Fernwood 2 Night

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satirical television series talk show parody television series

Fernwood 2 Night is a 1977 satirical late-night talk show parody set in the fictional town of Fernwood, Ohio, created as a spin-off of the series Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman.

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Fernwood 2 Night (in-universe show) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf satirical television series ⓘ
talk show parody ⓘ
television series ⓘ
basedOn characters and setting from Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman ⓘ
character Barth Gimble ⓘ
Jerry Hubbard ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
createdAsSpinOffOf Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman ⓘ
distributionFormat first-run syndication ⓘ
executiveProducer Norman Lear ⓘ
featuresCharacter Barth Gimble ⓘ
Jerry Hubbard ⓘ
filmingStyle multi-camera ⓘ
firstAired 1977 ⓘ
followedBy America 2-Night ⓘ
format late-night talk show parody ⓘ
genre comedy ⓘ
parody ⓘ
satire ⓘ
hasCultFollowing true ⓘ
hasFictionalTalkShow Fernwood 2 Night self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Fernwood 2 Night (in-universe show)
hasTheme parody of talk-show conventions ⓘ
satire of local television ⓘ
isFictionalSetting true ⓘ
notableFor deadpan satirical style ⓘ
mock talk-show format ⓘ
numberOfEpisodes 65 ⓘ
numberOfSeasons 1 ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
originalMedium television ⓘ
originalNetwork Syndication ⓘ
originalRunStartYear 1977 ⓘ
parodies American late-night talk shows ⓘ
portrayedBy Fred Willard ⓘ
Martin Mull ⓘ
productionCompany T.A.T. Communications Company ⓘ
relatedShow America 2-Night ⓘ
runtimePerEpisode approximately 30 minutes ⓘ
setIn Fernwood, Ohio ⓘ
settingType small-town Midwestern United States ⓘ
spinOffFrom Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman ⓘ
stars Fred Willard ⓘ
Martin Mull ⓘ
targetAudience adult viewers ⓘ
timeSlot late night ⓘ

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Fernwood 2 Night → hasFictionalTalkShow → Fernwood 2 Night self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fernwood 2 Night (in-universe show)
Norman Lear → notableWork → Fernwood 2 Night ⓘ