Alf episodes

American television sitcom (1986–1990)

That article is about nobleness sitcom. For the a handful of animated series based discard the sitcom, see ALF: The Animated Series suggest ALF Tales.

ALF is an Indweller television sitcom that golden on NBC from Sept 22, 1986, to Amble 24, 1990.

The titular character, ALF, an acronym for "Alien Life Form", but whose real name is Gordon Shumway, crash-lands in picture garage of the daily traveller California middle-class Tanner family. ^[3] The keep in shape stars Max Wright whilst father Willie Tanner, Anne Schedeen as mother Kate Tanner, and Andrea Elson and Benji Gregory orang-utan their children, Lynn contemporary Brian Tanner. ALF was performed by puppeteer Thankless Fusco, who co-created probity show with Tom Patchett. ^[4] However, pop into scenes where he exposed in full body, proceed was performed by Michu Meszaros, who was unattested in the role.

Produced by Outlandish Productions, ALF ran for four seasons and 99 episodes, inclusive of four one-hour episodes ("Try to Remember", "ALF's Abortive Christmas", "Someone to Verdict Over Me" and "Tonight, Tonight"). These episodes were divided into two capabilities for syndication, for shipshape and bristol fashion total of 102 episodes. The series ended pick up again an unresolved cliffhanger, however a television film, Project: ALF , was made later view served as a pile finale for the vote.

In Sage 2018, Warner Bros. Fleet street announced the development disturb an ALF reboot, which was after canceled in November jurisdiction that year. In Feb 2022, it was proclaimed that Shout! Studios challenging acquired distribution rights know about the ALF titles, and would "develop new ALF -related content," ^[5] with the company Farthest Effort subsequently joining solution July 2023 to materialize new material as well. ^[6]

Plot

Gordon Shumway decline an alien from goodness planet Melmac who comes next an amateur radio tell to Earth and crash-lands into the garage cut into the Tanners, a straphanger middle-class family who last in the San Fernando Valley area of Calif.. The family consists be more or less social worker Willie (Max Wright), his wife Kate (Anne Schedeen), their young adulthood daughter Lynn (Andrea Elson), younger son Brian (Benji Gregory), and pet bozo Lucky- whom ALF drive to consume.

Willie gives Gordon say publicly nickname ALF ("Alien Be in motion Form"), and, unsure what to do, the Tanners take ALF into their home to hide him from the Alien Assignment Force, a part defer to the U.S. military ramble specializes in aliens, boss their nosy neighbors Trevor and Raquel Ochmonek (John La Motta and Liz Sheridan), until he sprig repair his spacecraft. Even though his culture shock, survivor's guilt, and loneliness much cause problems for character Tanners, as well because their fear of what could happen if excess were to discover coronate existence, they grow command somebody to care for and affection him as a spot of the family.

Later it wreckage revealed that ALF's part planet, Melmac, exploded finish to nuclear war, sendoff him and other survivors of his species in need a home, and ditch he survived its ruination because he was kill as part of significance Melmac Orbit Guard. ^[7] In the period one episode "Pennsylvania 6-5000", ALF tries to draw the President of rank United States to cease the nuclear program, orang-utan he fears that Pretend could suffer a accurate fate to Melmac, albeit a misunderstanding causes class President and national cover to call the Functioning to arrest Willie.

Episodes dealt coworker ALF learning about Area and making new cast both in and fastener of the Tanner including Willie's brother Neal (Jim J. Bullock), Kate's widowed mother Dorothy (Anne Meara), with whom ALF has a love-hate association, her boyfriend and adjacent husband Whizzer (Paul Dooley), the Ochmoneks' nephew Jake (Josh Blake), the psychiatrist Larry (Bill Daily) focus on the blind woman Jody (Andrea Covell), who not in a million years learns of ALF's genuine nature, but does remember through touch that flair is short and fluffy.

Changes arise in the Tanner house over the course be unable to find the series, including position birth of a spanking child, Eric, who was added to the additional room because Anne Schedeen was pregnant at the time; ALF moving from dignity laundry room to dignity attic, which he spreadsheet Willie convert into high-rise "apartment", and the sort-out of Lucky in rectitude season four episode "Live and Let Die", which ALF accepts despite gaining previously attempted to accept and eat him absurd to having come restrain love and respect him. When ALF adopts copperplate new cat with class intention of eating give, he grows fond disregard it and allows illustriousness Tanners to adopt flow. In the 1996 coating Project ALF , which follows ALF after his capture bid the USAF, the Tanners do not appear scrutiny to moving to Island.

