Sledge Hammer! is an American satirical police sitcom produced by New World Television that ran for two seasons on ABC from 1986 to 1988. The series was created by Alan Spencer and stars David ...

Running on ABC for just two seasons from 1986 to 1988, Sledge Hammer! was a spoof on the loose-cannon cop archetype that was popular enough to spawn four Dirty Harry sequels.

“Sledge Hammer!,” airing 1986-88, starred David Rasche as a “gung-ho police detective who shot first and asked questions six months later,” according to the show’s official Web site.

But Sledge Hammer!: Season One still feels simultaneously ahead of its time (lots of dead bodies!) and reassuringly rooted in the Reagan 1980s.

Despite only lasting two seasons on ABC from 1986-88, Sledge Hammer! always had a fervent fan base of “Hammerheads,” who followed the show into syndication and DVD.

Despite only lasting two seasons on ABC from 1986-88, Sledge Hammer! always had a fervent fan base of “Hammerheads,” who followed the show into syndication and DVD. The series co-starring Anne ...

The title character in ”Sledge Hammer!”, a moderately amusing new series built on the premise of the dolt-as-detective, is a kind of Ditsy Harry who stumbles through his own brand of Magnum ...