List of Mystery Science Theater 3000 episodes
Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3K) is an American television comedy series created by Joel Hodgson and originally produced by Best Brains, Inc. The show premiered on KTMA (now WUCW) in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on November 24, 1988. The next year, in 1989, the show began its national run on The Comedy Channel/Comedy Central, running for seven seasons until its cancellation in 1996. The following year, it was picked up by The Sci-Fi Channel and aired for three more seasons there until another cancellation in August 1999 (although repeats continued until 2004). A sixty-episode syndication package titled The Mystery Science Theater Hour was produced in 1995.[1]
In 2015, Hodgson led a crowdfunded revival of the series with 14 episodes in its eleventh season which was released on Netflix.[2] As of December 16, 2022,[update] 230 episodes of Mystery Science Theater 3000 have been released, concluding the thirteenth season. A feature film, titled Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie, was also released on April 19, 1996.
Series overview
[edit]| Season | Episodes | Originally released | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First released | Last released | Network | |||
| KTMA | 21 | November 24, 1988 | May 28, 1989 | KTMA-TV | |
| 1 | 13 | November 18, 1989 | February 10, 1990 | The Comedy Channel | |
| 2 | 13 | September 22, 1990 | February 2, 1991 | ||
| 3 | 24 | June 1, 1991 | January 25, 1992 | Comedy Central | |
| 4 | 24 | June 6, 1992 | January 30, 1993 | ||
| 5 | 24 | July 17, 1993 | February 5, 1994 | ||
| 6 | 24 | July 16, 1994 | March 25, 1995 | ||
| 7 | 6 | November 23, 1995 | May 18, 1996 | ||
| Film | April 19, 1996 | N/A | |||
| 8 | 22 | February 1, 1997 | December 6, 1997 | The Sci-Fi Channel | |
| 9 | 13 | March 14, 1998 | September 26, 1998 | ||
| 10 | 13 | April 11, 1999 | September 12, 1999 | ||
| 11 | 14 | April 14, 2017 | Netflix | ||
| 12 | 6 | November 22, 2018[3] | |||
| 13 | 13 | May 4, 2022 | December 16, 2022[4] | Gizmoplex[5] | |
Episodes
[edit]Episodes are listed in production number order, not production order or air date order. The episode title is next, and if the original film title is different from the episode title, it follows in parentheses. If the episode features any shorts, they are listed below. In the third column is the film's initial release year, a color/black & white notation, the production company (if known), and the country of origin. The last column shows the initial air date of the episode. Below this is a brief synopsis of the featured movie and shorts, with major cast, character, and production changes noted in italic.
KTMA-TV (1988–89)
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Season 1 (1989–90)
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Season 2 (1990–91)
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Season 3 (1991–92)
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Season 4 (1992–93)
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Season 5 (1993–94)
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Season 6 (1994–95)
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Season 7 (1995–96)
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Season 8 (1997)
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Season 9 (1998)
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Season 10 (1999)
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Season 11 (2017)
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Season 12 (2018)
[edit]The twelfth season, consisting of six episodes, was released on Netflix on November 22, 2018.[6] The season is presented as Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Gauntlet.[7]
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Season 13 (2022)
[edit]Demon Squad and Robot Wars were announced early as the first two films to be featured in Season 13;[8] H. G. Wells' The Shape of Things to Come, The Batwoman, Santo in the Treasure of Dracula, Doctor Mordrid, Gamera vs. Jiger, Munchie, The Bubble, The Mask 3D, The Christmas Dragon, Beyond Atlantis and The Million Eyes of Sumuru were announced during the Turkey Day Marathon on November 25, 2021, Million Eyes having appeared over thirty years prior in the original KTMA season (albeit in an edited-for-content version) and is also featured as a video on demand from spiritual successor RiffTrax. Episodes are expected to roll out monthly throughout 2022, starting on March 4, culminating in The Christmas Dragon as a Christmas special and season finale.[9] Santo, Robot Wars, and Beyond Atlantis were shown in pre-release form as tests of the Gizmoplex to backers on the dates shown below, then were shown in their full form from May 6 to May 8, 2022.
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See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- 1. Episode 104 was both the last episode of Season 1 to be produced and to air. Despite this, it was given the lower production number.[10]
- 2. Due to issues with the movie rights, Episode 1003 debuted a month after the series finale first aired.[11]
References
[edit]- ^ The Mystery Science Theater Hour-TV.com
- ^ "'Mystery Science Theater 3000' returns with new episodes in April". UPI. Retrieved February 22, 2017.
- ^ Adams, Erik (September 25, 2018). "Exclusive: Mystery Science Theater 3000's new season gets a fitting premiere date on Netflix". The A.V. Club. Retrieved September 25, 2018.
- ^ Jasper, Gavin (November 28, 2021). "MST3K Season 13: All The Movies, Details, and Release Date". Den of Geek. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
- ^ Jasper, Gavin (May 1, 2021). "MST3K: Joel Hodgson Reveals the Secrets of the Gizmoplex, Teases "the Next Manos"". Den of Geek. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
- ^ Adams, Erik (September 25, 2018). "Exclusive: Mystery Science Theater 3000's new season gets a fitting premiere date on Netflix". The A.V. Club. Retrieved September 25, 2018.
- ^ Rife, Katie (November 12, 2018). "Jonah and the 'bots "binge the unbingeable binge" in the MST3K: The Gauntlet trailer". The A.V. Club. Retrieved November 12, 2018.
- ^ We Now Know the First Two Movies That Will be Featured on MST3K Season 13 - Paste Magazine
- ^ Mystery Science Theater 3000 Reveals Season 13 Movies | Collider
- ^ "Episode guide: 104- Women of the Prehistoric Planet « Satellite News". www.mst3kinfo.com. Retrieved November 28, 2016.
- ^ "Episode guide: 1003- Merlin's Shop of Mystical Wonders « Satellite News". www.mst3kinfo.com. Retrieved December 15, 2016.