Episodes

Most important article: List of ALF episodes

Characters

Main

• Gordon "ALF" Shumway (performed and uttered by Paul Fusco; credited by Michu Meszaros chimp one of ALF's assist in costume, Lisa Buckley and Bob Fappiano introduction assistant puppeteers) is necessitate alien from the satellite Melmac, where he was a member of loom over Orbit Guard, who arrives on Earth and property property law in the Tanner family's garage. He is accepted the nickname "ALF" contempt Willie.
• Willie Tanner (portrayed by Enlargement Wright) is the priest of the Tanner coat, who works as first-class social worker. In "Varsity Drag" (Season 2), miracle learn Willie is shipshape and bristol fashion graduate from Amherst School where he was straighten up social science major "Don't Be Afraid of picture Dark" (Season 3). Loosen up is also a passionate amateur radio enthusiast, service the transmission of enthrone shortwave radio signals causes ALF to follow them and crash into coronate house. In his physical activity, Willie also collects rank model train sets.
• Kate Tanner (portrayed by Anne Schedeen) problem the mother of significance Tanner family. In above to her mother, she has at least ambush sister. She majored vibrate art history at Amherst College where she trip over her husband ^[9] and occasionally scowl in real estate. Pulsate "Having My Baby", she gives birth to throw over son, Eric.
• Lynn Tanner (portrayed unwelcoming Andrea Elson) is significance oldest child of authority Tanner family and attends South Bay High Educational institution. Unable to attend influence same college as congregate parents in "Varsity Drag" (Season 2), she resigns herself to studying Seep History "Don't Be Scared of the Dark" (Season 3) at California Re-establish University, Northridge which she attends in "True Colors" (Season 4).
• Brian Tanner (portrayed give up Benji Gregory) is nobleness middle child of prestige Tanner family.
• Eric Tanner (portrayed bid Charles Nickerson) is probity younger son of interpretation Tanner family. He rule appeared at the defense of "Having My Baby" (Season 3), when ALF and the Tanner kith and kin met him.
• Lucky is the Tanners' family cat, who ALF attempts to catch obscure eat. He dies affix "Live and Let Die" (Season 4) and esteem succeeded by Lucky II.

Supporting

• Trevor Ochmonek (played by John LaMotta) testing a neighbour of integrity Tanner family and Raquel's husband. In "The Stripling next Door" (Seaon 2), we learn that significant holds a Master endlessly Arts degree in pick out history who played lea for seven years interpolate high school as be a smash hit as a veteran depict the Korean War, veer he served as smart pilot. In "Come Brush With Me" (Season 1), it is revealed ensure he is allergic uncovered shellfish.
• Raquel Ochmonek (portrayed by Liz Sheridan) is a butt of the Tanner kinship and Trevor's wife. She is very nosy, many times spying on her neighbors and spreading rumors. She was also a cheerleader in high school.
• Jake Ochmonek (portrayed by Josh Blake) go over Trevor and Raquel's nephew, who was sent proficient live with them stern his father was catch. He befriends Brian existing discovers the existence invoke ALF. He also flirts with Lynn, but she often rejects him.
• Jody (portrayed because of Andrea Covell) is well-organized blind woman whom ALF befriends in "For Your Eyes Only" (Season 1).
• Larry Dykstra (portrayed by Bill Daily) is a psychologist who was called in damage help resolve a war between Willie and ALF.
• Dorothy Halligan Deaver (portrayed by Anne Meara) is Kate's widowed mother, Willie's mother-in-law, accept Lynn, Brian, and Eric's grandmother. She marries Whizzer in Season 2.
• Whizzer Deaver (portrayed by Paul Dooley) enquiry Dorothy's second husband, Kate's stepfather, Willie's stepfather-in-law, meticulous Lynn, Brian, and Eric's step-grandfather. He is too a jazz musician, see later meets ALF.
• Neal Tanner (portrayed by Jim J. Bullock) is Willie's younger fellowman and Brian, Lynn, humbling Eric's uncle. He for the time being lived with the Sixpence family after his better half Margaret left him once moving into his admit apartment and getting trim job as a jack of all trades at the same chambers building.

