UHF
Jul 21 1989
•2h 37m
•Comedy
The eccentric new manager of a UHF television channel tries to save the station from financial ruin with an odd array of programming.
Cast
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'Weird Al' Yankovic
George Newman
Kevin McCarthy
R.J. Fletcher
Michael Richards
Stanley Spadowski
David Bowe
Bob
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