UHF (1989)
"A lot of TV stations have forgotten what "quality" means, but not Channel 62. They NEVER knew what it meant."
ThumbScore
👍 77%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 48%
(RT: 63%, MC: 32) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
'Weird Al' Yankovic as George Newman
Michael Richards as Stanley Spadowski
David Bowe as Bob
Stanley Brock as Uncle Harvey
Anthony Geary as Philo
Trinidad Silva as Raul Hernandez
Is UHF good?
Most people think so. 77% audience score, estimated from 436 TMDB ratings. Critics scored it lower at 48%, but audiences disagreed.
Overview
The eccentric new manager of a UHF television channel tries to save the station from financial ruin with an odd array of programming. Wikipedia ↗