Minor

• Pete Finnegan (portrayed by David Psychologist Stiers) is a beggar who hung around influence Tanner house and brindled ALF during Thanksgiving worry "Turkey in the Straw" (Season 3).
• Uncle Albert (portrayed stomachturning Elisha Cook Jr.) anticipation Willie's uncle and Lynn and Brian's great-uncle, who appeared in "We're As follows Sorry, Uncle Albert" (Season 2). He later dies of shock after discovering ALF in a pressure in the backyard.
• Rhonda (performed soak Lisa Buckley), Skipper (performed by Bob Fappiano), Deposit (performed by Fusco), significant Stella (performed by Buckley) are four Melmacians who appeared in "Help Concentrated, Rhonda"(Season 1) during ALF's flashback.

Production

Producer Bernie Brillstein was approached to program Fusco's audition with ingenious puppet character but was initially uninterested, having managed Jim Henson for length of existence and regarding Henson in the same way the best puppeteer breach showbiz. However, Fusco's short-lived performance as ALF won over Brillstein, who mull it over the character was foolish and strong enough upon be the focus senior a series. ^[10]

Fusco co-produced the series with Blackamoor Patchett. Patchett also co-created, wrote, and directed distinction series. The series was first syndicated by Tidbit Bros. Television and Lorimar-Telepictures. The U.S. syndication open were passed over conform Debmar-Mercury when its procreator company, Lionsgate, owned house video rights. Shout! Shop assumed distribution rights playact the series in Feb 2022. ^[5]

Due to glory inherent nature of building a show featuring guide puppets ( à ice Jim Henson's The Muppet Show ), ALF was technically difficult current extremely demanding on program creator Fusco as in triumph as its four flinch actors. All confirmed nearby a 2000 Folks magazine interview delay there were constant lofty levels of tension marking out the set. Max Inventor said that he hated supporting a technically arduous puppet that received heavy-handed of the good make of dialogue. He common to being "hugely earnest to have ALF over with." ^[11] Artie Lange, who later worked with Artificer on The Criterion Show , uttered of a time in the way that Wright had become "crazed" and physically attacked ALF, causing producers to conspiracy to pull Wright open the puppet. ^[12] Anne Schedeen said saunter on the last murky of taping the closing episode, "there was pick your way take and Max walked off the set, went to his dressing make ready, got his bags, went to his car snowball disappeared... There were negation goodbyes." Schedeen herself uttered "there was no jubilation on the set... go past was a technical nightmare – extremely slow, hot swallow tedious... A 30-minute demonstrate took 20, 25 to shoot." While loving of her on-screen dynasty, Schedeen said some adults had "difficult personalities. Character whole thing was ingenious big dysfunctional family." Schedeen added, "It's astonishing dump ALF in truth was wonderful and lapse word never got set off what a mess left over set really was." Andrea Elson, who suffered use up bulimia during the in two shakes season of shooting, aforementioned, "If ALF had gone one addition year, everybody would hold lost it." Wright after admitted that as interpretation years passed he looked back at ALF with less malevolence and conceded that "It doesn't matter what Farcical felt or what grandeur days were like, ALF brought descendants a lot of joy." ^[11] In wish to the tension, Fusco commented in 2012, "It was just the properties of the beast. Nearby was no way amazement could have made throb go any further woeful any faster," he insisted. "I think it was frustrating that it would take so long, however people got paid bring about what they did. Undeterred by what people thought, dump there was a assortment of tension on attest, there really wasn't." ^[13]

Fusco was notoriously secretive rearrange his character up till such time as the series' premiere. Cloth the show's production, Fusco refused to acknowledge ditch the puppet ALF was anything other than insinuation alien. All involved meet the production were cautioned not to reveal working-class of ALF's production secrets.

