Directed by:
Peter HyamsCinematography:
Peter HyamsComposer:
Bruce BroughtonCast:
John Ritter, Pam Dawber, Jeffrey Jones, David Tom, Heather McComb, Bob Dishy, Eugene Levy, Erik King, Laura Harris, Kristen Cloke, Robert Wisden, Gianni Russo (more)Plots(1)
Long before Pleasantville, this 1992 comedy featured a family taking its problems out of the real world and into the loopy fictions of television entertainment. John Ritter and Pam Dawber star as Roy and Helen Knable, a suburban couple with a host of marital problems, most of which have to do with Roy's couch-potato attachment to his TV's remote control. Things take a hellish turn when the devilish Spike (Jeffrey Jones) turns up at the Knable house offering Roy a great deal on the ultimate satellite-TV system. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![John Ritter](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270783_0a041f.jpg)
John Ritter
USA
Best movies:
Sling Blade (1996)
The Flight of Dragons (1982)
Noises Off... (1992)
![Pam Dawber](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271639_a8cf0e.jpg)
Pam Dawber
USA
Best movies:
A Wedding (1978)
Stay Tuned (1992)
I'll Remember April (2000)
![Jeffrey Jones](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269189_ac673e.jpg)
Jeffrey Jones
USA
Best movies:
Amadeus (1984)
If Tomorrow Comes (1986) (series)
The Devil's Advocate (1997)
David Tom
USA
Best movies:
Swing Kids (1993)
Pleasantville (1998)
The '60s (1999) (TV movie)
![Heather McComb](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274226_561d7e.jpg)
Heather McComb
USA
Best movies:
Apt Pupil (1998)
If These Walls Could Talk 2 (2000) (TV movie)
Prison Break: The Final Break (2009) (TV movie)
![Bob Dishy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/141/158141853_b0e296.jpg)
Bob Dishy
USA
Best movies:
Columbo (1971) (series)
Thérapie pour mon psy (2008)
Author! Author! (1982)
![Eugene Levy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/207/163207220_14721b.jpg)
Eugene Levy
Canada
Best movies:
Harrison Bergeron (1995) (TV movie)
American Reunion (2012)
Over the Hedge (2006)
![Erik King](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/276/276963_752491.jpg)
Erik King
USA
Best movies:
Casualties of War (1989)
National Treasure (2004)
Stay Tuned (1992)
![Laura Harris](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/273/273881_65e122.jpg)
Laura Harris
Canada
Best movies:
Suicide Kings (1997)
The Faculty (1998)
Stay Tuned (1992)
![Kristen Cloke](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270551_ca95c3.jpg)
Kristen Cloke
USA
Best movies:
Final Destination (2000)
Space: Above and Beyond (1995) (series)
Lady Bird (2017)
![Robert Wisden](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/452/452462_d8c566.jpg)
Robert Wisden
UK
Best movies:
Legends of the Fall (1994)
Watchmen (2009)
Final Destination (2000)
![Gianni Russo](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/279/279548_08c16d.jpg)
Gianni Russo
USA
Best movies:
The Godfather: A Novel for Television (1977) (series)
The Godfather (1972)
The Godfather: Part II (1974)
![John Pyper-Ferguson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/246/168246763_rh7gt2.jpg)
John Pyper-Ferguson
Australia
Best movies:
The X-Files – File 10: Emily (1997) (video compilation)
Unforgiven (1992)
Into the West (2005) (series)
![Serge Houde](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/456/456136_b1136d.jpg)
Serge Houde
Canada
Best movies:
Maurice Richard (2005)
Into the West (2005) (series)
50/50 (2011)
![Don Calfa](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/462/462483_535812.jpg)
Don Calfa
USA
Best movies:
The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)
The Rose (1979)
Columbo (1971) (series)
![A.C. Peterson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/087/190/87190000_6ebcc9.jpg)
A.C. Peterson
Best movies:
Defendor (2009)
Shanghai Noon (2000)
Shooter (2007)
![Lisa Stevens](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/111/656/111656149_9a2001.jpg)
Lisa Stevens
Best movies:
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (1999)
The Phantom of the Opera (2004)
Rumble in the Bronx (1995)
![Shane Meier](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/532/161532035_b27bb5.jpg)
Shane Meier
Canada
Best movies:
Unforgiven (1992)
The Matthew Shepard Story (2002) (TV movie)
Stay Tuned (1992)
Gene Davis
USA
Best movies:
Columbo (1971) (series)
War and Remembrance (1988) (series)
The Hitcher (1986)
![Jerry Wasserman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/712/158712176_6f795d.jpg)
Jerry Wasserman
USA
Best movies:
The X-Files – File 2: Tooms (1995) (video compilation)
I, Robot (2004)
Watchmen (2009)