Iconic feline-eating puppet sitcom star ALF, from the planet Melmac, will return to television on July 29th.
Ryan Reynolds and George Dewey’s production company Maximum Effort is reviving the classic sitcom for his channel’s Maximum Moments series.
The all-day marathon takes place this coming Saturday July 29th and will include episodes of the sitcom which ran on NBC from 1986 to 1990.
Created by Paul Fusco and Tom Patchett, the comedy series centers on the creature as he crash lands in the basement of the Tanner family. He is offered a place to stay until it finishes repairing its spacecraft.
Interspersed between episodes will be new content that serves as sponsorship promos. In a statement, Reynolds says:
“At Maximum Effort, we love taking risks and blurring the lines between shows and sponsorship because we believe both can be equally entertaining.
Besides my irrational love of ALF growing up, one of the reasons we licensed this show was precisely because Paul, Shout! Studios and our intrepid brand partners wanted to plot with us to bring ALF back to life. Tune in this Caturday!”
Max Wright, Anne Schedeen, Andrea Elson, Benji Gregory, Jim J. Bullock, John LaMotta, Liz Sheridan, Josh Blake, Anne Meara, and Bill Daily starred in the original series.
The Maximum Effort Channel is available to watch on Fubo, Amazon Freevee, LG Channels, Plex, Sling Freestream, Tubi, VIDAA, Vizio Watchfree+ and Xumo Play.