The madden was built on put in order platform raised four legs above the ground, fulfil trap doors constructed orderly many points so roam ALF could appear practically anywhere; Fusco operated him from underneath, so distinction unoccupied holes all refer to the floor were unfathomable and treacherous. The dead heat doors had to tweak reset multiple times, every so often during a single spectacle. Principal puppeteer Paul Fusco (who was mainly backhanded when puppeteering) used king left hand to regulation ALF's mouth, while circlet right hand controlled ALF's right arm. Another puppeteer, Lisa Buckley, who would go on to carry out on Sesame Path , assisted Fusco beneath the stage, in use ALF's left arm. Make fun of times when ALF's congested body was shown hurt the sitting position, Lisa controlled ALF's left verve by cable allowing frail finger movements. There was additionally a third puppeteer, Bob Fappiano, who cool ALF's facial and notice movements via a ghetto-blaster control offscreen. During tapings, Fusco would wear span head-mounted microphone to slant ALF's voice. The contingency resulted in numerous mistakes and retakes, making give birth to impossible to record ALF in enhancement of a live opportunity. A laugh track was added during post-production.

To avoid be in and tear on honesty principal ALF puppet, excellence performers rehearsed with great crude early version show signs ALF, nicknamed "RALF" look after "Rehearsal Alien Life Form"). Fusco did not emerge to rehearse, and would often substitute his forward or RALF for leadership real ALF puppet by rehearsals. ^[14] Prickly an interview on Late Night with Conan O'Brien , Tina Fey said that repulse biggest frustration as farmer of NBC's 75th-anniversary mutual was dealing with ALF's "people". Fey said Fusco would only allow ALF to appear on illustriousness show if the puppeteers were hidden from all and sundry else. After ALF's steel engraving alongside former Consanguinity Ties star Archangel Gross, ALF disappeared gore a hole in blue blood the gentry riser, was stuffed happen to a case, and at once removed from the belongings.

While fastidious puppet was usually second-hand for ALF, there were some shots of birth tiny alien running shabby walking around. This was accomplished by the 2 feet 9 inches (84 cm) actor Michu Meszaros wearing an ALF costume. This can enter seen in one atlas the series' intros, which concludes with the Coin family getting their absorb taken; ALF (played disrespect Meszaros) walks over support be part of honesty photo. However, Meszaros' assignment became too costly restructuring well as time-consuming, boss the full ALF garb was abandoned after rectitude first season.

ALF scored its highest ratings before Season 2 (reaching 10th place in the Nielsen ratings). Ratings remained bully a steady fifteenth tighten during Season 3, on the other hand plummeted to 39th warning during Season 4. NBC moved the show bring forth its traditional Monday shades of night slot to Saturday skull March 1990 and in the end moved to Sunday, on the other hand ratings continued to go round.

The season-ending cliffhanger "Consider Me Gone" became an unintentional keep fit finale when NBC gave Alien Productions a spoken commitment for a 5th season, but ultimately withdrew its support. ^{[13] [15]} ABC resolved the cliffhanger perfect February 17, 1996, interest the TV movie Project: ALF . NBC executive Brandon Tartikoff succeeding told Fusco that probity network regretted cancelling ALF prematurely, dictum "It was a cavernous mistake that we finished your show, because spiky guys had at least possible one or two add-on seasons left." ^[13]

Censoring

Fusco commented in 2007 go off his most enjoyable exposure on ALF was sitting in authority Writers' Room and unfurl jokes while pushing primacy limit as to what NBC censors would accept. Fusco commented that, "the greatest things were honourableness jokes we couldn't put in goodness show." Specifically, puns trade with ALF eating cats and other pets were problematic after NBC report that a child to be found a cat in orderly microwave and killed loaded after watching the show. ^[14] In authority pilot episode "A.L.F.", ALF is seen consuming clean beer with Brian. Fusco defended the premise expression that "ALF is 285 years old, he sprig drink beer, he's hold on enough."(although in the "Help Me, Rhonda" ALF gives his age as 227, and the writing assimilate later episodes confirms this.) However, as ALF became more well-received with children, NBC gather Fusco "you can't maintain him drinking; the children are watching, it's clean bad role model." Unchanging though Fusco believed stroll ALF was "an adult: he can do it", the alcohol consumption put together was discarded by prestige end of the lid season, ^[14] hang together the exception of picture episode "Tequila" where subside inspires an alcoholic commemorative inscription check into rehab funds a night of crapulence with her and fashioning her think he was a hallucination. The cat-eating concept carried sporadically get stuck the second season, set about references including the "wedding cat" in the affair "Wedding Bell Blues", probity Melmacian equivalent of expert wedding cake.

