Mystery Science Theater 3000 ''Mystery Science Theater 3000'' (abbreviated as ''MST3K'') is an American science fiction comedy film review television series created by Joel Hodgson. The show premiered on KTMA-TV (now WUCW) in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on November 24, 1988. ...

'' (''MST3K'') is an American television comedy series created by

Joel Hodgson Joel Hodgson (born February 20, 1960) is an American writer, comedian and television actor. He is best known for creating ''Mystery Science Theater 3000'' (''MST3K'') and starring in it as the character Joel Robinson. In 2007, ''MST3K'' was liste ...

and produced by Best Brains, Inc. The show premiered on

KTMA WUCW (channel 23) is a television station licensed to Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, serving the Twin Cities area as an affiliate of The CW. Owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group, the station maintains studios in the Pence Building on 8th S ...

(now WUCW) in

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, on November 24, 1988. The next year, in 1989, the show began its national run on

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, running for seven seasons on that channel until its cancellation in 1996. The following year, it was picked up by

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and aired for three more seasons there until another cancellation in August 1999 (although repeats continued until 2004). A sixty-episode

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package titled ''The Mystery Science Theater Hour'' was produced in 1995. In 2015, Hodgson led a

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revival of the series with 14 episodes in its eleventh season which was released on

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. A feature film, titled '' Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie'', was also released on April 19, 1996.

Series overview

Episodes

Episodes are listed in production number order, not production order or air date order. The episode title is next, and if the original film title is different from the episode title, it follows in parentheses. If the episode features any shorts, they are listed below. In the third column is the film's initial release year, a color/black & white notation, the production company (if known), and the country of origin. The last column shows the initial air date of the episode. Below this is a brief synopsis of the featured movie and shorts, with major cast, character, and production changes noted in ''italic.''

KTMA-TV (1988–89)

Season 1 (1989–90)

Season 2 (1990–91)

Season 3 (1991–92)

Season 4 (1992–93)

Season 5 (1993–94)

Season 6 (1994–95)

Season 7 (1995–96)

'' Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie'' (1996)

Season 8 (1997)

Season 9 (1998)

Season 10 (1999)

Season 11 (2017)

The fan-funded eleventh season of the series is listed by

as ''Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Return''.

Season 12 (2018)

The twelfth season, consisting of six episodes, was released on Netflix on November 22, 2018. The season is presented as ''Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Gauntlet''.

Season 13 (2022)

'' Demon Squad'' and '' Robot Wars'' were announced early as the first two films to be featured in Season 13; ''

H. G. Wells' The Shape of Things to Come ''H. G. Wells' The Shape of Things to Come'' is a 1979 Canadian science fiction film directed by George McCowan, and starring Jack Palance, Barry Morse, Nicholas Campbell, Anne-Marie Martin, Carol Lynley, and John Ireland. Although credited as a ...

'', ''The Batwoman'', '' Santo in the Treasure of Dracula'', ''

Doctor Mordrid ''Doctor Mordrid'' is a 1992 American superhero film directed by the team of Albert and Charles Band and starring Jeffrey Combs. Plot Anton Mordrid (Combs) is a wizard sent to Earth by a being called the Monitor, to stop the evil wizard Kabal ...

'', '' Gamera vs. Jiger'', ''

Munchie ''Munchie'' is a 1992 comedy film directed by Jim Wynorski. The film stars Andrew Stevens, Loni Anderson, and Jennifer Love Hewitt in her film debut. The film was released in Tennessee on May 15, 1992. Plot Gage Dobson is a young boy dealing wit ...

'', '' The Bubble'', '' The Mask 3D'', ''The Christmas Dragon'', ''

Beyond Atlantis ''Atlantis II'', known as ''Beyond Atlantis'' in North America, is a 1999 graphic adventure game developed and published by Cryo Interactive. The sequel to '' Atlantis: The Lost Tales'', it follows the story of Ten, a mystical being that travels ...

'' and ''

The Million Eyes of Sumuru ''The Million Eyes of Sumuru'' is a 1967 British spy film produced by Harry Alan Towers, directed by Lindsay Shonteff and filmed at the Shaw Brothers studios in Hong Kong. It stars Frankie Avalon and George Nader, with Shirley Eaton as the t ...

'' were announced during the Turkey Day Marathon on November 25, 2021, ''Million Eyes'' having appeared over thirty years prior in the original KTMA season (albeit in an edited-for-content version) and is also featured as a video on demand from spiritual successor RiffTrax. Episodes are expected to roll out monthly throughout 2022, starting on March 4, culminating in ''The Christmas Dragon'' as a Christmas special and season finale. ''Santo'', ''Robot Wars'', and ''Beyond Atlantis'' were shown in pre-release form as tests of the Gizmoplex to backers on the dates shown below, then were shown in their full form from May 6 to May 8, 2022.

Notes

:1. Episode 104 was both the last episode of Season 1 to be produced and to air. Despite this, it was given the lower production number. :2. Due to issues with the movie rights, Episode 1003 debuted a month after the series finale first aired.

References

External links

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