“Trust me, I know what I'm doing.”
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 Rasche as Inspector Sledge Hammer, a preposterous caricature of the standard "cop on the edge" character. Al Jean and Mike Reiss, best known for their work on The Simpsons, wrote for the show and worked as story editors.
2 seasons · 41 episodes
S2 E1A Clockwork Hammer
Sep 17, 1987
Vile Video Concepts conditions cops not to testify against a mobster; Hammer meets a computerized version of himself.
S2 E2Big Nazi on Campus
Sep 24, 1987
Sledge and Dori investigate the death of a college coed.
S2 E3Play It Again, Sledge
Oct 1, 1987
When Sledge and Dori get suspended from the force, they open a private investigation firm with counseling from Bogart's ghost.
S2 E4Wild About Hammer
Oct 8, 1987
A female cop with a sadistic/ masochistic fetish falls for and kidnaps Sledge.
S2 E5The Death of a Few Salesmen
Oct 15, 1987
Sledge poses as an Australian car magnate, Crocodile Bruce, to catch the killer of used car dealers.
S2 E6Vertical
Oct 29, 1987
While suffering from vertigo, Sledge must protect the girlfriend of a mobster.