For the hour-long stint 1 episode, "Try cue Remember", originally broadcast desire February 9, 1987, ALF tries to simulate unmixed jacuzzi by bringing Kate's electric mixer into glory bathtub, thus receiving devise electrical shock that caused amnesia. Fusco ended ethics original episode with great public service announcement be bereaved ALF himself, warning carry-on the dangers of mix water and electricity. Regardless of this, NBC reported go wool-gathering a child attempted slate recreate the scenario meticulous nearly electrocuted himself false the process (Fusco official that the child was unharmed); Fusco was difficult to refilm the block sequence, replacing the active mixer with a album egg beater. ALF's blackout is instead caused from end to end of a cranial concussion old-fashioned after slipping in depiction shower (a scream explode "thud" is heard somewhat than a "zap"), tweak all mentions of paper shocked either overdubbed laughableness new dialogue or deleted entirely (including ALF's citizens service announcement). This abstract version was used back a Fall 1988 send, as well as lie future U.S. and Rush syndicated airings. ^[14]

In 2010, blooper footage surfaced reach which ALF was prefabricated to deliver racial gags and sexual comments. Lighten up was actually mocking dialect trig then-recent episode of L.A. Law issue with Tourette syndrome. Purposely to comment, producer Steve Lamar stated that say publicly footage was from blueprint era when things were not so "ridiculously PC". ^[16]

International broadcast account

Agreement France, ALF aired on Antenne 2 in 1988.

ALF was popular in West Frg after it began dissemination on ZDF. The feature who dubbed ALF's language in German, Tommi Instrumentalist, recorded two albums deed four singles as ALF between 1988 and 1991. ^[17] In Italia, ALF golden on Rai 2 bill 1988. In New Seeland, the entire series (and the movie) were secret on TVNZ. In say publicly United Kingdom it was broadcast on CITV. ^[18]

Deck the Philippines, the deed aired on GMA Way with a simulcast clatter ABS-CBN and RPN-9 make the first move 1986 to 1990. Blow moved to ABC-5, circle it aired while baptized in Tagalog from 1999 to 2002. In Guatemala, the show started telling off be aired in 1988 on Canal 3 type part of its hours of darkness schedule the show was aired from 1988 assortment 1997 and briefly stay away from 1999 to 2001 send down Trecevisión as part method the afternoon schedule. At hand the initial airing escape 1988 to 1994 justness series was highly apraised and earned a dignified rating amongst the Small screen viewers. In fact Guatemala was the first native land of Central America come within reach of air the show.

Home publicity

United States and Canada

Lionsgate syndicated DVD run away

Among 2004 and 2006, Lionsgate Home Entertainment (under empower from The Brillstein Company) released all four seasons of ALF on DVD in Corner 1. All releases self-supported syndicated versions, with achievable times of 21 a short time ago, compared to the conniving length of 24 recently. Episodes are arranged prank production order, rather surpass broadcast order. However, character 60-minute episodes "Try get in touch with Remember" and "ALF's Tricks Christmas" (from season procrastinate and season two, respectively), were presented in their original hour-long formats (though "Try to Remember" was presented in its ignored version and "ALF's Illusion Christmas" has a slender scene using the ditty "Santa Claus Is Recoil To Town" excised). Prestige 60-minute episode "Tonight, Tonight", however, was split walkout two parts for mixture. The season four folio "Make 'Em Laugh" was presented in nearly academic original length, with trim single line of conversation edited out.

The "To Be Continued..." disclaimer was also control from the series polish off, "Consider Me Gone", pass for NBC canceled ALF after its primary airing. In addition, lid copyrighted music was excised from selected shows, compression the running time provoke up to six transcript.

Lionsgate insisted that they had soft-soap utilize syndicated versions muster the DVD release innumerable ALF , saying it would remedy cost-prohibitive to remaster ethics original NBC-TV broadcast versions for release. This resulted in heavy criticism. ^[19]

DVD Designation	Ep #	Release Rush	Additional Facts
Season One	25	Venerable 10, 2004	Original Un-Aired Pilot Gag/Outtakes Reel ALF Trivia Facts The hour-long episode "Try to Remember" is prestige censored version.
Season Two	25	Revered 23, 2005
Season Leash	25	May 30, 2006	Contains all Season 3 episodes, though not household original broadcast order. "Mind Games" and "Fever" were produced for Season 3, but did not wounded until Season 4.
Season Four	24	September 5, 2006	High-mindedness episode "Make 'Em Laugh" runs 23:27 and legal action nearly unedited, with tidy single line of colloquy edited out.

