Weird Science (TV series)
| Weird Science | |
|---|---|
| Based on | Weird Science by John Hughes |
| Developed by |
Tom Spezialy Alan Cross |
| Starring |
John Mallory Asher Michael Manasseri Vanessa Angel Lee Tergesen |
| Country of origin | USA |
| No. of seasons | 5 |
| No. of episodes | 88 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Leslie Belzberg John Landis Robert K. Weiss |
| Producer(s) |
Adam Barr Ed Ferrara Robert Lloyd Lewis Peter Ocko |
| Running time | 23 min. (per episode) |
| Production company(s) |
St. Clare Entertainment Universal Television |
| Release | |
| Original network | USA Network |
| Original release | March 5, 1994 – July 25, 1998 |
Weird Science is a mid-1990s American comedy series made for television, based on the 1985 film of the same name.
The series follows the adventures of Gary Wallace (John Mallory Asher) and Wyatt Donnelly (Michael Manasseri), two socially inept high school students in an unspecified town in California (unlike the movie, which was set in Illinois). Together, using Wyatt's computer, they try to create a computer simulation of a perfect woman in order to practice communicating with women. However, a freak lightning storm brings the computer simulation to life, creating a real woman named Lisa (Vanessa Angel) – a drop-dead gorgeous genius with the powers of a "magic genie". The show followed in the tradition of 1960s fantasy sitcoms like Bewitched and I Dream of Jeannie, combining a sitcom format with supernatural stories.
In the pilot episode, Gary claims that creating Lisa is possible because he "saw it in a John Hughes movie", referring to the original Weird Science movie.
Weird Science was produced by St. Clare Entertainment in association with Universal Television. Premiering on March 1, 1994, the show ran for five seasons on the USA Network for a total of 88 episodes. However, new episodes ceased airing in 1997 with the final six still unaired. They would eventually air in the United States the following year on the Sci-Fi Channel; the show was also reran briefly on what was then the Fox Family Channel in 2001.
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