Mystery Science Theater 3000

Mystery Science Theater 3000

1988 · 14 seasons

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Mystery Science Theater 3000 is an American sci-fi comedy series created by Joel Hodgson, which began on Minnesota’s KTMA in 1988 and later ran on Comedy Central, the Sci-Fi Channel and Netflix. Mad scientists trap a human test subject, first janitor Joel Robinson (Hodgson) and later Mike Nelson (Michael J. Nelson), aboard the orbiting Satellite of Love and force him to watch bad movies. To keep his sanity, Joel builds robot companions, and with Tom Servo and Crow T. Robot he riffs on each film from the theatre seats. As of 2026, 231 episodes and a feature film have been produced.

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Mystery Science Theater 3000 started as a locally produced television show for KTMA in Minnesota but soon grew in popularity. It moved to Comedy Central (originally the Comedy Channel), then to Syfy. After an eighteen-year hiatus, the crew of the Satellite of Love returned in 2017, airing on Netflix for two seasons. In 2021, the production started its own streaming service, The Gizmoplex, where the riffing of cheesy movies continues. Rifftrax revitalised the series once again in 2026 with four more episodes of the series. 

Over the years, there have been several "test subjects": Joel Robinson, Mike Nelson, Jonah Heston, and Emily Connor along with their robot friends Tom Servo, Crow T Robot, and Gypsy (now GPC) all subjected to bad movies thanks to a host of mad scientists including Doctor Clayton Forrester, his mother Pearl, and most recently Kinga Forrester.

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