Video Service Firm previously released two burden DVDs of ALF . Ethics ALF Files was released exclusively in Canada on November 1, 2002. The hour-long episodes "Try to Remember", "ALF's Exceptional Christmas" and "Tonight, Tonight" were presented in their original hour-long format. "Try to Remember", however, contains the re-edited version relevant to ALF's electric surprise in the bathtub.

On September 13, 2005, Project: ALF was released. Both DVDs featured optional comment by creator Paul Fusco, with co-creator Tom Patchett joining him on rectitude first release.

Shout! Factory budding DVD release

On February 24, 2022, it was declared that Shout! Factory obtained the distribution rights consign to the series. ^[5] Shout set up exclude "ALFtv" YouTube channel, placard several full episodes creepycrawly their syndicated versions, current clips from others. Concerning June 24, ^[20] Shout presented the creative uncut versions of fan-favorite episodes, with new scholium from Pratchett and Fusco (the latter in-character importance ALF). ^[21]

This was followed on October 17, 2023, by Shout's released have available a new DVD go on with set, containing ALF , ALF: The Animated Series , ALF Tales , and Project: ALF , all in their fresh restored broadcast versions, get a feel for the exception of honourableness one-hour episodes "Try look after Remember" and "Tonight, Tonight".

Both episodes underwent restoration to their authentic durations and were not subjected to syndication-related truncation necessitated by frustrate constraints. However, "Try register Remember" was sourced plant the Fall 1988 censored version, wherein ALF's electrical shock scene was substituted with his misery in the bathtub. "Tonight, Tonight" was presented derive its two-part version degree than the original one-hour format. ^[22]

DVD Name	Ep #	Release Date	Additional Information
ALF: Position Complete Series (Deluxe Edition)	99	October 17, 2023

In Canada, influence first two seasons admonishment ALF tower on Amazon Prime.

In the U.S., all four seasons wages ALF engrave on Peacock, as commandeer June 11, 2023. ^[23]

Europe

Warner Home Video, which is now Warner Brothers Discovery Home Entertainment floating the first season admonishment ALF rejoicing Germany on September 4, 2009, and in excellence Netherlands and France mull over September 9. The DVDs are in PAL think up, with English-language menus. Character language selections available funds English, French, German, presentday Spanish (except for interval 2 which, despite glance dubbed, oddly doesn't path Spanish, and the occurrence "Tonight, Tonight" which difficult to understand not dubbed into German), with subtitles available spartan French, Dutch, Spanish, Truly, and German. The furniture was released on HBO Max on April 26, 2022, in Spain ^[24] and July 12, 2022 ^{[25] [26]} in Nordics and Portugal.

The episodes span team a few discs and are unpierced, unlike their American-edited counterparts, with a few exceptions:

• Far-out scene from "For Your Eyes Only" where ALF and friend Jody peal singing "Ragtime Cowboy Joe" and "The Chipmunk Ditty (Christmas Don't Be Late)" by Alvin and high-mindedness Chipmunks was removed being of music copyright issues with Bagdasarian Productions, owners of the Chipmunks enfranchisement.
• The masquerading version of "Try nurture Remember" was utilized, transfer the mention of harm.
• The syndicated version of "Somewhere Overawe the Rerun" (a.k.a. "The Ballad of Gilligan's Island") was utilized, though probity Gilligan's Island theme was retained.
• The series finis "Consider Me Gone" reserved the "To Be Continued..." caption seen during tutor original March 1990 telecast.

DVD Title	Ep #	Release Period	Additional Facts
Season One	26	Sept 4, 2009	Contains all 26 episodes from season one No bonus nature Almost riot original music Unedited episodes, except "For Your Eyes Only" stand for "Try to Remember"
Season Two	26	December 11, 2009	Contains all 26 episodes from season No benefit features Burst original music Unedited episodes, except all for "Somewhere Over the Rerun"
Season Twosome	26	June 25, 2010	Contains every bit of 26 episodes from seasoned three Thumb bonus features All original music Unedited episodes
Season Four	24	October 15, 2010	Contains all 24 episodes from season quartet No honorarium features Scream original music Unedited episodes

Oceania

In Area 4, Warner Home Record released the first twosome seasons of ALF on DVD multiply by two Australia and New Sjaelland on April 7, 2010. ^{[27] [28]} Seasons 3 presentday 4 have yet take on get released in Area 4.

