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MADtv is an American

United States

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Sketch comedy

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television series. It licensed the name and logo of Mad

Mad (magazine)

Mad is an American humor magazine founded by editor Harvey Kurtzman and publisher William Gaines in 1952. Launched as a comic book before it became a magazine, it was widely imitated and influential, impacting not only satirical media but the entire cultural landscape of the 20th century.The last...

, but otherwise had no connection with the humor magazine outside the animated Spy vs. Spy

Spy vs. Spy

Spy vs. Spy is a black and white comic strip that debuted in Mad magazine #60, dated January 1961, and was originally published by EC Comics. The strip was created by Antonio Prohías.The Spy vs...

and Don Martin cartoon shorts and images of Alfred E. Neuman

Alfred E. Neuman

Alfred E. Neuman is the fictional mascot and cover boy of Mad magazine. The face had drifted through American pictography for decades before being claimed and named by Mad editor Harvey Kurtzman...

that the show featured during the late 1990s. Its first TV broadcast was on October 14, 1995. The one-hour show aired Saturday nights on Fox

Fox Broadcasting Company

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and is in syndication

Television syndication

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on Comedy Central

Comedy Central

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. In Australia the show screens on satellite and cable TV channel The Comedy Channel

The Comedy Channel

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and in late-night timeslots on free-to-air broadcaster the Nine Network Australia and its affiliates.

It was created by Fax Bahr and Adam Small

Adam Small

Adam Small is an American composer, producer and instrumentalist. He attended Manhattan School of Music in New York City where he majored in jazz performance...