UHF

– The eccentric new manager of a UHF television channel tries to save the station from financial ruin ..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
7.00 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 37 Minutes
Release Year:
1989
UHF (1989)

The eccentric new manager of a UHF television channel tries to save the station from financial ruin with an odd array of programming.

Story Timeline:
Producing Country:
USA
Genre:

UHF (1989) - Trailer

Release Date:

21 Jul 1989

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:
PG-13 – Parents Strongly Cautioned

Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. Parents are urged to be cautious. Some material may be inappropriate for pre-teenagers.

Director:

Jay Levey

Writer:

'Weird Al' Yankovic, Jay Levey

Main Actors:

'Weird Al' Yankovic, Victoria Jackson, Kevin McCarthy, Michael Richards

Plot:

George Newman is a daydreamer whose hyperactive imagination keeps him from holding a steady job. His uncle decides George would be the perfect man to manage Channel 62, a television station which is losing money and viewers fast. When George replaces the station's reruns with bizarre programs such as "Stanley Spadowski's Clubhouse", "Wheel of Fish" and "Raul's Wild Kingdom", ratings begin to soar again. Mean-spirited and cynical mogul R.J. Fletcher becomes furious that the UHF station is getting better ratings than his network's programming. Because of gambling debts, the uncle is forced to consider selling the station to Fletcher, who would only too happily shut down (he cannot legally own two stations in the same town). George and his friends organize a 48-hour telethon to raise the money by selling investment stock from Channel 62 to save the town's new favorite station.

Production:

Orion Pictures Corporation

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.0/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
64%
Metacritic:
32%