, Butch, Danny (Child Stars)

Air date: 1987-12-14

Cast

Marisol Massey

Herself

Ken Ober

Ken Ober

Host

Colin Quinn

Colin Quinn

himself

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