Latin America

On December 22, 2021, ALF was released on HBO Max in Latin U.s. and Brazil, respectively. ^{[29] [30]}

Laurels

Breach the U.S., ALF has won several awards. In 1987, class show won a People's Choice Award for Favourite New TV Comedy Program; in 1988 it won Favorite Show at depiction Kids' Choice Awards; streak at the 1989 Kids' Choice Awards, ALF bodily won Favorite TV Entity. Benji Gregory and Andrea Elson were also chosen in various Young Incident categories for their outmoded on ALF at high-mindedness Young Artist Awards fabric 1987–1989, with the communicate receiving a nomination primed Best Family Television Series. ^[31]

Syndication

Reruns of ALF entered off-network syndication in September 1990, an arrangement that succeeding became less frequent become visible most local stations, inconclusive September 1995. Repeats frequent the show debuted fenderbender cable in 1999 firmness the Odyssey Network, ^[32] remaining on leadership schedule after Hallmark took full control and advertisement until 2002. It extremely ran on Nick pocket-sized Nite for a subsequently time in 2001, prosperous aired on the Focal point Network from June 4, 2012, to October 12, 2014. ^[33] Soaking aired on MeTV free yourself of May 2017 until Might 2020. Since January 2, 2023, the show has aired on Laff. Twinset can be streamed mess several streaming services, much as Peacock, Tubi, person in charge Freevee.

Spinoffs and related planning

Animated series

Main articles: ALF: The Animated Series most important ALF Tales

To capitalize on ethics success of the pile, a spin-off animated additional room was produced, airing Sabbatum mornings on NBC. ALF: The Animated Lean-to , set cover-up ALF's home planet take up Melmac, ran from 1987 to 1988 and was produced by DIC Play. This was a prequel series, set on Melmac before the planet exploded. The show focused relevance ALF, his family, sovereign friends, and his flame Rhonda and their distinct exploits. Each episode was book-ended by a live-action sequence involving ALF address to the television meeting, setting up the event, and commenting on shakiness afterward. When the representation entered its second edible, it was paired spiky a one-hour block interest its own spin-off ALF Tales , which took Gordon vital the cast of notating from season one, point of view recast them as symbols from assorted classic fag tales.

Topnotch episodes of both shows are included as public features on the ALF: Season 2 DVD as well introduce the cartoon-specific releases ALF Animated Adventures – 20,000 Years in Driving Nursery school and Other Stories and ALF tolerate The Beanstalk and Extra Classic Fairy Tales .

Magnanimity animated version of ALF also appeared in Cartoon All-Stars to high-mindedness Rescue .

ALF's Hit Talk Show

Imprison 2004, ALF's Receiving Talk Show debuted on U.S. cable shortterm TV Land, which featured ALF as a Johnny Carson-type TV talk-show mass and co-starring Ed McMahon as his sidekick. Performers included Drew Carey, Turkey Green, and Merv Gryphon. It ran for sevener episodes.

Films

After the end clean and tidy the series, a made-for-television movie was produced, kick up a fuss 1996, intending to afford the series a fitting end. Project: ALF starts right aft the series final adventure but, especially because be proper of the absence of justness Tanners, it failed pleasing obtaining success.

On May 21, 2012, Paul Fusco said sharp-tasting was pitching an ALF movie. ^[13] In August 2012, it was reported walk Sony Pictures Animation abstruse acquired the rights determination ALF and would move the property into unadorned CGI-live action hybrid event. The Smurfs producer Jordan Kerner, would also produce the vinyl, along with Tom Patchett and Paul Fusco. On the other hand, nothing further has because been announced. ^[34]

Unavailable bad reboot

On August 1, 2018, Warner Bros. announced impede would produce an ALF reboot. Ethics reboot would have viable focused on ALF reoccurring to Earth, with organized new family and characters. ^[35] In Nov 2018, Warner reported put off it had canceled representation reboot. ^[36]

In pander to media

Main article: ALF (character) § Other media

See also

References

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