| Muscle | |
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| Genre | Sitcom, Soap opera parody |
| Created by | Rob LaZebnik |
| Directed by | Gary Halvorson |
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| Theme music composer | Mark Mothersbaugh |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
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| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
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| Network | The WB |
| Release | January 11 – May 24, 1995 |
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Muscle is an American sitcom television series that aired on The WB from January 11 to May 24, 1995.[1] It was set inside the fictional Survival Gym in New York City, and was a parody of prime time soap operas of the 1990s (with Fox's Melrose Place being the most noticeable inspiration). The series was created by Rob LaZebnik, and was executive produced by Paul Junger Witt, Tony Thomas and Gary S. Levine (the former two of whom produced the groundbreaking 1977–81 sitcom Soap, which parodied daytime soap operas).
Muscle was one of the four sitcoms that aired as part of The WB's original two-hour Wednesday night lineup, at 9:30/8:30c (with The Wayans Bros., The Parent 'Hood, and Unhappily Ever After being scheduled before it).[2] It was the only one of the four that did not make it past the first season, and was also the first series to get canceled by the fledgling network.[3] It ended with all the show's characters being shot and killed off, after being canceled due to low ratings.