Muscle (TV series)

Muscle
GenreSitcom, Soap opera parody
Created byRob LaZebnik
Directed byGary Halvorson
Starring
Theme music composerMark Mothersbaugh
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes13
Production
Executive producers
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time30 minutes
Production companies
Original release
NetworkThe WB
ReleaseJanuary 11 (1995-01-11) –
May 24, 1995 (1995-05-24)
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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.

  1. ^ McNeil, Alex (1996). Total Television: The Comprehensive Guide to Programming from 1948 to the Present. Penguin Books. p. 576. ISBN 9780140249163.
  2. ^ Owen, Rob (1999). Gen X TV: The Brady Bunch to Melrose Place. Syracuse University Press. p. 67. ISBN 9780815605850.
  3. ^ "The Five: WB shows that we forgot". AOL TV. Archived from the original on 2013-02-04.